Brentwood, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned zone
- Downtown First/Second/Chestnut/Oak/Maple Sts
- Private property
- Owner may post no-skate signs
- Hazard rule
- Unsafe riding banned citywide
- Clinging to vehicles
- Separately banned, Section 10.12.020
- Enforcing agency
- Brentwood Police Department
Summary
Brentwood bans skateboarding, bicycling, and roller skating on named downtown sidewalks under Municipal Code Section 10.12.010, including stretches of First, Second, Chestnut, Oak, and Maple Streets. Property owners citywide can also post signs barring the activity, and skateboarding on any public street in a way that creates a hazard is separately unlawful.
A. It is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle, skateboard or roller skate upon any sidewalk named as follows: 1. First Street from Chestnut Street to Maple Street on both sides; 2. Second Street from Oak Street to Pine Street on the west side; 3. Chestnut Street from Brentwood Boulevard to First Street on both sides; 4. Oak Street from Brentwood Boulevard to Second Street on both sides; 5. Maple Street from Brentwood Boulevard to the west side of Second Street; 6. Oak Street from Second Street to the end on the south side. ... ... D. It is unlawful for anyone to skateboard or roller skate on any public street in a manner that would create a hazard to themselves, any pedestrian, bicyclist, motorist or to impede motor vehicle traffic.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4604307; v5 updated 2025-12-09).
Full Breakdown
010(A) of the Brentwood Municipal Code lists the exact downtown sidewalks where bicycling, skateboarding, and roller skating are unlawful: both sides of First Street between Chestnut and Maple Streets, the west side of Second Street between Oak and Pine Streets, both sides of Chestnut Street between Brentwood Boulevard and First Street, both sides of Oak Street between Brentwood Boulevard and Second Street, the west side of Maple Street from Brentwood Boulevard to Second Street, and the south side of Oak Street from Second Street to its end, covering the core of the downtown business district.
Subsection (B) extends the ban to any public or private property, anywhere in the city, once the owner posts a sign prohibiting the activity in compliance with city specifications, at the property owner's expense; the city engineer is separately authorized under subsection (C) to post prohibition signs on other public property. Subsection (D) adds a citywide hazard rule: skateboarding or roller-skating on any public street in a manner that endangers the rider, a pedestrian, a bicyclist, or a motorist, or that impedes vehicle traffic, is unlawful wherever it happens, not just on the listed sidewalks. 020, bars anyone on a bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, or a toy vehicle from clinging to a moving vehicle or streetcar on any roadway.
Violations & Fines
Violating the downtown sidewalk ban, an owner's posted no-skateboarding sign, or the hazardous-riding rule in Section 10.12.010 is enforced as a Title 10 offense under Chapter 10.21, an infraction, misdemeanor, or civil penalty tied to California Vehicle Code Division 17 procedures, with fines set by council resolution and citations issued by Brentwood police.
Frequently Asked Questions
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