Ashwaubenon, WI Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Commercial rental
- Prohibited outright in the village
- No-ride streets
- Oneida Street and Holmgren Way
- Speed-limit rule
- Banned above 30 mph without a bike lane
- Parking
- Banned on roadways, sidewalks, bike lanes
- Riders per scooter
- One only
- Max forfeiture
- $50 under § 7-7-242(B)
Summary
Village Code § 7-7-237(D) flatly prohibits short-term commercial rental of electric scooters in Ashwaubenon, so no dockless or app-based scooter-share program may operate; the same section bans riding on Oneida Street or Holmgren Way and bars scooters from sidewalks, bicycle lanes or roadways as parking spots.
As authorized pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 349.237 (1), No person shall operate or ride upon any electric scooter on public roads and highways within the village having a speed limit of more than 30 miles per hour, unless the street or road has a designated bicycle lane. No person shall operate or ride upon any electric scooter on Oneida Street or Holmgren Way. ... As authorized pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 349.237 (3), no person shall park or cause to be parked electric scooters on roadways, sidewalks, bicycle lanes or bicycle ways in the village. ... As authorized pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 349.237 (4), short-term commercial rental of electric scooters is prohibited in the village.
Full Breakdown
Adopted by Ordinance No. O7-1-25 in July 2025 under authority the state grants municipalities at Wis. 237, § 7-7-237 sets Ashwaubenon's electric scooter rules in four operative subsections. Subsection (A) bars riding an electric scooter on any public road with a posted speed limit over 30 miles per hour unless that road has a designated bicycle lane, and names two streets, Oneida Street and Holmgren Way, where scooter riding is banned outright regardless of speed limit or bike lane. Subsection (B) permits scooters on sidewalks, bicycle ways and recreational trails, but riders must yield to pedestrians and bicyclists and give an audible signal when passing.
Subsection (C) bars parking a scooter on any roadway, sidewalk, bicycle lane or bicycle way anywhere in the village, meaning there's no legal place to leave one outdoors on public property. Subsection (D) is the headline rule for a scooter-share program: short-term commercial rental of electric scooters is prohibited in the village, which forecloses a dockless fleet from operating in Ashwaubenon at all, not merely restricting where its scooters could go. Subsection (E) bars more than one rider per scooter regardless of the device's design.
Violating any of these subsections carries the article's general forfeiture of not more than $50 under § 7-7-242(B), the same penalty structure that governs the rest of Ashwaubenon's bicycle and scooter article.
Violations & Fines
Violating any part of § 7-7-237, including the outright ban on short-term commercial scooter rental, is punishable by a forfeiture of not more than $50 under § 7-7-242(B); a parent or guardian is jointly and severally liable if a minor commits the violation.
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