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Council clears first reading to ban sidewalk riding of bikes and e‑devices, carves out youth/walking exceptions
Summary
The council approved the first reading of an ordinance replacing the city’s 1976 bicycle code with a broader ‘Regulated Mobility Devices’ chapter that prohibits operating bicycles and motorized mobility devices on sidewalks, with exceptions for children under a set age and for pedestrians walking a bicycle.
Millbrae — The City Council on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance to modernize the municipal code on bicycles and to regulate a wider range of mobility devices, including e-bikes, motorized scooters and electric personal mobility devices.
Public-works staff and City Engineer Sam Bautista said the existing Chapter 4.5 (titled “Bicycles”) dates to 1976 and includes obsolete provisions — for example, city-issued bicycle licenses that the city no longer issues. The new draft ordinance would rescind that chapter and replace it with…
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