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Hastings council adopts amended ordinance restricting e-scooters, adds education and diversion measures
Summary
The Hastings City Council unanimously adopted an amended ordinance (No. 4815) limiting lightweight e-scooters, e-bikes and hoverboards on parts of downtown and on certain trails, replacing a fixed speed limit on trails with a 'safe and reasonable' standard and directing education efforts in schools and the community.
The Hastings City Council on a unanimous vote adopted an amended ordinance regulating lightweight e-scooters, e-bikes and hoverboards, restricting where the devices may be ridden downtown and establishing an education-first enforcement approach.
Council voted 8-0 to take the measure to final reading and adopt Ordinance No. 4815 after staff outlined targeted changes to language passed on first reading. Jesse, a city staff presenter, said the amendments add a definition for an 'electric personal assistant mobility device' (motorized mobility aids like powered wheelchairs) and exempt those devices from enforcement provisions. The ordinance specifically bars…
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