Marietta, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Section 9-4-120 of the Marietta Code flatly prohibits shareable dockless mobility devices from operating anywhere in the city. The section defines a 'shareable dockless mobility device' as an electric, motorized or human-powered device an individual can rent on demand through a smartphone app, membership card or similar self-service method, not registered with the State of Georgia or Cobb County, expressly including bicycles, e-bicycles, scooters and e-scooters. Three separate prohibitions apply: it is unlawful to provide or offer such a device for use anywhere in the city, unlawful to park, leave standing, leave lying, abandon or otherwise place one in the public right-of-way or on public property, and unlawful to operate one in the right-of-way or on public property.

The ban does not stop the city itself from offering a shareable device program to the public and permitting its use on the right-of-way, so a city-run bikeshare could still be authorized under Subsection D. Any device found violating the section is treated as a traffic hazard and is subject to immediate removal, with impoundment and fines handled the same way as the abandoned-vehicle procedures in Chapter 9-12.