Ordinance 3179 - Laserfiche WebLink

. V V r • • Section 13: RIDING ON ROADAYS AND BICYCLE PATHS (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. (b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles . (c) Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the roadway. Section 14: SPEED No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing. Section 15: EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR DRIVEWAY The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building, shall upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on said roadway. Section 16: CLINGING TO VEHICLES No person riding upon any bicycle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway. Section 17: CARRYING ARTICLES No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the rider from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars. Section 18: PARKING No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the roadway against the curb or upon the sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle or against a building or at the curb, in such manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic. Section 19: RIDING ON SIDEWALKS (a) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district. (b) The chief of police is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person and when such signs are in place no person shall disobey the same. Section 20: LAMPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES (a) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible for a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear of a type which shall be visible from all distances from 50 feet to 300 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition to the red reflector. -3-