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The City of Montreal announced Wednesday it will adopt a set of ground rules for companies offering self-service electric scooters.

Already in place in dozens of U.S. cities, companies like Lime, Bird and Jumpoffer electric scooters that can be rented on a per-minute basis and left in designated places, paid through a mobile application.

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However, some cities have run into problems because of scooters left haphazardly on sidewalks and streets, or users riding them on on the street, endangering themselves and others.

As a result, the companies have been the targets of lawsuits.

In Montreal, the so-called micro-mobility companies are to be permitted to have bicycles or scooters parked only at bicycle racks, at the corners of streets where car parking isn’t permitted, and in spots designated by each borough.

The companies will have to pay between $15,000 and $27,500 for a permit to establish in the city, and will be responsible for where their products are parked.

The city says it is up to the province to modify its highway safety code to establish other rules, such as whether the scooters will be permitted on bicycle paths, streets or sidewalks.