In this article:
(1) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article and includes representatives, agents, or department employees designated by the director.
(2) OPERATOR means an individual or company that has been issued an operating authority permit under this article.
(3) REBALANCE means moving shared dockless vehicles from an area of low demand to an area of high demand.
(4) SHARED DOCKLESS VEHICLE means a bicycle, an electric bicycle pursuant to the definition set forth in Texas Transportation Code Section 664.001, as amended, or a motor-assisted scooter, pursuant to the definition set forth in Texas Transportation Code, Section 551.351, that is intended to be rented or leased to different users.
(a) The director may issue an operating authority permit to a shared dockless vehicle service for use of the public right-of-way to sell, rent, lease, or exchange, offer to sell, rent, lease, or exchange, or take order for the use of shared dockless vehicles.
(b) The director shall implement and enforce this article and may by written order establish rules or regulations, consistent with this article and state or federal law, as the director determines are necessary to discharge his or her duty under, or to affect the policy of, this article, to achieve a safe, orderly, equitable, and multi-modal transportation system. The director's rules and regulations may include but are not limited to, rules or regulations on hours of operation, the appropriate number of operators to be permitted, the number of shared dockless vehicles that may be placed in the public right-of-way, rebalancing requirements, and data-sharing requirements. The director may contract with vendors to assist with data collection and analysis and to collect and store shared dockless vehicles deployed or parked in violation of this chapter.
(Ord. Nos. 30936
; 31479; 32236)
(a) Before adopting, amending, or abolishing a rule, the director shall hold a public hearing on the proposal.
(b) The director shall fix the time and place of the hearing and, in addition to notice required under the Open Meetings Act (Chapter 551, Texas Government Code), as amended, shall notify each operator and such other persons as the director determines are interested in the subject matter of the hearing.
(c) After the public hearing, the director shall notify all operators and other interested persons of the director's action and shall post an order adopting, amending, or abolishing a rule on the official bulletin board in city hall for a period of not fewer than 10 days. The order becomes effective immediately upon expiration of the posting period. (Ord. Nos. 30936; 32236)
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