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Keene committee backs limit on electric-motor use in downtown bike lanes, 4–1
Summary
The Municipal Services, Facilities & Infrastructure Committee recommended adoption of ordinance O2025‑33 (b‑version), adding a prohibition on engaging electric motors for devices within the downtown core zoning district; the recommendation passed 4–1 after debate about enforceability and exemptions for mobility devices.
Keene’s MSFI committee voted to recommend adoption of an amended bicycle-and-device ordinance (O2025‑33, b‑version) that would prohibit any device with an electric motor from engaging that motor within the downtown core zoning district, a change intended to limit motorized propulsion on bike lanes and multiuse paths in the city center.
Public Works Director Donald presented an a‑version of the draft ordinance and said the revised redlined packet included language extending rules to “bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, scooters, roller skates, skateboards, or similar devices, including electrically propelled or assisted versions of such devices.” The city attorney offered…
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