Daytona Beach, FL Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 94-83
- Location
- Boardwalk east of Ocean Avenue
- Boardwalk span
- Main Street to Ora Street
- Exception
- Commercial pedicabs only
- Penalty basis
- General ordinance penalty, § 1-14
Summary
Daytona Beach bans riding a skateboard, along with bicycles, tricycles, skates and any other toy vehicle, on or over the surface of the city's oceanfront boardwalk. Commercial pedicabs are the only exception carved out of the ban.
No person shall be upon, ride or otherwise operate any bicycle, tricycle, skates, skateboard, coaster or any other toy vehicle upon or over the boardwalk surface. This prohibition does not apply to commercial pedicabs.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 78 | Land Development Code: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 94-83, part of Article III (Boardwalk Restrictions) of chapter 94, prohibits anyone from being upon, riding, or otherwise operating a bicycle, tricycle, skates, skateboard, coaster, or any other toy vehicle upon or over the boardwalk surface. The only exception written into the section is for commercial pedicabs. The boardwalk itself is separately designated a pedestrian way under Sec. 94-82, running east of Ocean Avenue between Main Street and Ora Street. The article also bans driving or parking any motor vehicle on the boardwalk surface under Sec.
m. Enforcement of the skateboard ban runs through Sec. 94-3(c), which lists section 94-83 among the violations punished in accordance with the general municipal-ordinance penalty at Sec. 1-14, rather than the noncriminal civil-penalty parking-ticket schedule used for most parking violations in the chapter.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard, bicycle, skates, or other toy vehicle on the boardwalk is a violation of Sec. 94-83 punished under the general municipal-ordinance penalty provision at Sec. 1-14, as listed in Sec. 94-3(c), rather than a civil parking-ticket fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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