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

Nassau County Code § 18-11, the Electric Bicycle Restriction Ordinance, sets one speed limit for all three classes of Personal Assist Electric Bicycles once they're on a county sidewalk, county-maintained multi-path trail or trail network: 10 miles per hour. The ordinance doesn't ban any class outright, and it doesn't try to redefine what Class I, II or III means; it borrows those categories straight from Florida Statutes and instead caps the speed at which any of them may operate on county-controlled pedestrian and multi-use infrastructure.

The board adopted the rule because Class II and Class III e-bikes are capable of much higher speeds than a standard bicycle, and the county found that mismatch created a safety problem for people on foot and on ordinary bikes sharing the same narrow paths. The Planning and Economic Opportunity Department and county law enforcement handle enforcement, since the violation is written as a straight speed-limit exceedance rather than a licensing offense. Because the rule sits in Chapter 18 with the county's other motor vehicle and traffic provisions rather than in the Land Development Code, it applies countywide in the unincorporated area, including on Amelia Island outside Fernandina Beach's own limits, wherever county sidewalks and county-maintained trails exist.