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

Section 62-102, added by Ordinance No. 2703 in March 2019, regulates rental agencies for bicycles and micromobility devices, a category that under § 62-101 expressly includes electric scooters and electric standup scooters. Every rental agency must proactively inform customers about the rules in Article IV and provide them a copy of the article, in paper or digital form. Separately, and more consequentially for a shared-scooter operator, the section states plainly that no company may engage in the business of renting a micromobility device on property or rights-of-way of the town without the town's express permission, meaning a scooter-share company cannot simply deploy fleets on Gilbert sidewalks or in the public right-of-way without first obtaining town authorization.

Once a company has that permission, its riders are still bound by § 62-103's operating rules: scooters may be used on streets posted 25 mph or under and on sidewalks and multi-use paths unless signage prohibits it, but not on streets posted above 25 mph or in any signed no-micromobility area. Riders must yield to pedestrians, keep a safe following distance, dismount to cross prohibited areas, and equip a nighttime scooter with a front white lamp visible 500 feet and a rear red reflector visible 50 to 300 feet; sirens or whistles are barred, though anti-theft alarms are allowed, and every scooter must have a working skid-capable brake.