Orange, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

020 of the Orange Municipal Code, titled Skateboards, Bicycles and Similar Devices Prohibited on Posted Public Property, makes it unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, bicycle, or other coaster device, motorized bicycle, moped or scooter, or similar device, on any public property within the city where notice of the prohibition has been posted. The section gives the City Manager, or a designee, the authority to determine which public property gets that no-ride designation, meaning the city can close specific parks, plazas or facilities to shared or personal scooters by posting signage rather than through a separate citywide ban.

This provision, adopted by Ordinance 15-07, is the operative citywide no-ride-zone mechanism that applies equally to a personally owned scooter and a shared dockless scooter picked up under a private operator's app, since the code does not distinguish ownership type. The Orange Municipal Code does not contain a separate chapter licensing or permitting shared micromobility/scooter-share operators, fleet caps, parking corrals, or geofencing requirements; any such operational terms for a shared-scooter vendor would run through a private operator agreement or encroachment permit rather than a codified ordinance section.