(A) Bikeshare and Scooter-share racks, bikes, scooters, and facilities shall be placed and maintained so they do not:
(1) Endanger the safety of persons or property;
(2) Interfere with any governmental or other permitted use of the sidewalk;
(3) Unreasonably interfere with pedestrians, including persons entering or leaving motor vehicles or businesses;
(4) Interfere with ingress or egress to private property;
(5) Interfere with the use of mail boxes or traffic signals;
(6) Inhibit any designated path of travel for persons with disabilities.
(B) Bikes/scooters shall not be parked and bike/scooter racks shall not be placed:
(1) Within three feet of any marked crosswalk;
(2) Within 15 feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk;
(3) Within five feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility;
(4) Within five feet of any driveway;
(5) Within five feet ahead of, or 25 feet to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop;
(6) Within six feet of any bus bench or bus shelter;
(7) At any location where the clear space for the passageway of pedestrians is reduced to less than six feet;
(8) So as to project onto or over any part of the roadway of any public street or alley open to vehicular traffic, or rest wholly or in part upon, along or over any portion of the roadway of any public street or alley open to vehicular traffic;
(9) Within three feet of any display window of any building abutting a sidewalk or parkway, or in such manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of such window for display purposes.
(C) Any bike/scooter racks installed, used or maintained shall not exceed five feet in height, 30 inches in width or two feet in thickness. Mounting for bike/scooter racks shall be of a design and aesthetic approved by the city and bolted in place to the sidewalk. Equivalent designs shall be subject to the approval of the Development Review Committee.
(D) Each bike/scooter rack installed, used or maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be identified with the name, address, telephone number and permit of the owner in a manner so as to be clearly visible. No bike/scooter rack shall carry any advertising except the name of the Bikeshare and Scooter-share service or a public service message from the City of Monrovia.
(E) Bike/scooter racks shall be maintained in good working order at all times, and in a clean and neat condition. No bike/scooter rack shall be placed or maintained on a sidewalk opposite another bike/scooter rack or news rack.
(Ord. 2018-05 § 1, 2018; Ord. 2018-07 § 1, 2018)