Menifee, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Right-side riding rule
- Section 12.30.100(A), slower traffic keeps right
- Group riding limit
- No more than two abreast
- Lane-exit signal
- Required under Veh. Code Secs. 22100 et seq.
- Covers
- Bicycles and e-conveyances alike
- Adopted
- Ord. 2025-408, March 5, 2025
Summary
Menifee Code of Ordinances Section 12.30.100 requires slower bicycles and e-conveyances to keep right or use the bike lane, and Section 12.30.130 limits when a rider may leave a marked bicycle lane.
(A) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established, any person operating a bicycle or e-conveyance upon the roadway at a speed of less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction shall ride within the bicycle lane, except that such person may move out of the lane under any of the following situations... (B) No person operating a bicycle or e-conveyance within a bicycle lane shall leave such lane until movement can be made with reasonable safety, and then only after giving the appropriate signal in the manner provided in Cal. Vehicle Code Division 11, Ch. 6 (Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 22100 et seq.) in the event that any vehicle may be affected by the movement.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
100(A) requires anyone riding a bicycle or e-conveyance slower than the flow of traffic to stay as close as practicable to the right-hand curb, road edge, or bike lane, with three exceptions: passing another bicycle, e-conveyance or vehicle going the same direction; preparing for a left turn at an intersection, private road or driveway; or avoiding hazards such as fixed or moving objects, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards or a lane too narrow to share safely with a car. Riders on a one-way roadway with two or more marked lanes may instead ride near the left-hand curb or edge.
100(C) caps group riding at two abreast on a roadway or bike lane. 130 governs leaving a marked bicycle lane: once a bike lane exists, a slower rider must stay in it except to pass another bicycle, e-conveyance or pedestrian when it cannot be done safely inside the lane, to prepare for a left turn, to dodge debris or hazards, or to approach an authorized right turn. , if any vehicle could be affected. 020 to include electric bicycles, scooters and skateboards, and were adopted by Ordinance 2025-408 on March 5, 2025 under the city's authority to regulate bicycle operation, use and equipment via California Vehicle Code Section 21206.
Violations & Fines
Riding outside the bike lane without one of the listed exceptions, leaving a lane unsafely, or riding more than two abreast is an infraction under Menifee Municipal Code Section 1.01.200, as applied through Section 12.30.030(C), and may also be pursued through administrative or civil enforcement under that section.
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