Chula Vista, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Section
- CVMC 10.28.090, Toy vehicle use restrictions
- Banned zone
- Business district streets/sidewalks (Veh. Code definition)
- Also banned
- Parking structures, trolley stations, Civic Center, library
- Private property
- Requires owner's written permission
- Default penalty
- Misdemeanor (up to $1,000/6 mo.) or infraction ($100 cap)
Summary
Chula Vista bans skateboarding, roller-skating, and similar toy-vehicle use on streets, sidewalks, and public property within the city's business district, plus inside parking structures and public assembly grounds like trolley stations and the Civic Center, under CVMC 10.28.090.
“Skateboard” for the purposes of this chapter means any toy or device upon which a person may ride standing or sitting, which coasts, glides, or is propelled by human power, and which is a board or other surface mounted on one or more wheels. A. It is unlawful for any person to skate, or use or ride any roller skates, coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or other similar device, upon or over any public street, bridge, underpass, sidewalk space, sidewalk, or public property within the business district of the City.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 3623, passed May 19, 2026).
Full Breakdown
090 defines 'skateboard' broadly as any toy or device a person can ride standing or sitting that coasts, glides, or is human-powered on a board or other surface mounted on wheels, and applies the same rule to roller skates, coasters, and other similar toy vehicles. Subsection A makes it unlawful to skate or ride these devices on any public street, bridge, underpass, sidewalk space, sidewalk, or public property within the City's 'business district,' which the section defines using the California Vehicle Code standard: a stretch of highway where, over 600 feet on one side (or 300 feet collectively on both sides), 50 percent or more of the contiguous frontage is occupied by business buildings, and the district can extend further if that ratio continues.
Subsection B separately bars riding these devices in any parking structure or on public grounds where people assemble, expressly naming trolley stations, the Civic Center complex, the library complex, and shopping centers, though it does not preclude riding within areas the City has designated for skateboarding. Subsection C requires written permission from the property owner before riding any of these devices on privately owned property. 28 (Driving Rules) alongside the City's other toy-vehicle and pedestrian-safety restrictions.
Violations & Fines
Skateboarding or riding a prohibited toy vehicle within the business district, in a parking structure, or on assembly grounds named in CVMC 10.28.090 without a City-designated exception is enforced under the citywide default penalty in CVMC 1.20.010: a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both, unless the City Prosecutor exercises discretion to charge it as an infraction, capping a first offense at a $100.00 fine with no jail exposure. Riding on private property without the owner's written permission under subsection C is a separate violation carrying the same default penalty structure.
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