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SUBJECT:  Township Ordinance Amended to Include Electric Bikes/Scooters
                                                                                                                       
NARRATIVE:   Below are the main points from the newly amended Township ordinance that outlines the rules and regulations for electric bikes and scooters.  The full ordinance can be found on the Township’s website at www.oceantwp.org.

The following rules and regulations shall pertain to electric bicycles and electric scooters and their operation within the Township:

1. Helmet Requirements. Electric bicycle operators and electric scooter operators must wear a helmet regardless of age.
2. Manner of Riding. No electric bicycle or electric scooter shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
3. Speed Restrictions. No person shall operate an electric bicycle or electric scooter at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the condition then and there existing provided it does not exceed nineteen (19) miles per hour.
4. Riding on Sidewalks.

1. No person over the age of 14 shall ride an electric bicycle or electric scooter upon a sidewalk.
2. Any person traveling on the sidewalk with an electric bicycle or electric scooter shall dismount before entering the sidewalk throughway and walk the electric bicycle or electric scooter along the sidewalk.
3. No person shall start or stop an electric bicycle or electric scooter trip on the sidewalk.

5. Carrying Articles. No person operating an electric bicycle or electric scooter shall carry any package, bundle, or article, which prevents the user from keeping both hands upon the handlebars.
6. Lamps and Equipment on Electric Scooters.  Every electric bicycle or electric scooter, when in use at nighttime, shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front, and with a lamp on the rear which shall emit a red light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the rear. In addition to the red lamp, a red reflector may be mounted on the rear, of a type approved by the state motor vehicle commission, which shall be visible from all distances from fifty feet to three hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.

Township Parks and Playgrounds.No person over the age of 14 shall ride an electric bicycle or electric scooter in any of the Township parks or playgrounds or to utilize Township parking lots as throughways. 
 
PREPARED BY:         Detective Lieutenant Paul Flammia
                                    Public Information Officer
                                    (732) 531-1800
                                    [email protected]
 
DATE:                          11/6/2024