Long Beach, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- LBMC Chapter 10.54 - Skateboards
- Method
- Signed, Council-designated areas, not citywide ban
- Sign duty
- Traffic Engineer posts at every entrance
- Last amended
- ORD-23-0016 § 4 (2023)
- State authority
- Veh. C. § 21967
Summary
Long Beach bans skateboarding on any street, alley or sidewalk the City Council has designated and signed as a prohibited area under LBMC § 10.54.040, a list that covers dozens of specific downtown, beach and pier locations citywide.
The City Council, having made a finding that the operation of skateboards on the following streets, alleys or sidewalks, or portion thereof, will create a hazard to persons or property, determines and declares said streets, alleys or sidewalks, or portions thereof, as areas where the operation of skateboards is prohibited: ... C. That portion of the streets and sidewalks of Pine Avenue located between Eighth Street and Shoreline Drive; ... GG. Within all portions of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center site, including sidewalks, other pedestrian assembly areas, driving aisles, parking lots and parking structures
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 10.54 of the Long Beach Municipal Code defines a skateboard broadly, "any board or other flat object which has wheels attached to it by any means whatsoever and which is intended to be propelled by pushing, pulling or the forces of gravity and which there is not affixed any device or mechanism for steering" (§ 10.54.010), and does not ban skateboarding citywide. Instead, § 10.54.040 lets the City Council make case-by-case hazard findings and designate specific streets, alleys, sidewalks and plazas as no-skateboarding zones; the current list runs from A to KK and includes the Pine Avenue corridor between Eighth Street and Shoreline Drive, Shoreline Drive between Ocean Boulevard and Linden Avenue, the Civic Center Plaza and Lincoln Park, The Promenade North and South, the entire Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center site, Bluff Park, and the beachfront bike path along the Pacific Ocean.
Section 10.54.020 requires the Traffic Engineer to post signs at every entrance to a designated area, and § 10.54.030 makes it unlawful to "operate, drive or cause to be propelled" a skateboard once those signs are up. The City Council last amended the enumerated-areas list under ORD-23-0016 § 4 in 2023, adding the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle-Pedestrian Path in the Harbor District. State law (Veh. C. § 21967) is what authorizes cities to regulate skateboards this way; Long Beach exercises that authority through this location-based signage scheme rather than a blanket ban.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard within a posted prohibited area under § 10.54.030 is charged as a municipal code infraction/misdemeanor enforceable by the Long Beach Police Department; signage must be posted at every entrance to a designated zone before the prohibition is enforceable there under § 10.54.020. Areas without posted signs are not restricted under this chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
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