(A) Model Traffic Code.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the operation of electric assisted bicycles in the town shall be exempt from the Model Traffic Code adopted by the town as well as such other town ordinances that regulate motorized vehicles in the town.
(2) For purposes of operation, parking, and equipment, electric assisted bicycles shall be considered bicycles and shall be subject to the provisions and regulations concerning bicycles contained in the Model Traffic Code adopted by the town.
(B) Bicycle and pedestrian paths. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a person may operate a Class 1 or Class 2 electric assisted bicycle, with the motor activated, on any bicycle and pedestrian path in the town, other than a bicycle and pedestrian path in any of the prohibited areas set forth below. Class 3 electric assisted bicycles are prohibited on all bicycle and pedestrian paths.
(C) Prohibited areas. It is unlawful for a person to operate an electric assisted bicycle with the motor activated in or on the following:
(1) Vail Nature Center;
(2) Betty Ford Alpine Garden;
(3) Village Streamwalk;
(4) Children’s playgrounds;
(5) Turf areas or soft-surface trails;
(6) Natural/unimproved areas; or
(7) Sidewalks that are not part of a designated bicycle and pedestrian path.
(D) Minimum age. An electric assisted bicycle shall only be operated by persons 16 years of age or older.
(E) Exception. The provisions of this section limiting the use of electric assisted bicycles shall not apply to a person with a mobility impairment caused by physical disability that uses the device to enhance that person’s mobility.
(F) Equipment. All electric assisted bicycles operated in the town shall be equipped with audible warning devices.
(G) Rules. To allow for safe integration of electric assisted bicycles on bicycle and pedestrian paths, the Town Manager may prescribe, adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules that restrict or otherwise limit the time, place or manner of operation or use of electric assisted bicycles.
(Ord. 9(2016) § 4; Ord. 5(2018) § 3)