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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366345</law_id><section_number>46.2-904</section_number><catch_line>Use of roller skates and skateboards on sidewalks and shared-use paths; operation of bicycles and certain motorized and electric items and devices on sidewalks, crosswalks, and shared-use paths; local ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-908.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="13" identifier="12">Bicycles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any county, city, or town may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> prohibit the use of roller skates, skateboards, and <span class="dictionary">personal delivery devices</span>, and/or the riding of bicycles, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility devices</span>, motorized skateboards or scooters, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycles</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycles</span> on designated <span class="dictionary">sidewalks</span> or <span class="dictionary">crosswalks</span>, including those of any church, school, recreational facility, or any business property open to the public where such activity is prohibited. Signs indicating such prohibition shall be posted in general areas where use of roller skates, skateboards, and <span class="dictionary">personal delivery devices</span>, and/or bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility devices</span>, motorized skateboards or scooters, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycles</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span> riding is prohibited.</p><p>A person riding a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span>, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycle</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span> on a <span class="dictionary">sidewalk</span> or <span class="dictionary">shared-use path</span> or across a <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> on a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. A <span class="dictionary">personal delivery device</span> operated on a <span class="dictionary">sidewalk</span> or <span class="dictionary">shared-use path</span> or across a <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> on a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> shall yield the right-of-way to, or otherwise not unreasonably interfere with, pedestrians.</p><p>No person shall ride a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span>, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycle</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span> or operate a <span class="dictionary">personal delivery device</span> on a <span class="dictionary">sidewalk</span>, or across a <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> on a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span>, where such use of bicycles, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility devices</span>, <span class="dictionary">personal delivery devices</span>, motorized skateboards or scooters, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycles</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycles</span> is prohibited by official <span class="dictionary">traffic control devices</span>. No person shall park a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, or <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span> in a manner that impedes the normal movement of pedestrian or other traffic or where such parking is prohibited by official <span class="dictionary">traffic control devices</span>.</p><p>A person riding a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span>, <span class="dictionary">motor-driven cycle</span>, or <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span> on a <span class="dictionary">sidewalk</span> or <span class="dictionary">shared-use path</span> or across a <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> on a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> shall have all the rights and duties of a pedestrian under the same circumstances. A <span class="dictionary">personal delivery device</span> operated on a <span class="dictionary">sidewalk</span> or <span class="dictionary">shared-use path</span> or across a <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> on a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> shall have all the rights and duties of a pedestrian under the same circumstances.</p><p>Except as otherwise expressly provided, the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of a county, city, or town may not enact or enforce any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution related to (i) the design, manufacture, maintenance, licensing, registration, taxation, assessment or other charges, certification, or insurance of a <span class="dictionary">personal delivery device</span> or (ii) the types of property that may be transported by a <span class="dictionary">personal delivery device</span>.</p><p>A violation of any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> adopted pursuant to this section or any provision of this section shall be punishable by a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of not more than $50.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 585, &#xA7; 46.1-229.01; 1984, c. 124; 1989, c. 727; 1999, c. 943; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254; 2003, cc. 29, 46; 2006, cc. 529, 538; 2013, c. 783; 2017, cc. 251, 788; 2019, c. 780; 2020, c. 1269.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
