Yorba Linda, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Roadway ban
- No riding outside crosswalks, § 10.64.020
- Commercial property
- Banned if posted, § 10.64.030
- Town Center parking structure
- Banned if posted, § 10.64.070
- Right-of-way rule
- Riders yield to pedestrians
- Penalty
- Infraction, up to $100 first offense
Summary
In the City of Yorba Linda, Municipal Code Chapter 10.64 bans riding a skateboard or rollerskates on any roadway outside a pedestrian crosswalk, bars skateboarding on posted commercial and public/semi-public private property, and specifically prohibits it at the Town Center parking structure and other posted City facilities.
§ 10.64.020. Unlawful to go upon roadway. It is unlawful for any person upon rollerskates or riding in or by means of any skateboard to go upon any roadway other than in pedestrian crosswalks in accordance with any and all other provisions of the law. ... ... § 10.64.030. Unlawful to go upon private property in commercial zones. It is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard or rollerskates upon private property located in any commercially zoned area in the City of Yorba Linda so long as such property is posted so as to give reasonable notice of such prohibition. ... ... § 10.64.070. Unlawful to go upon Yorba Linda Town Center parking structure or other City owned facility. It is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, bicycle, or similar coaster device upon the Yorba Linda Town Center parking structure or any other City owned facility or parking lot, and the sidewalks immediately adjacent to the parking structure or City owned facility, so long as such property is posted so as to give reasonable notice of such prohibition.
Full Breakdown
Section 10.64.020 makes it unlawful for anyone on rollerskates or a skateboard to go upon any roadway other than within a pedestrian crosswalk, in accordance with other provisions of law. Section 10.64.030 separately bans riding a skateboard or rollerskates on private property in any commercially zoned area of the City, but only where that property is posted to give reasonable notice of the prohibition; Section 10.64.050 extends the same posted-notice ban to private property in public or semi-public zones, covering skateboards, bicycles, and similar coaster devices.
Section 10.64.060 prohibits riding a skateboard, bicycle, or similar coaster device at the Veterans Memorial in Veterans Park and its adjacent sidewalks once posted, and Section 10.64.070 imposes the same posted ban at the Yorba Linda Town Center parking structure and at any other City-owned facility or parking lot and its adjacent sidewalks. Section 10.64.040 requires reciprocal yielding: a driver about to cross a sidewalk or public crosswalk must yield to anyone riding a skateboard or rollerskates, and a rider on a public sidewalk or crosswalk must yield to pedestrians.
The chapter defines a skateboard broadly to include wheeled coasters, scooters, and similar human-propelled devices not classified as bicycles, and a rollerskate as any four-wheeled or rollered foot device.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 10.64 does not set its own penalty, so a violation, such as riding a skateboard on a City street outside a crosswalk or on a posted commercial lot, falls to the general penalty in Section 1.12.010: an infraction fine up to $100 for a first offense and up to $200 for a second violation of the same provision within 12 months, with repeat violations chargeable as a misdemeanor carrying up to $1,000 in fines and up to six months' imprisonment. Property posted under Sections 10.64.030, 10.64.050, 10.64.060, or 10.64.070 is enforceable only once the required notice signage is actually in place.
Frequently Asked Questions
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