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

Chapter 74, adopted by Ordinance 1925 in 2019, defines a SHARED MOBILITY DEVICE broadly under § 74.02 to include golf carts, mopeds, electric bicycles, segways, electric skateboards, and motorized scooters not registered with the State of Florida that are part of a program making a device available to individuals on a short-term basis for a fee. Section 74.03 flatly prohibits riding one on a sidewalk, making it a violation for a user to operate or use any shared mobility device on a sidewalk or sidewalk area within the city, unless the rider is authorized under the ADA.

Section 74.04(A) goes further and blocks the business model itself: no operator may display, offer, or make available for rent any shared mobility device within the city unless the person or company has a valid, fully executed memorandum of understanding with the city or has obtained approval through an established city process. The operator, defined in § 74.02 as anyone who owns, operates, distributes, redistributes, services, or rebalances a device in a shared program, is the party liable for compliance under § 74.01.

Enforcement runs through the city's code enforcement process. Section 74.04(B) makes an unauthorized rental program a code enforcement violation punishable by a fine set by resolution, with each day the devices remain in the city without an MOU counted as a separate violation. Section 74.04(C) additionally authorizes immediate impoundment of any device offered without an MOU, or abandoned on a right-of-way or on private property without the owner's permission; retrieving it requires proof of ownership and payment of an impound fee set by resolution to cover the city's enforcement, storage, and impound costs.