The permitting scheme the city has in mind, Peskin said, is very similar to the one San Francisco has in place around stationless bike-sharing.
"This is a basic permitting scheme to allow the professional staff at SFMTA to permit these with sensible, regulatory frameworks and to be able to confiscate unpermitted vehicles or devices," Peskin said.
The traffic order relates to charges for on-street parking spaces and to a parking scheme in Skircoat, which includes on-street parking bays and parts of the residents' permit scheme.
Officials had begun drafting a work permit scheme for seafarers to address illegality in 2008.
The Irish fishing industry welcomed the permit scheme, which it described as a "win-win" for boat owners and migrants.
The permit scheme requires owners to register, provide a solicitor-backed contract to workers, and pay the legal minimum wage.
Sources said the operation this week was also aimed at checking whether the permit scheme was working.
The cockle permit scheme, under which holders have to complete a safety course and learn about intertidal fishing, was introduced in December 2003, just eight weeks before the disaster.
The migration plans, outlined to the committee by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, would mean continued free access for EU students and tourists but impose a skills-based work permit scheme for those seeking to take a job.
If you seriously believe in markets, you should believe that given the right incentives — namely, putting a price on emissions, through either a tax or a tradable permit scheme — the economy will find lots of ways to emit less.
