Gilbert, AZ Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Section 62-103(a) of the Gilbert Town Code is the shared-scooter rule. No company can engage in the business of selling or renting an electric standup scooter, an electric miniature scooter, a bicycle, an electric bicycle, an electric personal assistive mobility device, a motorized skateboard, a golf cart, a moped or any other listed device on property or rights-of-way of the town without express permission of the town. The list also covers motorcycles, motor vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles and off-road recreational motor vehicles. A scooter-share operator that stages a fleet on a Gilbert sidewalk or in a public right-of-way needs that permission first.

A company that holds permission, and any shop that sells or rents these devices, carries a second duty under the same subsection: take proactive measures to inform customers about applicable rules and regulations, and give each customer a copy of Article IV (Sections 62-101 through 62-109). The copy can be on paper or delivered through a website or mobile application, so an app-based operator meets the requirement inside its app and a counter rental shop hands over paper.

Section 62-102 sets the geography. Unless a section names a different place, the article applies equally to private and public property within the town boundary, so a rented scooter ridden through a private shopping-center lot is held to the same standards as one ridden on a town street.

Renters take on the operating rules in Article IV. Electric standup scooters are allowed in bicycle lanes and on sidewalks, but the rider has to yield to pedestrians by slowing, stopping or moving aside, and has to give an audible warning, by voice or bell, before passing (Section 62-105(a)(4)). Speed is capped at 15 miles per hour on sidewalks, in town parks and on multi-use paths (Section 62-107(c) and (d)). No person under 12 can operate an electric standup scooter (Section 62-105(b)(1)), riders under 18 must wear a fitted and fastened helmet (Section 62-108), and passengers are allowed only when the manufacturer designed the device for them (Section 62-105(a)(12)). Roadway operation is barred except on roadways with a 25 mile per hour limit or less that have neither a bicycle lane nor a sidewalk (Section 62-105(a)(6)).

Subsection (b) adds a sales rule: no seller or rental agency can sell, deliver, transfer or give a class 3 electric bicycle to anyone under 18. Examining acceptable evidence of age is a defense, and lawful transfers inside relationships such as parent to child are exempt.