[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Wells 3-9-1974. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 212.
A.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any public
street or highway or across any sidewalk except in a careful and prudent manner
and at a reasonable rate of speed.
B.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any public
street or highway or across any sidewalk in said Town unless said bicycle
is equipped with a bell, horn or other warning device.
C.
Persons riding bicycles shall observe all traffic rules
and regulations applicable thereto, shall turn only at intersections, shall
signal for all turns, shall ride at the right-hand side of any street or highway
and shall pass only to the left when passing slow-moving vehicles, with the
exception that a pass may be made to the right when slow-moving vehicles are
about to make left-hand turns.
D.
No person shall operate or propel any bicycle without
having at least one hand on the handlebars thereof.
E.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle with any passenger
where said bicycle is designed to carry only one person.
F.
No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one
time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
G.
No person riding or operating a bicycle shall hold onto
any vehicle while said vehicle is in motion.
[Amended 11-7-2000]
H.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street
or highway of the Town after dark unless the same shall be equipped with sufficient
light, attached to the front of said bicycle, visible from the front thereof
not less than 200 feet and properly lighted, nor without a rear taillight
or, in lieu thereof, a reflector attached to and visible from the rear of
said bicycle for a distance of 50 feet.
I.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any street
or highway or across any sidewalk in the Town abreast or to the left of any
person so riding or propelling another bicycle.
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.
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.
Any bicycle that has been in possession of the Wells Police Department
for a period of 90 days and is not claimed by the owner will be disposed of
by the direction of the Chief of Police of Wells. One item will be printed
in the York County Coast Star for one week prior to the disposal of said bicycle
or bicycles giving a complete description of the bicycle or bicycles and stating
that said bicycle or bicycles will be disposed of if not claimed by a given
date.
[Amended 11-7-2000]
Any person of the age of 17 or over who violates any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a civil penalty of
not more than $10. The Chief of Police, when satisfied that a juvenile under
the age of 17 years has ridden a bicycle in violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter, may impound the bicycle for a period not to exceed five days
for the first offense and for a period not to exceed 10 days for a second
offense and for a period not to exceed 30 days for any subsequent offense.
