Personal Delivery Devices

The Personal Delivery Device (PDD) Program regulates the PDD operations of permitted operators within the City of Santa Monica. The program is managed through Administrative Regulations, which manages PDD vendors who operate in Santa Monica. 

Personal Delivery Devices (PDDs) are devices used to transport items, products, or any other materials on City sidewalks and pedestrian paths of travel for commercial purposes; guided or controlled with a human operator actively and physically controlling the movements of the devices.

The rules and regulations of remotely controlled personal delivery device (PDD) operations within the City, are authorized under Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.1055.