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Laguna Hills traffic commission backs draft e-bike rules, urges school partnership and education plan
Summary
The commission reviewed a draft regulated mobility-device ordinance drawn from Rancho Santa Margarita’s model, agreed to recommend edits (including an 8 mph sidewalk reference for education), and voted to forward the proposed language and annotated notes to city council with a request for an education and enforcement plan tied to the school district.
Laguna Hills — The Traffic Commission on Jan. 15 reviewed a draft regulated mobility-device ordinance (commonly used to regulate e-bikes and similar devices), recommended a set of local edits to the Rancho Santa Margarita model, and voted to forward its recommended language and detailed notes to the City Council along with a request that the council adopt a complementary education and enforcement plan.
Vice Chair Neil Patel opened the meeting and staff presented a packet that included the Rancho Santa Margarita ordinance, a comparison of South Orange County rules, and a memorandum describing the Saddleback Valley Unified School District’s student e-bike permit program. City staff told commissioners the packet was intended to give the commission structured checkboxes and comment fields to identify which provisions to keep, change or drop.
Commissioner Miller urged a close partnership with the school district,…
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