Manatee County commissioners approved an ordinance that will regulate the use of electric bicycles on roads, pathways, sidewalks, crosswalks and intersections in unincorporated Manatee County.
After several residents complained about teenagers taunting them and riding recklessly on electric bikes around the Lakewood Ranch area, Commissioner Bob McCann raised a motion that directed staff to draft the ordinance in May.
The staff returned July 29 with the Manatee County Pedestrian Safety Ordinance, which prohibits anyone under the age of 16 years old from riding a Class 3 electric bicycle on public roads, bicycle paths and shared use roads and pathways…