Full Notification

For Immediate Release
August 23, 2018
 
Contacts:  Lieutenant Andy Harrod, Traffic Lieutenant,
                   (310) 802-5165
                   Sergeant Tim Zins, PIO, (310) 802-5186           
 
Date of Incident:  August 21, 2018  
 
Subject:   Shared Mobility Devices Urgency Ordinance               
 
Location:   Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
 
On August 21, 2018, the Manhattan Beach City Council approved an urgency ordinance prohibiting the use of “Shared Mobility Devices” within the City of Manhattan Beach.  Effective immediately, “Shared Mobility Devices” will be prohibited from being operated in the public right-of-way, being placed in the public right-of-way or on public property, or offered for use anywhere within the City of Manhattan Beach. 
 
A “Shared Mobility Device” is defined as; any wheeled device (other than an automobile or motorcycle) that is powered by a motor; is accessed by an on-demand portal (i.e. smartphone application, membership card or similar method); is operated by a private entity that owns, manages, and maintains devices for shared use by members of the public and is available to members of the public in unstaffed, self-service locations, except those locations which are designated by the City of Manhattan Beach.
 
It is now illegal to; park, leave standing, leave lying, abandon, or otherwise place a shared mobility device in a public right-of-way, or on public property anywhere within the City of Manhattan Beach; operate a shared mobility device in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the City of Manhattan Beach.
                      
The purpose of this ordinance is to allow for adequate pedestrian safety throughout the City and to provide time for the City to develop a comprehensive set of regulations regulating such devices.