Title
Vehicles for Hire and Pedicab Safety (NB)
Explanation
The City Commission referred the issue of safety involving vehicles for hire and pedicabs to the Public Safety Committee for review at its October 7, 2010 meeting.
There are specific requirements in the City Ordinance specifying the safety equipment necessary to operate the pedicab. The list is fairly extensive. Enforcement has been done where the pedicabs are inspected to ensure they are in compliance and that should continue as circumstances allow. Besides violating traffic laws, the other common complaints received regarding pedicabs is overloading and operating on West University Avenue. These provisions are enforced as circumstances allow.
At the Committee's February 14, 2011 meeting the Committee unanimously approved requesting this item be removed from the referral list and for staff to continue to monitor the situation, especially when football season begins in the fall.
Fiscal
None
Recommendation
The City Commission remove this item from the Public Safety Committee referral list and request that staff continue to monitor the safety issues of the vehicles for hire and pedicabs.