James City County, VA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Sec. 2 of the James City County Code creates a license requirement for any 'Shared Mobility Program,' defined as the method by which an owner makes 'Shared Mobility Devices' (motorized skateboards or scooters, bicycles, or electric power-assisted bicycles offered for rent to the public for a fee) available to the public. Any individual, organization or entity that wants to operate an SMP or place SMDs in the county must apply to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors. 00 application fee. After reviewing the application, the Board of Supervisors can approve it, deny it, limit the area where the devices may operate, or attach conditions it considers necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare; the section gives the board broad discretion rather than a right to a license.

00 per unpermitted device, and the code makes each day of unlicensed operation a separate offense, so a fleet of scooters left out for a week can accumulate penalties quickly. The section, adopted by Ord. No. 66A-76 in November 2019, cites Va. 2-1315 as its state-law basis. It does not name a specific no-ride zone such as Jamestown or the Colonial Parkway; any geographic restriction comes from the conditions the board attaches to an individual license.