Acworth, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Acworth Code of Ordinances § 90-53 states its purpose as prohibiting shareable dockless mobility devices from being placed in the public rights-of-way or on public property, operated in the rights-of-way or on public property, or offered for use anywhere in the city, in order to protect pedestrian traffic flow and public safety. The section defines a "shareable dockless mobility device" as an electric or motorized, or human-powered, device that lets one user move freely, that is not registered with the State of Georgia or Cobb County, and that is rented to the public through an on-demand portal such as a smartphone app or membership card at unstaffed, self-service locations; the code specifies this includes, but is not limited to, bicycles, e-bicycles, scooters and e-scooters.

The general provisions in § 90-53(c) go further than a rights-of-way restriction: they make it unlawful to provide or offer a shareable dockless mobility device for use anywhere within the city at all, not merely in public spaces, and separately bar parking, leaving standing, abandoning or otherwise placing such a device in the right-of-way or on public property, and bar operating one there. This is a full citywide prohibition on the rental business model itself, not just a no-parking-zone rule, which distinguishes it from ordinary dockless-scooter regulations that other cities use to set parking corrals or no-ride zones. The ordinance was adopted September 5, 2019 under Ordinance No. 2019-22.