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City, Lime and Bird agree on tighter safety, permit and insurance terms for scooters
Summary
After a staff presentation and operator demonstrations, council asked staff to draft ordinance amendments requiring higher insurance, operator indemnities, ID re‑verification, geo‑fencing and corral parking; operators committed to technical fixes (AI parking review, helmet selfie, ID purge) and to joint outreach.
City attorneys and the acting police chief laid out a set of proposed changes to the code governing shared mobility devices (SMDs) and asked council to direct staff to return with formal ordinance language and permit terms. The proposals include raising operators’ aggregate liability coverage, requiring operators to expressly indemnify the city and to pay the city’s attorneys' fees in the event of claims, annual re‑scanning of rider IDs, and an explicit listing of moving violations that will be photo‑enforced using operator telematics and time‑stamped imagery.
Acting Police Chief Jeff Robertson emphasized enforcement…
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