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Author: Roger Bloom

City Council Passes E-Bike Ordinance

E-bike riders in Irvine will have to follow a speed limit of 28 miles per hour on streets and 20 miles per hour on bike paths.

Riders will also be required to travel with the flow of traffic on streets and sidewalks under a new ordinance approved by the City Council at its July 11th meeting.

In addition, the ordinance requires e-bikes to yield to all pedestrians and vehicles when entering a roadway from an alley or driveway; bans e-bikes from the City’s Open Space areas; and prohibits people from tinkering with their e-bikes to increase their speed capability.

The ordinance was recommended to the Council by the Irvine Police Department (IPD) and the City’s Transportation Commission, in response to the Council’s October 2022 request that an ordinance addressing e-bikes be drafted.

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Irvine City Council Discusses Proposed New Noise Ordinance

Irvine may soon be a quieter place, as the City Council on June 13th asked for a review and updating of the City’s anti-noise ordinance.

Amplified music and tighter enforcement were among the concerns raised by Councilmember Kathleen Treseder in asking for the review, but much of the Council discussion centered on gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers.

“When I talk to residents of Irvine, the gas-powered leaf blowers are the second-most cited nuisance” behind traffic, said Treseder. She suggested the City ban the gas-powered equipment by next year.

Other Councilmembers and public commenters all agreed that the landscaping equipment noise is a pervasive nuisance.

Councilmembers decided to bring the transition to electric landscaping equipment back for discussion at the next meeting (June 27th), separate from the noise ordinance overview.

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While Other Cities Withdraw, Irvine Sticks with OCPA

Last week, sparks flew as the City Council once again debated Irvine’s continued participation in the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) … and once again voted 3-2 against pulling out.

The often-heated discussion came just one week after Huntington Beach voted to withdraw from the beleaguered agency, and the other two remaining member cities, Buena Park and Fullerton, announced plans to consider a vote to also withdraw from OCPA.

Since rejoining the City Council in late 2020, Councilmember Larry Agran has called out OCPA for its corruption, broken promises, and price-gouging of Irvine electricity ratepayers. Councilmember Carroll, who served as Chair of OCPA until this year, agreed with Agran that it’s time for Irvine to pull the plug on OCPA.

Without addressing the mounting financial problems at OCPA, Councilmember Tammy Kim — joined by Councilmember Kathleen Treseder and Mayor Farrah Khan — voted to remain in OCPA, with Kim stating that the City needs to “see through what it started.”

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