Isle of Palms Regulations for Riding eBikes on the Beach
Isle of Palms Bans eBikes on the Beach between Memorial Day & Labor Day.
I watched an insular palm republic city council defy state law, as they have multiple times before, choosing to enact rogue regulations, without sufficient evidence, even in defiance of their own police officers, to ban ebikes on Isle of Palms beach between Memorial Day & Labor Day. They didn't know what an eBike was & it showed! They stated they would find the safety rationale after enacting the ordinance! This regulation allowing bicycles, but banning electric bikes burdens the police, burdens seniors, and burdens the handicapped. Not to mention that it undermines pre-existing state law & is therefore in in violation of the fundamentals of preemption.
This is not the first time the council sought to undermine State Authority. With Covid as the backdrop, they sought to remove parking for non-residents on State owned roads. The proper authority, the SCDOT pivotally responded to this insular councils insolence by revoking it & adding bike lanes. I've never been prouder of my state!
This is that same council defying orders from the SC Governor Henry McMaster, electing to keep beaches closed after they were ordered to reopen. They defied age old wisdom that sunlight is the best disinfectant on the basis of lack of evidence. One member has been publicly disciplined for breaking their own code of conduct.
The obstinate council just recently passed an emergency ordinance to allow their beachfront residents to break state law, allowing them to build seawalls in critical natural areas.
Indeed a palm republic should not aim to be reminiscent of a banana republic.
Shocked by their ignorance regarding eBikes as they passed laws regulating them, I had to stand up and walk out. It goes without saying that I am NOT a fan of their Mayor & most members of this obstinate council.

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