Jacksonville Beach, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Two sections of the Jacksonville Beach Code set the no-ride zones. Section 6-45(p), part of the Atlantic Ocean beach article, makes it unlawful for any person to operate a motorized scooter, motorcycle, micromobility device, motorized bicycle, or any other motorized device on the Atlantic Ocean beach. Section 6-44 defines that beach as the portion of the city contiguous to the Atlantic Ocean, dedicated to public recreation, running from the easterly ocean bluff line west to the city limits. Where no clear bluff or dune exists, the city can set the line by measuring west a distance of sixty (60) feet from the full moon high tide. The same section separately bars motor vehicles from the beach unless the city permits them, and that vehicle rule in subsection (n) excludes authorized city and emergency vehicles such as ocean rescue, police, fire department, ambulance and lifeguard vehicles. The scooter ban in subsection (p) carries no such exclusion.

On land, § 31-5(l) prohibits micromobility devices and motorized scooters, as defined in § 316.003(38) and (45), Florida Statutes, from being operated on sidewalks, sidewalk areas, and the promenade adjacent to the bulkhead line. Subsection (m) adds that, except as specifically provided in the section, a person cannot drive any vehicle other than by human power upon a bicycle path, sidewalk, or sidewalk area. The exemptions are narrow: subsection (n) frees official emergency services and law enforcement personnel in the course and scope of their duties, and subsection (o) excludes motorized wheelchairs under § 316.1995(3), Florida Statutes.

Bicycles are treated differently. Subsection (a) allows bicycle riding on public sidewalks and crosswalks, while subsections (h) and (i) make it unlawful to ride a bicycle on the promenade by the bulkhead line or on the beach dune crossover walkways. Electric personal assistive mobility devices can use a sidewalk under subsection (k) at no more than fifteen (15) miles per hour. Neither the beach ban nor the sidewalk ban draws a line between an owned device and a rented one.