Hialeah, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

' Subsection (b) then bars operating one within the city on a public sidewalk, street, right-of-way, commercial parking lot, public parking lot, municipal park and recreational facility, or any other city-owned or operated property. Because the prohibited locations sweep in essentially every public right-of-way and every city-owned property in Hialeah, the practical effect is a near-total ban on riding this class of device in public, not a zone-based or time-based restriction. The definition's focus on unlicensed, seatless devices means kick-style or stand-up motorized scooters, the type used in dockless shared-scooter fleets, fall squarely within the prohibition, while devices that carry a state license plate fall outside the definition and outside this section.

The ordinance derives from Ord. No. 02-32, adopted June 4, 2002, predating today's dockless scooter-share industry, but its text has not been narrowed since. No penalty is written into Sec. 58-12 itself, so enforcement defaults to the Code's general civil-infraction penalty in Sec. 00 per violation, with continuing violations charged daily and processed through the chapter 22 civil-citation procedure.