Smyrna, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Code section
- Smyrna Code § 98-41
- Offering devices
- Unlawful anywhere within the city
- Parking or leaving
- Unlawful in a public right-of-way or on public property
- Riding
- Unlawful in a public right-of-way or on public property
- Owner notice
- Attempted within 48 hours of impoundment
- Enacted
- Ord. No. 2019-11, 6-17-19
Summary
In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, Sec. 98-41 prohibits shareable powered mobility devices, including rental e-scooters and bicycles, anywhere in the city. It is unlawful to offer them, to park or leave them in a public right-of-way or on public property, or to operate them there. A device left in the right-of-way can be removed immediately.
(a)Purpose. ... The purpose of this section is to prohibit shareable powered mobility devices from being placed in the public right-of-way or on public property, operated in the public right-of-way or on public property, so as to allow for adequate pedestrian traffic flow and to promote public safety. ... Such devices shall include but not be limited to bicycles/e-bicycles, scooters/e-scooters, and other similarly operated vehicles.(c)General provisions.(1)It is unlawful to provide or offer for use a shareable powered mobility device anywhere within the city.(2)It is unlawful to park, leave standing, leave lying, abandon, or otherwise place a shareable powered mobility device in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city.(3)It is unlawful to operate a shareable powered mobility device in a public right-of-way or on public property anywhere within the city.(d)Violations; impoundment. Devices violating subsection (c)(2) of this section shall be considered a safety or traffic hazard and may be immediately removed from the right-of-way.
Full Breakdown
Section 98-41 of the Smyrna Code, Shareable powered mobility devices, was enacted as Ord. No. 2019-11 on 6-17-19 and sits in Chapter 98, Traffic and Vehicles. Its stated purpose is to prohibit these devices from being placed in the public right-of-way or on public property, or operated there, so as to allow adequate pedestrian traffic flow and to promote public safety. Because the prohibition applies anywhere within the city, the section draws no map of no-ride zones.
The definition in subsection (b) is built on how a device is offered. A shareable powered mobility device is an electric/motorized or human-powered device that lets an individual user move or be moved freely, is not registered with the state, county or city, and is available for rent to certain members of the public through an on-demand portal, such as a smartphone application or membership card, at unstaffed, self-service locations provided by a party other than the city or a vender of the city. The code says such devices include bicycles/e-bicycles, scooters/e-scooters and other similarly operated vehicles.
Subsection (c) contains three separate prohibitions. It is unlawful to provide or offer for use a shareable powered mobility device anywhere within the city, so a company cannot deploy a fleet. It is unlawful to park, leave standing, leave lying, abandon or otherwise place a device in a public right-of-way or on public property. And it is unlawful to operate one in a public right-of-way or on public property, so the rider is covered as well as the provider.
Subsection (d) handles enforcement. A device left in violation of (c)(2) is treated as a safety or traffic hazard and can be removed from the right-of-way immediately. The city police department's property and evidence unit, or its designee, attempts to notify any identifiable owner within 48 hours of impoundment. Recovery costs are posted in the city schedule of fees and charges and are the responsibility of the owner of the device.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 98-41(d) says any person violating any provision of the section can be punished as provided in Sec. 1-8 of the city Code of Ordinances. Separately, a device left in the public right-of-way is a safety or traffic hazard that can be pulled at once and held by the police department's property and evidence unit. The owner pays the recovery costs listed in the city schedule of fees and charges.
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