(A) No person shall park, place or leave a bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device except in an upright position and in a bicycle or electric scooter rack or in designated bicycle or electric scooter parking areas or on a sidewalk parallel to the street and as close to the non-street side of the sidewalk as practicable, and in a manner that does not substantially impede pedestrian, wheelchair or other vehicular traffic or obstructs access to public or private facilities. If parking on a sidewalk there shall be no parking within 15 feet of any street comer or access drive nor shall any transit shelter be used for parking.
(B) No bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device shall be placed on private property without permission of the owner of that property. For those properties that are not required by the city to provide bicycle parking pursuant to the zoning ordinance, such permission must be in writing.
(C) The property owner of any non-residential property open to the public is deemed to have given consent to unrestricted bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device parking by the general public in designated bicycle parking areas or racks, unless such parking is otherwise restricted under the Yuma City Code, state or federal law. The property owner of any non-residential property open to the public may develop its own rules and regulations as to abandoned or any unlawfully parked, including, but not limited to, violations of subsection (A) above, bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar devices on the owner's property and may contract with private parties for the removal and impoundment of such bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar devices. It shall not be the city’s responsibility to either enforce parking violations or impound devices on private non-residential property.
(D) The property owner of any multi-family residential property is deemed to have given consent to unrestricted bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device parking by residents and authorized visitors in designated bicycle parking areas or racks, unless such parking is otherwise restricted under the Yuma City Code, state, or federal law. The property owner of any multi-family residential property may develop its own rules and regulations as to abandoned or any unlawfully parked, including, but not limited to, violations of subsection (A) above, bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar devices. It shall not be the city’s responsibility to either enforce parking violations or impound devices on private multifamily residential property.
(E) It is unlawful for an owner of any bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device to remain parked in a manner not in accordance with this section on publicly owned property after receiving notification from any person of such violation.
(F) It is unlawful for an owner of any bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device to remain parked in the same location on publicly owned property for 72 hours or more.
(G) It is unlawful for an owner or any other person, to leave an inoperable bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar device on public property for more than two hours after receiving notification from any person of such violation.
(H) Except as authorized by city permit, no person or owner shall place or park on publicly owned property more than five lawfully parked bicycle, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric scooter or similar devices owned by the same owner within 200 feet of each other for more than two hours after receiving notification from any person of such violation.
(I) Any employee authorized to issue a notice of violation for parking violations pursuant to Yuma City Code or the City Administrator or designee may issue notices of violations and civil complaints for the enforcement of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit a Yuma police officer or the City Attorney from enforcing any other section of this chapter.
(J) For purposes of this section, notification to an owner or anyone acting on the behalf of an owner is deemed complete upon sending an email to or calling a phone number belonging to the owner or any of owner’s agents.
(K) In addition to any other means authorized by Rule 3 of the Arizona Rules of Procedure for Civil Traffic & Civil Boating Cases, service of a civil complaint issued for a violation of this section may be accomplished and will be deemed proper and complete by mailing a copy of the complaint to the person charged by both regular mail and certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address The citation is deemed served on the date it is deposited in the United States Mail.
(Ord. O2021-005, passed 2-17-21)