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Council debates motorized devices and skateboards in parks; consensus to remove park ban from draft ordinance
Summary
Council reviewed an ordinance amending local code on bicycles, motorized bicycles and scooters and discussed enforcement limits for motorized devices and skateboards; staff and council signaled they will remove a proposed prohibition on motorized devices in parks and consider revisions to street-use language for skateboards.
City Council discussed proposed changes to the Upper Arlington Code of Ordinances that would update rules governing bicycles, motorized bicycles, scooters and related devices, and addressed enforcement realities for park and street incidents.
City staff and the city attorney walked council through three areas of focus: the scale of calls for service involving motorized devices, whether skateboards should be treated differently than bikes or scooters, and how criminal enforcement operates in practice. Staff provided police call-for-service data on scooters, electric bicycles and skateboards and noted that the dataset includes only incidents reported to police, not all resident complaints to other city offices. A staff chart showed a modest number of park-related calls in 2024 but council members said those figures likely undercount complaints received elsewhere.
On skateboards, staff…
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