Clearwater, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

Sec. 01 defines "bicycle" to include a motorized bicycle "propelled by a combination of human power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on level ground," the low end of Florida's e-bike classes. The same section separately defines an "electric personal assistive mobility device" as a self-balancing, two-wheel device with up to 750 watts of power and a top speed under 20 mph carrying a 170-pound rider, a "motorized scooter" as any powered device on no more than three wheels that cannot exceed 20 mph, and a "micromobility device" as any app-reserved motorized device capped at 20 mph, expressly including motorized scooters and bicycles rented through shared-mobility programs.

Sec. 02(4) applies the city's bicycle rules to every micromobility device and layers on its own restrictions: no one under 16 may operate one, a parent or guardian who knowingly lets a minor violate the article is liable, riders cannot exceed the device's designed passenger capacity, the device cannot be ridden on sidewalks anywhere in the city, and it may only go on the Pinellas Trail if Pinellas County specifically allows it. A separate rule in the parks chapter, Sec. 61, bans riding, driving or propelling "any motorized bicycle, electric bicycle, hoverboard, motorized unicycle, motorized scooter or similar motorized device" through all of Beach Walk except the areas built for vehicle traffic, such as parking lots, rights-of-way and driveways, with an exemption only for medically necessary conveyances. Violating the Beach Walk restriction is a class IV civil infraction under Sec. 12.