The Village of Mamaroneck finds that there are benefits to community
members utilizing bicycles for transportation and recreation in and
around the Village of Mamaroneck. The following goals and objectives
are hereby identified:
A. Bicycling is an environmentally friendly, efficient, nonpolluting
and inexpensive means of transportation and recreation for people
of all ages, as appropriate, and such transportation and recreation
are a vital part of the Village of Mamaroneck community. This includes
young children properly supervised by parents or other responsible
adults, and people of all ages.
B. Bicycles are used for recreation and neighborhood transportation,
by commuters traveling to and from different transportation hubs such
as the train station, and for other similar uses such as riding to
and from local destinations.
C. There are currently provisions under New York State Vehicle and Traffic
Law, specifically Article 34 of the Vehicle and Traffic Laws, Operation
of Bicycles and Play Devices, which establish rules and regulations
regarding safe operation of bicycles, and require use of helmets by
bicyclists at and below certain ages, which the Village hereby acknowledges
and enforces.
D. The Village of Mamaroneck is seeking to establish updated rules and
regulations for safe bicycling and parking of bicycles in the Village,
with specific rules regarding the operation and parking of bicycles
and other wheeled devices such as skateboards and roller blades along
Mamaroneck Avenue between Grand Street and Boston Post Road (U.S.
Route 1) hereinafter referred to as the "Downtown business district,"
in coordination with the Village Manager's Office, the Department
of Public Works, the Building Department, and the Police Department.
The Village's goal is to provide for safe and adequate use of
bicycles and other wheeled devices such as skateboards and roller
blades along public thoroughfares and the parking of bicycles on public
areas in a manner that allows pedestrians, including the handicapped,
to continue to have safe and full access along sidewalks, as well
as to and from cars and other vehicles.
Each person operating a bicycle in the Village of Mamaroneck
is required to comply with all applicable vehicle and traffic laws,
as more fully delineated and set forth under New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law Article 34, Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices.
Additional rules shall apply in the Village of Mamaroneck, as follows:
A. No person shall ride a bicycle, skateboard, nonmotorized scooter,
or use roller blades or other wheeled device upon the sidewalk in
the Downtown business district. In such locations, bicycles may be
walked along the sidewalk.
B. No person shall ride a bicycle, skateboard, nonmotorized scooter,
or use roller blades or other wheeled device upon any other public
sidewalk within the Village of Mamaroneck in a manner that is unsafe
for pedestrians.
C. No person shall secure a bicycle upon a public street or sidewalk
in the Downtown business district other than in a bike rack or in
bicycle parking locations as designated by the Village of Mamaroneck
under the direction of the Village Manager.
D. Every bicycle, skateboard, nonmotorized scooter, or roller blades
or other wheeled device used on a public highway shall be equipped,
maintained and operated in compliance with the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York.
E. Impoundment. A bicycle may be impounded for abandonment, which is
defined as being left in a location that is on Village-owned property,
on a public sidewalk or public right-of-way for more than seven consecutive
days. A bicycle may be retrieved from impoundment by an owner upon
proof of valid ownership by paying a fee to the Village of $50.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions
hereof shall be liable to a forfeiture to the Village of Mamaroneck
in a sum not to exceed $25 for the first violation within one year,
a sum not to exceed $50 for the second violation within one year,
and a sum not to exceed $100 for the third or more violation(s) within
one year.