For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. Words used throughout this Chapter, but not defined herein, shall have their plain, ordinary, and common meaning. Words in any gender shall apply to the feminine, masculine, and neuter genders.
ABANDONMENT: | A bicycle, E-bike, E-scooter, or any part thereof, that is left or remains unattended or unused in a public place for seventy two (72) consecutive hours or longer after it is tagged with a notice of intention to abate. |
ADAPTIVE DEVICE: | A vehicle that is accessible to people with various physical disabilities, having at minimum three (3) wheels, an electric motor that is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than fifteen (15) miles per hour, and is equipped with either a seat or self-balancing capabilities and handlebars. |
BICYCLE: | Every vehicle having two (2) tandem wheels, or two (2) parallel wheels and one forward wheel, any two (2) of which are not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, propelled exclusively by human power upon which any person may ride, except scooters and similar devices. |
BIKE LANE: | A portion of a roadway designated for preferential or exclusive use by bicycles, E-bikes, or E-scooters that is distinguished from that portion of the roadway to be used by motor vehicles by a painted strip and other pavement markings. |
BIKE PATH: | A completely separate right-of-way designated primarily for use by bicycles, E-bikes, E-scooters, or pedestrians, including but not limited to the Greenbelt. Conflicts with pedestrians are kept to a minimum while cross-flows by motor vehicles are discouraged. The term bike path includes both the paved surface and a minimum of two feet (2') on either side. |
BIKE PATH APPROACH: | That area where a transition is made between a roadway, parking lot, sidewalk, or other facility and a bike path. This area is generally identified by wooden bollards, pavement markings, and a parking prohibition. |
BIKE/PEDESTRIAN CURB RAMP: | A break in a curb designated to facilitate movement by the operator of a bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter, pedestrian or person with a disability from a street or parking lot to a sidewalk or bicycle facility. |
BIKE ROUTE: | Any roadway specifically signed for shared use by bicycles, E-bikes, or E-scooters, and motor vehicles. |
BOISE RIVER GREENBELT (GREENBELT): | The paved or improved pathways and connecting trails and the twenty feet (20') of publicly owned greenspace on either side, including picnic tables, barbeque stands, benches, and other improvements and fixtures connecting Boise Parks along the Boise River and maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation and delineated generally in the publication known as the map, or specifically in the Inventory of Park Properties at the Office of the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Greenbelt does not include any private property which may lie within twenty feet (20') of the paved or improved pathways and connecting trails. |
CITY: | The City of Boise City, Idaho. |
ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE (E-BIKE): | A vehicle having two (2) tandem wheels or two (2) parallel wheels and one forward wheel, any two (2) of which are not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, that is designed to be operated by human power with the assistance of an electric motor that has a power output of not more than seven hundred fifty (750) watts that: a) is incapable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour; and b) disengages or ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are applied. An E-bike is not a motor vehicle for purposes of this Chapter. |
ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED SCOOTER (E-SCOOTER): | A two (2) or three (3) wheeled device that is operable from either a standing or seated position; that has handlebars and a floorboard; and is powered by an electric motor that has a power output of not more than five hundred (500) watts that: a) is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than fifteen (15) miles per hour; and b) disengages or ceases to function when the device's brakes are applied. An E-scooter is not a motor vehicle for purposes of this Chapter. |
FOOTHILLS TRAILS: | Paths and trails in the Ridge to Rivers Trail Network that are located entirely and solely on property owned by the City. |
OBSTRUCTIVE BICYCLE, E-BIKE, OR E-SCOOTER: | Any bicycle, E-bike, E-scooter, or any part thereof, left in a public place that obstructs or impedes vehicular or pedestrian traffic. |
PARK or PARKING: | The process or result of stopping, standing, or leaving unattended any Device. |
PUBLIC PLACE: | Any publicly owned property, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, streets, alleys, parks, and plazas located within the City's jurisdictional limits. |
SHARED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE: | An E-bike, E-scooter, bicycle, or Adaptive Device owned and offered for rent to the public by a Shared Micromobility Program Service Provider. |
SHARED MICROMOBILITY PROGRAM: | A system of bicycles, E-bikes, E-scooters, Adaptive Devices, or any combination thereof, staged in the public right-of-way, for self-service hire and use through a mobile application or phone-based accessibility option, operated by a Shared Micromobility Program Service Provider, which does not require a docking station, rack, or other object. |
SHARED MICROMOBILITY PROGRAM SERVICE PROVIDER (or SERVICE PROVIDER): | A person who owns, manages, operates, or acts on behalf of a Shared Micromobility Program, including third-party subcontractors. (Ord. 38-18, 9-25-2018; amd. Ord. 12-22, 3-29-2022; Ord. 20-23, 7-11-2023) |