Dublin, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Business district ban
- No skateboarding on streets or sidewalks, § 6.04.380(F)
- Intersection buffer
- 100 feet, § 6.04.380(D)
- Darkness ban
- No roadway riding after dark, § 6.04.380(G)
- Bike lane ban
- No skateboards in marked bike lanes, § 6.04.380(I)
- Approved location
- Emerald Glen Park Skate Park, § 5.100.155
- Skate park gear
- Helmet, elbow pads, knee pads required
Summary
Dublin, California (Alameda County) bans skateboarding outright on the streets and sidewalks of any business district and imposes a long list of roadway restrictions elsewhere: no riding within 100 feet of an intersection, no riding after dark, no riding in a marked bicycle lane, and no riding on any street split into multiple marked lanes per direction.
D. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard within one hundred (100) feet of his approach to or departure from any intersection of highways or within any such intersection. ... F. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard in the streets or sidewalks of any business district in the city. ... G. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard on a roadway during the hours of darkness. ... I. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard in a bicycle lane.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
380 regulates skateboards within the traffic code rather than through a separate skate ordinance. Subsection F flatly bars riding or propelling a skateboard on the streets or sidewalks of any business district in the city, with no time-of-day exception. 380 layers on roadway-specific limits: subsection A requires a speed and manner reasonable for the weather, visibility, and the roadway's grade, surface and width; subsection B forbids riding on any roadway divided into two or more clearly marked lanes per direction; subsection D bars riding within one hundred feet of an intersection or within it; subsection E bars interfering with vehicle movement; subsection G bars riding during the hours of darkness; subsection H bars carrying a package, bundle or article in hand while riding; and subsection I bars riding in a marked bicycle lane.
Subsection C bars attaching a skateboard or oneself to a moving vehicle, animal or bicycle. 155 designates the Emerald Glen Park Skate Park, per Resolution No. 58-00, as that authorized area, requiring a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads, with failure to wear them cited as an infraction.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard in a business district, within 100 feet of an intersection, after dark, in a bicycle lane, or in violation of any other subsection of § 6.04.380 is enforced as a misdemeanor or, at the citing officer's discretion, an infraction under Dublin Municipal Code § 1.04.030, carrying up to a $1,000 fine or six months in jail for a misdemeanor. Skating without required pads at the Emerald Glen Park Skate Park is separately cited as an infraction under § 5.100.155(D).
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