Surprise, AZ Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Code § 54-58 creates a temporary shared active transportation vehicle (SATV) pilot program to test dockless, commercially rented electric bicycles and stand-up electric scooters within Surprise. Under subsection (c), the pilot's term runs 180 days from the effective date of the authorizing ordinance, or ends sooner if the city adopts a permanent SATV ordinance. Subsection (d) requires any operator that wants to deploy SATVs to sign a temporary operating agreement with the city; deploying without one is treated as a trespass on city property or rights-of-way, and the city can terminate an agreement at any time and require the operator to clear its entire fleet within 48 hours.

Subsection (e)(8) caps the total citywide deployment at 100 SATVs at any one time, counting any vehicle placed anywhere within city limits, including on private property, toward that cap. Subsection (f)(2) strictly bans deploying SATVs inside any city park, in front of single-family residential properties, in streets, alleys, medians, landscaping or greenbelts, public parking lots, on private property without the owner's consent, in loading zones, disabled parking zones, curb ramps, entryways, and driveways. m. Operators must respond to reports of unlawfully parked or abandoned vehicles within two hours, and the city can impound a noncompliant SATV immediately if it poses a health or safety risk.