Sedona, AZ Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Bike/multiuse path use
- Permitted for motorized play devices
- Yield duty
- At all times to other lane users
- Crossing sidewalks/paths
- Yield required before crossing
- Violation type
- Civil traffic violation
- Governing section
- SCC 10.15.200(E)(3)-(4)
Summary
Sedona lets motorized play vehicles and motorized skateboards use a designated bicycle path or lane, but SCC 10.15.200(E)(4) requires operators to yield at all times to other users of that lane, and subsection (E)(3) adds the same duty whenever one of these devices crosses a sidewalk, bicycle path or multiuse path.
3. The operator of a motorized play vehicle or motorized skateboard, approaching a sidewalk, bicycle path, bicycle lane, or multiuse path in order to cross such, shall yield to the right-of-way of all other users. 4. Motorized play vehicles and motorized skateboards may be operated on a path or lane that is designated as a bicycle path or lane by state or local authorities. However, motorized play vehicles and motorized skateboard operators on said bicycle path or lane shall yield at all times to other users.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Initiative Ordinance 2026-01, approved by voters at the July 21, 2026 election).
Full Breakdown
15 does not ban motorized play vehicles or motorized skateboards from Sedona's bicycle infrastructure; it conditions their use on always yielding. S. Title 28, and a "motorized skateboard" as a self-propelled deck with a motor and at least two wheels that likewise falls outside those state definitions. Subsection (E)(4) is the operative bike-lane rule: these devices may be operated on any path or lane that state or local authorities have designated as a bicycle path or lane, but their operators must yield at all times to other users of that path or lane, meaning cyclists and pedestrians already using it always have the right-of-way.
Subsection (E)(3) extends the same yielding duty to the moment one of these devices approaches a sidewalk, bicycle path, bicycle lane or multiuse path in order to cross it. 200 layer on further conditions that shape how a rider actually gets to and uses a bike lane: no one under 13 may operate either device, no passengers are allowed, riders on a roadway may not travel more than two abreast, and anyone under 18 on a roadway must wear a protective helmet. 010(D) per subsection (I) of the same section.
Violations & Fines
Failing to yield to other users when crossing a sidewalk, bicycle path or multiuse path, or failing to yield at all times while operating on a designated bicycle path or lane, violates SCC 10.15.200(E)(3) and (E)(4). Subsection (I) makes any violation of Section 10.15.200 a civil traffic violation, filed and prosecuted under SCC 1.15.010(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I ride a motorized scooter or motorized skateboard in a Sedona bike lane?
Do motorized play vehicles have to yield when crossing a bike path in Sedona?
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Sources & Official References
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