Issue acknowledged

Good evening @Greenbridge, can you take a picture of the violation for our Parking Enforcement services and add it to this thread please?

they can just walk by, they are there all day

Thank you for reporting this I did report this before

Here it is. Obvious, no?!

These motorcycles had been removed as of Sat. afternoon.

They were back as of Saturday evening between 6 and 8pm, parked right in front of Mi Salvador.

Given that these motorcycles seem to appear and disappear regularly, this is going to have to be a Police matter. I will alert the Police to this problem and ask them to keep an eye out. This site is not going to be the place to resolve it because it is for non-emergency, non-imminent matters, and this is one that needs a report to the Police when it is happening. I will notify Police Dept.

Thank you.

They are still there. I sit here scratching my head trying to understand the hesitation to enforce the code.

The answer is that, after careful review, the City and the Police have determined there is no violation.

These are not registered motorcycles or licensed motor vehicles. They are scooters/moped. They are not covered by the existing City Traffic Regulations. Therefore, they are treated like any other item on a sidewalk, including bicycles.

The only applicable City Ordinance is Sec. 24-7. That section prohibits any obstruction in a public way, but only if it interferes with convenient use of public travel. After reviewing this situation, the Police determined these vehicles don’t interfere with use of the public sidewalk, so they don’t violate this Ordinance. They are, I suppose, no different than a bicycle locked to a pole out of the way of pedestrian interference.

There is some City Council concern with these mopeds/scooters parking on sidewalks. But, it will require a new Ordinance if we wish to enforce.