Pico Rivera, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Base fine per violation
- Up to $50
- Late fee at 5 days unpaid
- +$5
- Late fee at 40 days unpaid
- +$15
- Restriction trigger
- Requires posted signage (§10.74.020)
- Designated skate areas
- Require helmet, pads (§10.74.060)
- Adopted
- Ord. 954 (2000), amended Ord. 975 (2002)
Summary
Pico Rivera lets property owners bar skateboards, scooters, in-line skates and rollerskates by posting approved signs under Section 10.74.020. Riding on posted private or public property is an infraction carrying a fine up to $50, with added late fees if a citation goes unanswered.
§ 10.74.020. Riding skateboard, scooter, in-line skates or rollerskates on posted property prohibited. The riding of skateboards, scooters, in-line skates, rollerskates, or other similar contrivances, as defined in Section 10.74.010 shall be prohibited upon any private or public property when such property has been posted pursuant to this section. Property owners and/or their managers are authorized to post or erect signs, at their own expense, prohibiting the riding of skateboards, scooters, in-line skates, rollerskates, or similar contrivances in or on those premises for which such a request has been made to, and approved by, the city manager or his/her designee. ... § 10.74.050. Penalty. ... Any violation of this chapter shall constitute an infraction and shall be punishable as hereinafter provided: A ... fine not to exceed fifty dollars;
Full Breakdown
Chapter 10.74, adopted by Ordinance 954 in 2000 and amended by Ordinance 975 in 2002, does not ban skateboards, scooters, in-line skates or rollerskates citywide; instead Section 10.74.020 lets a property owner or manager request city manager approval to post signs prohibiting those devices on their own premises, and riding becomes unlawful only once that signage goes up. Section 10.74.030 specifies the signs must be at least seventeen inches by twenty-two inches with one-inch letters, posted near the property's entrances, and the owner must keep a signed consent form on file with the police department authorizing enforcement.
Section 10.74.040 clarifies the chapter does not excuse conduct already banned by state law, and Section 10.74.060 lets the city council separately designate specific city areas for skateboarding, in-line skating or scootering by resolution, subject to posted hours of operation, mandatory helmet, elbow and knee pads, a ban on tricks or 'luge'-style riding on curbs, sidewalks, driveways or parking lots around the area, and prohibitions on tobacco, alcohol, drugs, food, graffiti and unauthorized bicycles or scooters within the designated zone. Anyone who breaks the designated-area rules in Section 10.74.060 faces the same infraction penalty as someone who rides on posted private property under Section 10.74.020.
Violations & Fines
Section 10.74.050 makes any violation of Chapter 10.74 an infraction with a base fine not to exceed $50. If the citation is not answered by the fifth calendar day after the appearance date, whether by paying bail, paying the fine, or filing a notice of contest, a $5 late fee is added; unanswered citations still outstanding by the fortieth calendar day add another $15 on top of the earlier amounts.
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