Middleton, WI Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

Middleton does not sort e-bikes into state Class 1, 2, or 3 categories for local purposes; instead, Chapter 21 regulates where every powered two-wheeled device may travel inside City-owned open space. 01(2)(q) applies inside ordinary parks: it makes all City bicycle ordinances applicable to electric personal assistive mobility devices, defined by Wis. 01(15pm), and motor bicycles, defined by Wis. 01(30), restricts these and standard bicycles to trails and pathways only, bars operating a motor bicycle with the motor running, lets the Board of Park, Forestry and Recreation Commissioners designate certain trails off-limits to any of them, and bans all three from the Quarry Park Skate Facility outright.

03(2)(p) extends a broader version of the same scheme to the City's conservancy lands, Pheasant Branch, Stricker's Park, Tiedeman's Pond, Graber Pond, and Esser Pond, adding electric bicycles under Wis. 01(15ph) and electric scooters under Wis. 01(15ps) to the list, and it flatly bars operating any of these devices in a conservancy except on pathways designated for that use, with parking confined to designated areas only. Neither section imposes a speed limit or age minimum locally; those come from state law. 03(2)(p) regardless of which class of e-bike or scooter they are riding.