[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Proposed Changes to Ordinance 7941: E-Bikes Pilot Program

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Sender: Plass, Tim

Colleagues--

I have proposed certain changes (indicated by underline) to the e-bikes pilot program ordinance. The new language seeks to clarify that the pilot project will not take place on OSMP properties. I have added to the proposed code section 7-5-26 itself, rather
 than solely relying on the findings in the ordinance. There are also changes to the ordinance title and section 8 of No. 7941.




Thank you for your consideration of these changes.




Tim







Tim Plass

Boulder City Council Member




ORDINANCE NO. 7941

AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PILOT PROJECT

ALLOWING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES ON CERTAIN

HARD-SURFACED, MULTI-USE PATHS BUT EXCLUDING 

THOSE ON OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARK PROPERTY BY AMENDING

DEFINITIONS IN SECTIONS 1-2-1 AND 7-1-1; AMENDING

SECTIONS 7-4-16, 7-5-5, AND 7-5-9 TO SPECIFY SAFETY

STANDARDS THAT WILL APPLY TO ELECTRIC ASSISTED

BICYCLES; ADDING A NEW SECTION 7-5-26

AUTHORIZING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES WHERE

PERMITTED BY A RULE ADOPTED BY THE CITY

MANAGER; ESTABLISHING A SUNSET DATE OF

DECEMBER 31, 2014; AND SETTING FORTH RELATED

DETAILS.





7-5-26 Electric Assisted Bicycles.

No person shall activate the motor of an electric assisted bicycle on any bike or pedestrian path

or on a recreational trail except where permitted by a rule adopted by the city manager in

accordance with Chapter 1-4, “Rulemaking.” B.R.C. 1981. Such rule adopted by the city manager shall not include paths or trails on open space land as defined in the City Charter, Section 170.






Section 8. This ordinance shall be effective until December 31, 2014. The City Council

suspends the prohibition against operating a motorized vehicle on hard-surfaced, multi-use paths

until that time for the limited purpose of implementing the Pilot Project described by this

ordinance,  except that the use of electric assisted bicycles, whether the motor is activated or not, is prohibited on sidewalks and on open space land, as defined in the City Charter, Section 170.  For all other purposes,
 the regulations governing electric assisted bicycles remain in

full force and effect.