Motorized Bike and Scooter Safety and Reminder
Summary: Rules for EPAMDs and Motorized Foot Scooters
With the arrival of warmer weather, many students are riding motorized bikes and scooters to school. See below for a reminder of the rules for operating these items on school grounds:
RULES FOR EPAMDs (Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device) AND MOTORIZED FOOT SCOOTERS
11.46.010 Areas of operation.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, gas motorized foot scooters may be operated on roadways, shoulders, and alleys, but not on sidewalks, bicycle lanes, or public paths.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, EPAMDs and electric motorized foot scooters may be operated on roadways, shoulders, sidewalks, and alleys, but not on bicycle lanes, or public paths. Where an arterial street contains a sidewalk, EPAMDs shall be operated only upon the sidewalk and not upon the roadway or shoulder. An EPAMD shall not be operated upon the roadway or shoulder of any highway where the speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour.
C. EPAMDs and motorized foot scooters are subject to limitations imposed by SMC Title 18 on the use of motorized vehicles in parks.
D. Neither EPAMDs nor motorized foot scooters may be operated on public school playfields or public school playgrounds.
E. The provisions of this section limiting the use of EPAMDs and/or electric motorized foot scooters in parks or on sidewalks, bicycle lanes, public paths, public school playfields, or public school playgrounds do not apply to an EPAMD or electric motorized foot scooter when that device is operated by a person with a mobility impairment caused by a physical disability who uses that device to enhance that person’s mobility.
