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BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE FORM Posted To Webpage: November[----] 2023 This Business Impact Estimate is given as it relates to the proposed ordinance titled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING ARTICLE VI OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, ENTITLED "RESTRICTIONS ON SKATEBOARDS, NON - MOTORIZED AND MOTORIZED DEVICES,” AND CREATING A NEW ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED "MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, COASTERS, SKATEBOARDS, AND OTHER WHEELED DEVICES," THEREBY ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE AND OPERATION OF MOTORIZED SCOOTERS AND OTHER SIMILAR WHEELED DEVICES UPON THE CITY'S STREETS AND SIDEWALKS; REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF MOTORIZED SCOOTERS; ESTABLISHING A FEE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Part I. Summary of the proposed ordinance and statement of public purpose: In response to promoting a healthier lifestyle, mitigating traffic, and supporting more environmentally friendly, convenient, and cost-effective ways for residents and visitors to travel, the City of Sunny Isles Beach has become inundated with the use of motorized scooters and other similar wheeled devices upon its roadways and sidewalks. Despite the advantages of using these alternative methods of transportation, unique safety concerns are created bV their inherent design and bV their use, to both users of such devices and pedestrians. In recent years, there has been an increase in the improper use of motorized scooters and similar wheeled devices in the City, which pose a substantial risk of injury or death to users of such devices and pedestrians. It is the intent of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, to enact bV ordinance, regulations governing the use and operation of motorized scooters and other similar wheeled devices, which serve to protect the health and welfare of all city residents and visitors. Part 11. Estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for-profit businesses in the City of Sunny Isles Beach: (fill out subsections a -c as applicable, if not applicable write "not applicable")