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Dockless shared mobility (electric scooter) ordinance

Ordinance regulating electric scooters and other dockless shared mobility devices, with safety-feature and insurance requirements and distinctions for mobility devices, plus Consolidated Fee Schedule changes. Companies operated under temporary agreements until adoption. Hearings were set for July 14 and August 11, 2020.

Where it stands
In review
Type
Code change
Location
Citywide

Every hearing and vote

  1. June 16, 2020 · City Council work session

    Dockless shared mobility devices (electric scooters) ordinance

    Pending

    The Council was scheduled to be briefed on a proposed ordinance regulating electric scooters and other dockless shared devices. Scooter companies were operating under temporary agreements until an ordinance passed. The updated draft added safety-feature requirements, changed insurance requirements and separated scooters from devices used by people with reduced or specialized mobility.

  2. July 7, 2020 · City Council

    Dockless shared mobility ordinance: set hearing dates

    Pending

    On consent, the Council was to set July 14 and August 11 for public comment on the scooter ordinance and related fee schedule changes.

  3. July 14, 2020 · City Council

    Dockless shared mobility ordinance: public hearing

    Pending

    The Council was scheduled to take public comment on an ordinance regulating electric scooters and other shared devices, plus related Consolidated Fee Schedule changes. A time correction on the consent agenda moved final action to the August 11 hearing.

  4. August 11, 2020 · City Council

    Dockless shared mobility ordinance: public hearing

    Pending

    The Council was scheduled to take public comment and consider adopting the scooter ordinance and related fee schedule amendments.

  5. August 11, 2020 · City Council work session

    Dockless shared mobility ordinance follow-up

    Pending

    A follow-up briefing on the scooter ordinance and related fee schedule changes ahead of the 6 p.m. hearing.