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Council advances driver‑school and dockless delivery licensing language as members raise safety concerns over unregistered small motorcycles and ATVs
Summary
The council reviewed ordinances to create driver‑school registration and licensing for dockless delivery vehicles; members asked public safety to address unregistered Vespas, mopeds and four‑wheel recreational vehicles on city streets, and Councilman Nelson Ramos proposed stronger confiscation measures as a deterrent.
At the May 6 pre‑meeting, the Newark Municipal Council considered two new chapters in the city’s business and occupations code: one to create driver‑school registration intended to promote street safety, and another to license dockless vehicles used for commercial deliveries to address sidewalk and street safety in the public right‑of‑way.
Council members raised enforcement and safety concerns during the discussion. Councilman Nelson Ramos, who identified himself as a sponsor for the dockless‑vehicle licensing ordinance, said the ordinance is intended primarily to regulate food‑delivery bikes but that unrelated small motorcycles,…
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