.08 — Deployment

.08 Deployment.

A. In General. (1) A permit holder shall ensure that a dockless vehicle is deployed in compliance with City Code Article 31, § 38-19, Unlawful Parking. (2) A permit holder shall provide an account for its mobile application to the Department so that Department employees can access a dockless vehicle for free for the purposes of: (a) Education; (b) A routine vehicle inspection; or (c) Vehicle repositioning. (3) A permit holder shall apply speed geo-fencing to a dockless vehicle by using a speed governor to establish a City-wide speed limit of 15 mph except for: (a) In a reduced speed zone as defined in the Department’s MDS Policy API where speeds are limited to eight mph; and (b) In a no ride zone as defined in the Department’s MDS Policy API where a dockless vehicle is limited to a speed of no more than three mph. B. Deployment District Requirements. (1) On each day of service, a permit holder shall deploy to each deployment district: (a) A minimum of 5 percent of their fleet; and (b) A maximum of 25 percent of their fleet. (2) Compliance. The Department shall: (a) Evaluate daily compliance with the requirements in §B(1) of this regulation based on at least one hour of compliance between 5:00 a.m. and 9:0 a.m.; and (b) Notify a permit holder in violation of the requirements in §B(1) of this regulation via a compliance score notification. (3) A permit holder shall redistribute their fleet within three hours of receipt of a compliance score notification from the Department. C. Equitable Deployment Requirements. (1) A permit holder shall deploy a minimum of three dockless vehicles per day to each equity zone. (2) Compliance. The Department shall: (a) Evaluate daily compliance based on at least one hour of compliance between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m; and (b) Notify a permit holder of in violation of §C(1)-(2) of this regulation via a compliance score notification. D. Prohibitions. (1) A permit holder may not deploy a dockless vehicle: (a) Outside of a parking corral on a block face that contains an official parking corral designated by the Department, except as provided in §D(2) of this regulation; (b) In a quantity greater than ten per block face, except as allowed by the Department to accommodate a special event; (c) On a block face which contains the front entrance to a K-8 school; (d) In a tree pit or otherwise landscaped area; (e) In front of a property with an approved non-deployment request in accordance with §E of this regulation; or (f) In a location the Department has notified the permit holder that they may not deploy to, beginning 48 hours after the notification. (2) If a parking corral is full, a permit holder may deploy a dockless vehicle on a block face outside of the parking corral. (3) Unless a permit holder receives approval from the Department, a permit holder may not designate a public street in Baltimore City as a: (a) No parking zone; (b) Reduced speed zone; or (c) No ride zone. E. Non-Deployment Requests. (1) A property owner or manager may submit a non-deployment request in writing to the Department for an area adjacent to their property. (2) The Department shall notify a permit holder: (a) Of an approved non-deployment request; and (b) That an approved non-deployment request will begin 48-hours after notification. F. Severe Weather and Emergencies. (1) If 24-hour advanced notice is provided, the Department may: (a) Suspend the requirements of this regulation; or (b) Require the removal of: (i) An entire fleet; or (ii) A portion of a fleet in a defined geographic location. (2) The Department may require a permit holder to remove a dockless vehicle from: (a) An evacuation route prior to an emergency snow event; and (b) A low-lying area prior to an emergency flooding event. G. Special Events. The Department may suspend the requirements of this regulation during a special event. H. Temporary Exemptions from Deployment Regulations. (1) A permit holder may apply for a temporary exemption from the deployment requirements in this chapter. (2) A permit holder shall include a plan for communicating operational changes to affected users and the public within the application for temporary exemption. (3) The Department shall review applications for temporary exemption: (a) Within 24 hours for an application based on an immediate safety concern; and (b) Within five business days for other exemption requests. I. Alternative Deployment Locations. (1) A permit holder shall obtain permission to deploy a dockless vehicle to an alternative deployment location from: (a) The Department; (b) A private property owner; or (c) Another City agency. (2) A permit holder shall communicate the permission to deploy a dockless vehicle in an alternative deployment location via: (a) Signage approved by the entity granting permission; or (b) A mobile or web application.