SEQUIM — Bugged by the buzzing noise of motorized foot scooters zipping around town?
If you live in Sequim, your elected officials are set to impose regulations that could make them more tolerable.
Or not.
The state Legislature passed a law in 2003 which gave cities and counties the right to regulate the use of the upright toy-like vehicles, which have become more sophisticated and powerful in the past few years.
The problem, said City Attorney Craig Ritchie, is that the regulations available to local jurisdictions are limited in scope and can create more problems than they solve.
Preliminary ordinance
Ritchie on Monday night showed City Council members a preliminary ordinance he drafted which meets the basic outlines of state law.
He also showed them ordinances adopted by other cities around the state.
Under the proposed ordinance — which was not put to a vote Monday — scooters would be permitted on public roads on which the posted speed limit is 25 mph or less.