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West Hollywood council approves permanent delivery‑robot program with fleet limits and $4 ad fee
Summary
The City Council voted 4–1 to adopt a permanent regulatory framework for personal delivery devices (PDDs), setting fleet caps and approving a $4 per‑device daily advertising fee while directing enforcement safeguards and ADA protections.
The West Hollywood City Council voted to make the city’s personal delivery device program permanent, approving operational limits, enforcement mechanisms and a reduced advertising fee after months of a pilot program.
The motion approved by a 4–1 vote makes permanent the operating agreement framework that staff proposed to standardize how autonomous delivery devices operate in the city. Staff said data from the pilot shows more than 34,000 cumulative trips between January and June 2025 and average trip distances of roughly 0.6–0.7 miles, and recommended codified safeguards including geofencing, automated incident alerts, operator response windows and service‑level penalties.
"Overall the general program statistics coupled with the extensive spatial utilization of the pilot…
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