Spokane Municipal Code

Title 16A Transportation

Chapter 16A.62 Motorized Personal Transportation Devices

Section 16A.62.010 Definitions

1. “Application-based rental of electronically activated personal transportation devices” means a method of renting a personal transportation device solely by means of a smartphone-enabled software application.

2. “Approved bicycle helmet” means a head covering designed for safety that shall meet or exceed the requirements safety standards adopted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 15 USCS 6004, or Z-00.4 set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Snell Foundation, the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), or other subsequent nationally recognized standard for helmet performance as the county may adopt. The helmet must be equipped with either a neck or chinstrap that shall be fastened securely while the wheeled-vehicle is in motion.

3. “Retail zone of the congested district” means, for purposes of this definition, and area bounded:

On the north by the north line of Spokane Falls Boulevard;

On the west by the west line of Madison Street;

On the south by the south line of BNSF railroad viaduct corridor from Madison Street to Washington Street, the south line of 1^st Avenue from Washington Street to Bernard Street and the South line of Sprague Avenue from Bernard Street to Division Street;

On the east by the east line of Division Street.

The retail zone of the congested district as defined in this section shall also include both sides of Post Street from Spokane Falls Boulevard north to the north landing of the Post Street Bridge.

4. “Modified or enhanced” means to alter the settings, displacement/horsepower or muffler effect to achieve greater power and/or performance than provided when the unit was delivered from the factory for sale.

5. “Motorized foot scooter” means a device with no more than two twelve-inch or smaller diameter wheels that has handlebars, is designed to be stood upon, but may have a seat, and is powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion.

6. “Motorized personal transportation device” shall mean motorized foot scooters, motorized skateboards, electronic personal assistive transportation devices, and all other similar devices, but shall be deemed to exclude motorized wheel chairs, motor driven cycles, mopeds, motorcycles.

7. “Motorized skateboard” means every device with a platform having one or more sets of wheels beneath it, which the rider balances on top of, and which is either propelled by an attached or auxiliary, electric or gasoline motor.

8. “Personal transportation device” means bicycles, electric-assist bicycles, foot scooters, motorized foot scooters, skateboards, motorized skateboards, electronic personal assistive transportation devices, and all other similar devices, but excluding motorized wheel chairs, motor driven cycles, mopeds, and motorcycles.

1. “Street,” for the purposes of chapter 16A.62 SMC only, means the entire width between the curb boundary lines, including the shoulder, of every way publicly maintained in the City of Spokane when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking.

Date Passed: Monday, March 25, 2019

Effective Date: Monday, April 29, 2019

ORC C35749 Section 5