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Meeting: County Council **The agenda is subject to change up to five (5) calendar days prior to the noted date.**

Meeting Time: September 09, 2025 at 10:30am EDT

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Agenda Item

CB-071-2025 AN ACT CONCERNING VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - BIKE LANES AND BIKEWAYS for the purpose of providing for the authority regarding motorized vehicles on sidewalks or trails; providing for certain fines; providing for prohibiting motorized vehicles on bike lanes and bikeways with certain exceptions and generally regarding the prohibition with exceptions of motor vehicles on sidewalks, trails, bike lanes and bikeways. Background This bill deals with the current authority regarding the prohibition of motorized vehicles on sidewalks or trails. It also prohibits motorized vehicles on bike lanes and bikeways with certain exceptions. It provides that no person shall stop, park, stand or drive any motorized vehicle in a bike lane or bikeway. Electric bicycles or scooters are not classified as motorized vehicles for the purposes of this law. An authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency, a transit vehicle, a vehicle picking up or discharging disabled individuals, or a vehicle that has become unintentionally disabled are exempt from the provisions of this law. Bikeable shoulders shall be exempted unless they are striped as bike lanes. It provides for a $50 fine for violations of this law.