[Adopted 11-16-2021 by L.L. No. 29-2021]
A. 
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1281 authorizes municipal governments to regulate the time, place and manner of the operation of electric scooters in their communities, provided adequate signage is posted. This Legislature also finds and determines that for Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1281 requires that the county governing body authorize municipalities to engage in this regulation. This Legislature determines that similar language authorizing municipal governments to regulate the time place and manner of the use of bicycles with electric assist, provided the county governing body authorizes such regulation, can be found in New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1242. This Legislature further finds and determines that people are increasingly using electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist as a means of transportation, particularly in downtown locations. This Legislature finds that municipalities in Suffolk County should have flexibility in determining if the use of electric scooters or bicycles with electric assist need to be regulated in their communities and what such regulations entail. This Legislature determines that Suffolk County should facilitate local regulatory control over the proper use of electric scooters or bicycles with electric assist in our varied towns and villages.
B. 
Therefore, the purpose of this article is to authorize municipalities located within Suffolk County to regulate the time, place and manner of electric scooter use and/or bicycles with electric assist pursuant to New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1242 and 1281.
A. 
In conformance with New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1281, Subdivision 2(b), municipalities located within the County of Suffolk are hereby authorized to regulate the time, place and manner of operation of electric scooters within their jurisdiction.
B. 
In conformance with New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1242, Subdivision 3(b), municipalities located within the County of Suffolk are hereby authorized to regulate the time, place and manner of operation of bicycles with electric assist within their jurisdiction.
This article shall apply to all actions taken by municipalities located within the County of Suffolk occurring on or after the effective date of this article.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person, individual, corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this article, or in its application to the person, individual, corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which such order or judgment shall be rendered.