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Council votes against second reading of personal transportation device ordinance, directs staff to rewrite
Summary
Waukee council voted down a second‑reading ordinance to recode bicycle and skate regulations into a broader 'personal transportation device' chapter and asked staff to return a rewritten ordinance for first consideration at the next meeting.
Waukee — The City Council voted unanimously to reject a second‑reading ordinance intended to rename and expand Chapter 76 of the municipal code to regulate "personal transportation devices," and directed staff to prepare a substantially revised draft for the council's next meeting.
Brad, a city staff presenter, told the council that after public comment on May 4 and a May 11 work session staff significantly redrafted the ordinance. "The recommendation is to vote no on this particular ordinance and then staff will bring back a new ordinance for consideration at the next city council meeting on June 15th," Brad said. The council then cast roll‑call votes recording no from Council members Grove, Pierce, Anderson, Cone and Lion.
Why it matters: The draft would have renamed Chapter 76’s "bicycle regulations" to cover a broader set of personal transportation devices and would have repealed the separate skateboard chapter. Council members and members of the public raised concerns about the scope of the rewritten language during earlier discussion and in public comment at prior meetings; staff concluded the current draft required a more substantial rewrite than originally planned.
What happened at the meeting: Council took the procedural step of considering the ordinance on second reading. After Brad summarized the changes and recommended sending the draft back for recirculation under first consideration, council voted the ordinance down on the motion to approve. There was no recorded motion to approve an alternative version at the meeting.
Next steps: Staff will prepare a new or revised ordinance and present it under the first‑consideration process at the council's next regular meeting (Brad identified June 15 as the planned date). The council did not adopt the substance of the proposed code changes during this session.
Votes at the meeting: The roll‑call rejection was recorded as a unanimous 'no' from the five council members present.
