Automated Micro-Utility Devices - Accessibility Feedback

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886, Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks, as follows: a. to insert in Section 886-1B in alphabetical order a new definition of micro-utility device as follows: "i. MICRO-UTILITY DEVICE - Any device that: 1. operates using any kind of power other than solely muscular power; 2. is automated or remotely controlled; 3. transports itself and/or conducts tasks including transporting goods or cargo, but not passengers."; b. to insert a new Section C in Section 886-15 as follows: "i. despite anything in this chapter to the contrary, no person shall operate or stop a micro-utility device in a cycle track." 3. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, as follows: a. to insert in Section 950-101B in alphabetical order a new definition of micro-utility device as follows: "i. MICRO-UTILITY DEVICE - Any device that: 1. operates using any kind of power other than solely muscular power; 2. is automated or remotely controlled; 3. transports itself and/or conducts tasks including transporting goods or cargo, but not passengers."; b. to insert a new Section 950-203 as follows: "i. Section 950-203. Regulation for Micro-Utility Device. ii. No person shall operate a micro-utility device on a sidewalk. iii. No person shall park, store or leave a micro-utility device on a highway or sidewalk." 4. City Council establish new offences and establish new associated penalties and amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 610, Penalties, Administration of, as follows: a. addition to Schedule A, Table 4: Chapter 886, Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks, which is commensurate with the fine amount for Section 886-15B stopping a vehicle other than a bicycle in a cycle track: Column 1 Designated Part of Chapter Column 2 Short Form Wording Column 3 Penalty Amount Section 886-15C Stop Micro-utility Device in Cycle Track $150.00 b. addition to Schedule A, Table 10: Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, which is commensurate with the fine amount for Section 950-400B(1) stopping a vehicle on/over a sidewalk/footpath: Column 1 Designated Part of Chapter Column 2 Short Form Wording Column 3 Penalty Amount Section 950-203B Park - Micro-utility Device on (Highway/Sidewalk) $150.00 Section 950-203B Store - Micro-utility Device on (Highway/Sidewalk) $150.00 Section 950-203B Leave - Micro-utility Device on (Highway/Sidewalk) $150.00 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to Parts 1 to 3, inclusive, above and the reasonable operation of the prohibitions against micro-utility devices. 6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, to issue a Transportation Innovation Challenge in the first half of 2022 to research, explore and support local economic development with respect to micro-utility devices. 7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consult with local entrepreneurs, Business Improvement Areas, micro-utility devices manufacturers and operators, accessibility community members, law enforcement (surveillance, counter-terrorism and security experts) and any other interested stakeholders and members of the public on the potential impacts and benefits arising from the use of micro-utility devices, and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2022. 8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the outcomes of the Transportation Innovation Challenge, results from the public consultation, best practices in municipal policy and details of the Ministry of Transportation's pilot project for micro-utility devices at a time that shortly follows its announcement by the Province.