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Board backs permitting scheme for shared powered scooters, authorizes DPW enforcement
Summary
The Board approved on first reading an ordinance to permit shared powered-scooter companies, create a parking violation for unpermitted devices and give the Department of Public Works authority to remove unauthorized scooters.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved on first reading an ordinance that establishes permitting and parking rules for powered scooter-share companies and authorizes the Department of Public Works to abate or remove unauthorized devices.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, sponsor of the ordinance introduced through the Land Use and Transportation Committee, framed the legislation as a measured permitting regime rather than an outright ban. "This is a basic permitting scheme to allow the professional staff at the MTA to permit these private companies, with sensible regulatory conditions and regulatory framework and to be able to confiscate unpermitted vehicles or devices," Peskin said during the board…
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