Metro Clerk

Bill BL2019-1488

An ordinance to amend Chapter 12.62 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to require docking of all shared urban mobility devices.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Section 12.62.010 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is amended by deleting the definition of “Shared Urban Mobility Device (SUMD) system” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

"Shared Urban Mobility Device (SUMD) system" or "system" means a system which provides urban mobility devices for short-term rentals for point-to-point trips. Such a system can be a lock-to SUMD System or a dockless SUMD system. Beginning January 1, 2020, a SUMD system shall include only a lock-to SUMD System; a dockless SUMD system shall not be authorized.

Section 2. That Section 12.62.040 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is amended by deleting Subsection D in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

D. Any SUMD shall be upright when parked. Beginning January 1, 2020, any SUMD not in use must be parked upright at a docking station.

Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.