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Council to clarify sidewalk rules for e-bikes; ordinance committee will draft restrictions
Summary
Council members asked the ordinance committee to draft clearer language distinguishing e-bikes from regular bicycles on sidewalks; the mayor said the committee will consider a specific restriction to prohibit motorized vehicles on sidewalks.
Council members and the mayor discussed recent incidents of electric bicycles being operated on sidewalks and asked the ordinance committee to prepare a clearer definition and prohibitions. Officials noted the current ordinance treats bicycles differently than motorized e-bikes and that the committee will take up language that would make sidewalk operation of motorized e-bikes explicit.
"The ordinance committee is going to look at making a clear restriction on what can and cannot be operate on a sidewalk," an official said during the meeting, and council members asked for that revision to distinguish motorized e-bikes from regular bicycles. The change would return to the committee before being introduced as an ordinance amendment for the council to consider.
