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Council adopts e‑bike ordinance; police to enforce 'unsafe speed' on sidewalks
Summary
The Los Alamitos City Council introduced and approved an ordinance adding sidewalk and e‑bike rules, directing police to enforce unsafe operation under a "prevailing conditions" standard and establishing administrative fines and education options.
The Los Alamitos City Council on an introductory vote approved Ordinance No. 2025-01 to add Chapter 10.45 to the Los Alamitos Municipal Code regulating electric bicycles and their operation on sidewalks.
The ordinance, read into the record by the city attorney as "an ordinance of the city council of the city of Los Alamitos, California adding chapter 10.45 to title 10 of the Los Alamitos Municipal Code relating to vehicles such as ebikes," establishes when e‑bikes may be ridden on sidewalks, gives officers the authority to cite unsafe operation based on…
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