Melbourne, FL Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- City Code Secs. 56-89 to 56-91
- Civil penalty
- $48.00 per citation
- Banned parks
- Campbell Park, Holmes Park
- Business-sidewalk ban zones
- Melbourne & Eau Gallie redevelopment areas
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 2002-73, Oct. 22, 2002
Summary
Melbourne bans skateboarding, rollerblading, and scootering in Campbell Park and Holmes Park, on posted-prohibited public property, and on redevelopment-area sidewalks fronting businesses. City Code Sec. 56-90 sets a $48.00 civil penalty for violators.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride skateboards, rollerblades, rollerskates, in-line skates, scooters, or other similar devices, as follows:(1)In Campbell Park and Holmes Park.(2)On any public property where signs are posted prohibiting such use.(3)On sidewalks immediately in front of businesses in the city redevelopment and Eau Gallie redevelopment areas.(4)In any manner which damages property. For example, they may not be operated on benches, planters, railings, decorative brick areas, etc.(5)On private property, unless permission has been given by the owner, lessee or person in charge of the property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32).
Full Breakdown
Melbourne City Code Sec. 56-90 makes it unlawful to operate or ride skateboards, rollerblades, rollerskates, in-line skates, scooters, or similar devices in five specific circumstances: in Campbell Park and Holmes Park; on any public property posted with signs prohibiting such use; on sidewalks immediately in front of businesses within the city's Melbourne Redevelopment Area and the Eau Gallie redevelopment area; in any manner that damages property, including riding on benches, planters, railings, or decorative brick areas; and on private property without permission from the owner, lessee, or person in charge.
The Melbourne Redevelopment Area is defined in Sec. 56-89 as generally the area south of Seminole Avenue, west of the Indian River Lagoon, north of Crane Creek, and east of the New Haven/Strawbridge Avenues intersection; the Eau Gallie redevelopment area is generally west of the Indian River Lagoon, south of Creel Street, east of the FEC Railway, and north of Montreal Avenue (Eau Gallie Boulevard). The same section requires riders to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on city sidewalks and prohibits endangering or interfering with pedestrian traffic.
A scooter is defined to include foot-powered kick scooters as well as motorized devices without a seat that cannot exceed 30 miles per hour on level ground. The article traces to Ord. No. 2002-73, adopted October 22, 2002, and its numbering carries forward from the 1984 Code Sec. 31-61 through 31-63.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 56-91 makes any citation under this article a noncriminal violation carrying a $48.00 civil penalty, or such other amount as set by the county clerk of circuit court's office under the county's traffic hearing program. The civil-penalty structure means enforcement runs through the traffic hearing process rather than criminal court.
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