Milpitas, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Milpitas Municipal Code Chapter 104, the Skateboard Regulations, is a short, purpose-built chapter aimed squarely at protective gear. Section V-104-1.00 states the chapter's intent directly: to promote public safety and the safety of the individual rider, and to comply with Section 115800 of the California Health and Safety Code, by mandating that certain protective gear be worn while skateboarding on areas of public property where skateboard riding is permitted. Section V-104-2.00 then supplies the operative rule: it is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard on areas of public property designated for skateboard use unless that person is wearing a protective helmet, elbow pads and knee pads.

The rule is keyed to areas of public property designated for skateboard use, meaning it applies where the City has actually set land aside for skateboarding, such as a skate park, rather than announcing a blanket citywide skateboarding ban; Health and Safety Code Section 115800 is the state provision that lets, and in some respects directs, cities to require this gear at public skate facilities. Enforcement and appeal procedures for the chapter route back to the City's general citation and appeals framework: nearby Chapter 102's cross-references show that Milpitas enforcement chapters typically point to the Standard Procedures Chapter for penalties, remedies and appeals to the City Council, the same structure used across the traffic and utility chapters of the Municipal Code.

In practice, a rider without a helmet, elbow pads or knee pads at Milpitas' designated skateboarding areas, most notably its skate park facilities, is subject to citation under this chapter regardless of age.