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Morton Grove adopts ordinance limiting motorized scooters, sets 16-year licensing minimum for e-bikes
Summary
After public comment about a scooter injury at Harr Park, the Village Board adopted Ordinance 25-23 to regulate motor-driven scooters and electric bicycles, require a driver’s license for permitted devices (minimum age 16), and classify self‑balancing cycles as non‑highway vehicles. Trustees voted 5–0.
The Morton Grove Village Board on Aug. 12 adopted Ordinance 25-23, which adds rules to the municipal code governing motor-driven scooters and electric bicycles and establishes enforcement expectations for guardians of minors.
The ordinance, approved on a 5–0 roll-call vote, requires operators of the class of e-bikes allowed under the code to be at least 16 years old and to possess a valid driver’s license. The ordinance also clarifies that self‑balancing one- and two‑wheel cycles are to be treated…
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