Mountain View, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Sec. 53 governs operating a skateboard, along with bicycles, electric bicycles and roller skates, on a Mountain View sidewalk. A rider must exercise due care under the circumstances and must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians not using such a device. The City Council can designate specific sidewalk locations, typically in busy business districts, where skateboards and the other listed devices are barred entirely once the city posts signs there; children ten and under are exempt from that sidewalk ban. No skateboard three feet or wider may be ridden on a sidewalk except to enter or exit adjacent property.

Sec. 54 separately covers roadway use: a skateboarder may only ride on roadways posted 35 mph or slower, unless riding in a Class II or Class IV bikeway, and must comply with listed Vehicle Code requirements carried over without their penalty provisions, including lights and reflectors after dark (Sec. 21293), no riding under the influence (Sec. 5), riding near the right-hand edge of the road (Sec. 21202), no attaching to a moving vehicle (Sec. 21203), riding within the bike lane (Sec. 21208), traveling with traffic (Sec.

1), yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks (Sec. 21950), yielding to blind pedestrians (Sec. 21963), and no headset in both ears (Sec. 27400). Skateboarding rules for parks and other city facilities are cross-referenced to Chapter 38: Sec. 9(g) bars skateboards from park lawns and landscaped areas outside designated areas, Sec. 9(x) bans them outright on any city-owned tennis court, and Sec. 18(g) bans them completely within Shoreline at Mountain View Park.