Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 10.62 Dockless Shared Mobility Devices

For purposes of this chapter:

"Dockless shared mobility device"

means any motorized or non-motorized wheeled device, other than a motor vehicle that must be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles, that both: (1) is made available for shared use or rental by members of the public; and (2) includes a wireless lock that is integrated into the device.

"Wireless lock"

means a mechanism on a wheeled device that both: (1) can, while the wheeled device is freestanding in or lying on the public right-of-way or public property, be activated or deactivated via cellular phone network, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication, RFID or other wireless communication method; and (2) is designed to immobilize or lock one or more wheels of a wheeled device (by means other than locking the device to a bike rack or other fixed object) or to disable the wheeled device's motor.

(Ord. 2163 § 2, 2018)

A. It is unlawful to park, leave standing, leave lying, or abandon a dockless shared mobility device in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city.

B. It is unlawful to activate a dockless shared mobility device's wireless lock while the dockless shared mobility device is in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city.

C. It is unlawful for a dockless shared mobility device to be located in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city: while (1) one or more of its wheels are locked or immobilized by its wireless lock (regardless of the method by which the wireless lock was activated); or (2) its motor (if any) is deactivated by its wireless lock (regardless of the method by which its wireless lock was activated).

D. It is unlawful to provide or offer for use a dockless shared mobility device anywhere within the city.

(Ord. 2163 § 2, 2018)

Violation of a prohibition set forth in Section 10.62.020 is an infraction punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.22 of this code.

(Ord. 2163 § 2, 2018)

Peace officers, traffic control officers, parking enforcement officers, code enforcement officers and any other employee or contractor designated by the city manager are authorized to impound from any public right-of-way or public property anywhere within the city any dockless shared mobility device that is: (1) parked; (2) left standing; (3) left lying; (4) abandoned; or (5) in violation of subdivision C of Section 10.62.020 of this code. Unless the city council, by resolution, sets some different impound and storage fee, the impound shall be subject to the same impound and storage fees as applies to impounded bicycles.

(Ord. 2163 § 2, 2018)