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Kearney council adopts ordinance setting rules for e-bikes, scooters and ATVs
Summary
The Kearney City Council on an unspecified date approved ordinance 87-66, adding definitions and use rules for bicycles, classes of electric bicycles, electric foot scooters, ATVs/UTVs and golf carts; the measure emphasizes education and makes enforcement an infraction while allowing ATVs/UTVs for snow removal under state conditions.
The Kearney City Council adopted ordinance 87-66 to add definitions and operating rules for bicycles, electric bicycles, electric foot scooters, all-terrain/utility task vehicles (ATVs/UTVs) and golf carts.
Assistant to the city manager Brad Demers, who presented the proposal, said the changes were driven by citizen complaints about electric scooters and the absence of local code that officers could cite. "We've received a lot of complaints, from citizens regarding the use of specifically electric scooters around town," he said, and described work with Kearney Police Department administration, parks and recreation and the trails advisory committee to develop the language.
The ordinance introduces new definitions that align…
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