Corvallis, OR Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Corvallis Municipal Code § 8.17.010 defines a Motor Assisted Vehicle as a device with no more than four wheels and a foot support or seat, propelled by a motor limited to 24 mph (20 mph for electric-assisted bicycles), with an engine no larger than 35cc or an electric motor no stronger than 1,000 watts, covering motor-assisted bicycles, scooters, and skateboards but excluding motorized wheelchairs. Section 8.17.020 explains the Council's reasoning: rental business models have been shown to encourage inappropriate operation or discarding of vehicles in the public right of way, creating conflicts with other users and a disproportionate number of injuries to riders, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Section 8.17.030 flatly makes it unlawful to operate any business renting these vehicles unless every vehicle must be engaged from and returned to a designated bicycle rack or storage area, in effect barring the free-floating dockless scooter-share model altogether. Section 8.17.040 carves out a narrow exception: the City Manager may issue a permit to a property owner with a campus of fifty contiguous acres or more, on terms the City Manager finds in the City's best interest, but every vehicle rented under that permit must be geofenced to stay within that owner's campus.

Given the acreage threshold, the practical effect confines any legal scooter-rental fleet to a large single-owner campus such as Oregon State University rather than citywide, dockless service.