TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance to Maintain a Prohibition of the Use or Operation of Shared Mobility Devices in Any Public Right-of-Way or on Public Property, or Offered for Use Anywhere in the City; and Making a Finding of Exemption Under the California Environmental Quality Act (Community Development Director Tai).
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 20-0008
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 20-0008 to maintain a prohibition of the use or operation of shared mobility devices in any public right-of-way or on public property, or offered for use anywhere in the city.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On February 4, 2020, at a publicly-noticed meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 20-0008U and introduce Ordinance No. 20-0008 to maintain a prohibition of the use or operation of shared mobility devices in any public right-of-way or on public property, or offered for use anywhere in the city.
DISCUSSION:
The City Council first adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 18-0018U on August 21, 2018, to prevent the negative impacts arising from unregulated placement of shared mobility devices (including electric scooters) experienced in El Segundo and other cities during the summer of 2018. The City Council has adopted subsequent ordinances since 2018 to maintain the prohibition.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 20-0008 to add Chapter 14.70 to the Municipal Code to prohibit the use of shared mobility devices in the City in the Municipal Code.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The City has reviewed the proposed activ...
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