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La Grange board adopts ordinance tightening rules for e-bikes, scooters; requires operable pedals and age limits
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved an ordinance amending Title 6 (Chs. 2, 4 and 5) to regulate electric bicycles, scooters and similar motor-driven vehicles: Class 2 e-bikes with operable pedals are allowed, operators under 16 are barred unless accompanied by a parent, and 16–17-year-olds must hold a valid driver’s license. The measure takes effect after publication under state law.
The Village of La Grange on Oct. 27 adopted an ordinance updating local rules for electric bicycles, scooters and other motor-driven vehicles, aiming to curb reckless operation downtown and to close a gap between low-speed e-bikes and higher-speed motorized devices.
Trustee O'Brien, who presented the ordinance, said the rewrite updates definitions and enforcement provisions and "I recommend approval of the proposed ordinance amending title 6 chapters 2, 4, and 5 of the Village of La Grange code of ordinances regarding motor driven vehicles." The ordinance clarifies definitions (including Class 2 low-speed electric bicycles in section 6-2-5) and alters section…
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