[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Palmyra 8-10-1897 (Ch. 11 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
All bicycles, tricycles and similar vehicles,
when in use on any public highway, street or place in the Borough
of Palmyra, shall have a lamp of such illuminating power as to be
plainly seen 100 yards ahead attached thereto and kept lighted between
one hour after sunset and sunrise and shall carry a suitable alarm
bell attached to the handlebar of such machine which when rung may
be heard 100 feet distant.
No bicycle, tricycle, car (except cars of steam
railroad), wagon, carriage or other vehicle shall be propelled or
driven along or across any of the public streets, roads, highways
or places of the Borough of Palmyra at a greater rate of speed than
10 miles per hour.
The Borough Council may, in its discretion,
upon any special occasion, grant permits to any person or persons
to ride bicycles, tricycles or other similar machines during a specific
time upon specified portions of the public highways of the Borough
of Palmyra at any rate of speed and may annex such reasonable conditions
to such permits as it shall deem proper, and said Borough Council
may, under such conditions as it shall deem proper, permit the use
of velocipedes or other similar machines by children on the sidewalks
and public places in the Borough.
No person shall ride any bicycle, tricycle or
similar machine upon any sidewalk within the limits of the Borough
of Palmyra.
All riders of bicycles, tricycles and similar
vehicles, when approaching pedestrians, carriages, bicycles, tricycles
or similar vehicles, shall ring their bell and keep to the right.
Every violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter shall render the offender subject to a fine not exceeding
the sum of $5 for each offense, and the Municipal Magistrate or other
judicial officer before whom the offender may be tried may impose
such fine, in his discretion, as he may think proper, not exceeding
the sum of $5 for each offense.
