SHARED SCOOTER SYSTEM PILOT
PROGRAM – ORDINANCE
AMENDMENTS
City Council Meeting
April 12, 2022
Nancy Adams, Transportation Planner
Transportation and Public Works
1 BACKGROUND
December 14, 2021 – City Council approved shared
scooter system pilot program
March 18, 2021 – Historic Railroad Square Assoc
March 17, 2021 – Downtown Action Organization
December 3, 2020 – Downtown Subcommittee
November 10, 2020 – City Council direction to develop
a one-year pilot program 2
BACKGROUND
In 1996 and 2001, the City Council adopted
ordinances 3249 and 3516, respectively
prohibiting skating activities and scooters on
sidewalks and streets within the specified
downtown area, the specified Railroad Square
area, in shopping centers and other specified
areas of public property.
3 BACKGROUND
The project includes an amendment to the
Santa Rosa Health and Safety Code Chapter
9-22 to allow for the shared scooter system
pilot program approved by the City Council
on December 14, 2021.
The operations of the shared scooter system
pilot program would be consistent with state
law.
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4 AMENDMENTS
Chapter 9-22. The revisions include:
• Adding a sub-section exempting scooters from
prohibition during the pilot program to operate
on public streets, public alleys, and public gutters
- 9-22.020 (D) Prohibition. These devices will still
be prohibited on sidewalks per the existing
ordinance;
• Broadening scooter definition to include
motorized scooters - 9-22.040(D) Definitions
5 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation
and Public Works Department that the
Council introduce an ordinance to amend
City Code Chapter 9-22 -Bicycles,
Skateboards, Roller Skates, In-Line Skates,
and Similar Devices to allow scooters to
operate on public streets, public alleys, and
public gutters during the City Council
approved shared scooter system pilot
program.
6 QUESTIONS
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