St. Johns County Commissioners discuss proposed e-bike ordinance
St. Johns County leaders are considering how to regulate e-bikes in the county after two middle school students were hurt in separate e-bike crashes.
Attorney Rich Komando presented his proposed draft ordinance to county commissioners.
But the county leaders had more questions about some of the items in the draft proposal.
The amended e-bike ordinance would do some things like:
Ban people younger than 14 from riding the e-bikes
Require those under 18 to wear helmets when operating the e-bikes
And require e-bikes to go no more than 10 mph on a sidewalk
Some of the Commissioners argued that some points of the proposed draft items, like wearing a helmet while operating the bikes, are already law by state statute, though.
'I don't think having a draft for e-bikes is a bad thing, but what I would love to do is workshops,' Commissioner Clay Murphy said.
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Murphy and some other county leaders on the board said that they would rather see more education around the e-bikes instead of more redundant laws.
Other leaders like Commissioner Sarah Arnold believe that a draft ordinance would do no good without the accountability and collaboration of parents.
'It does come to being a parenting issue. And as a parent of four, I can say that. And when my kids screw up on their motorized vehicles they lose the keys,' she said.
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In the end, county leaders decided on a resolution in the case of an amended e-bike ordinance.
The county leaders will likely revisit this conversation.
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