(a) Findings and purpose. The travel of persons by means of electric skateboards, also known as electric scooters, is a matter affecting the public interest. The purpose of this chapter is to establish rules and regulations governing the operation of shared electric scooters and the providers, within the City of Battle Creek (the “City”) and to ensure that such mobility sharing systems are consistent with the safety and well-being of bicyclists, pedestrians, and other riders of the public rights-of-way. The public interest also requires that electric scooters be fit for their intended purpose, and that the safety and welfare of electric scooter drivers, as well as other persons and vehicles using public streets, be protected.
(b) Scope. This chapter applies to any proposed deployment of electric scooter sharing systems within the City's jurisdictional boundaries, as well as the use of electric skateboards/scooters within the City's jurisdictional boundaries whether the scooters are individually owned or part of the sharing system.
(Ord. 05-2021. Passed 5-4-21.)