Spalding County, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

Sec. 7-1013(1)'s Findings clause states that the Board of Commissioners has determined that streets and paved recreational paths within the active adult residential, village node, and planned development-residential zoning districts shown on the Official Zoning Map are built to safely permit use by motorized carts, electric bicycles, and low-speed motor vehicles (LSMVs), the zoning-district scope for the whole section. Sec. 7-1013(2) defines "electric bicycle" as a device with two or three wheels, a saddle seat, and fully operative pedals for human propulsion meeting 49 C.F.R. § 571, whose motor must disengage when brakes are applied, cannot exceed 1,000 watts of power output, and cannot propel or help propel the bike faster than 20 mph on level ground.

Sec. 7-1013(5) lists permitted uses on paved recreation paths, including pedestrians, nonmotorized vehicles, registered electric golf carts, and, at item (6), "bicycles, traditional and electric." Sec. 7-1013(6) then lists prohibited recreation-path uses, including motorcycles and "street and trail motorized bikes or vehicles," but expressly carves out electric bicycles from that motorized-bike prohibition at item (3): "not to include electric bicycles." Sec. 7-1013(7)(h) separately requires anyone riding an electric bicycle on the recreation paths to wear a properly fitted bicycle or motorcycle helmet meeting ANSI or Snell standards.

Because Sec. 7-1013's scope is tied to specific zoning districts under (1), the on-street riding authorization for e-bikes described here applies within those districts rather than every county road.