A.
License. Anyone wishing to operate a bicycle within the corporate
limits shall make an application to the Municipal Police before the
first day of August of every even-numbered year. Each application
shall set forth the name of the applicant, his address, a description
of the bicycle and such other information as the Police Department
may require. A license tag shall then be issued by the Municipal Police.
Said tag shall then be attached to the frame of the bicycle in a substantial
manner. The removal of such tag, except by the proper authorities,
shall be unlawful. [Neb. RS 60-6, 317; 60-680(h)]
B.
Inspection. The Police Department shall inspect each bicycle presented
to it for licensing, and shall refuse to issue a license tag for any
bicycle found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition.
C.
Operation.
(1)
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on a street or other
public highway of this municipality with another person on the handlebars
or in any position in front of the operator.
(2)
No bicycle shall be ridden faster than is reasonable and proper,
but every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the
safety of the operator and any other persons upon the streets and
public highways.
(3)
Persons riding bicycles shall observe all traffic signs and
stop at all stop signs.
(4)
No bicycle shall be permitted on any street or other public
highway from 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise without
a headlight, visible under normal atmospheric conditions, from the
front thereof, for not less than 500 feet indicating the approach
or presence of the bicycle, firmly attached to such bicycle, and properly
lighted, or without a yellow or red light reflector attached to and
visible 500 feet from the rear thereof. The headlight shall give a
clear, white light.
(5)
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any street or
other public highway abreast of more than one other person riding
or propelling a bicycle.
(6)
Every person riding or propelling a bicycle upon any street
or other public highway shall observe all traffic rules and regulations
applicable thereto, and shall turn only at intersections, signal for
all turns, ride at the right-hand side of the street or highway, pass
to the left when passing overtaken vehicles and individuals that are
slower moving, and shall pass vehicles to the right when meeting.
[Amended 7-25-1994 by Ord. No. 35-94]
No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled,
skis, or toy vehicle shall attach himself or the bicycle, coaster,
roller skates, sled, skis, or toy vehicle to any vehicle upon a roadway,
and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to suffer or
permit any person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates,
sled, skis, or toy vehicle to cling or attach himself or the bicycle
to such vehicle driven and operated by him. (Neb. RS 60-6, 316)
[Amended 9-18-1979 by Ord. No. 1195; 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 46-94; 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 47-94; 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 48-94]
A.
MOPED
Defined. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
A bicycle with fully operative pedals for propulsion by human
power, an automatic transmission, and a motor with a cylinder capacity
not exceeding 50 cubic centimeters, which produces no more than two
brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the bicycle at a maximum
design speed of no more than 30 miles per hour on level ground. Mopeds,
their owners, and their operators shall be subject to Neb. RS Chapter
60, Article 4, and amendments thereto, but shall be exempt from the
requirements of Neb. RS Chapter 60, Articles 1, 3, and 5, and amendments
thereto. (Neb. RS 60-6, 309)[1]
C.
Traffic regulations applicable. Any person who rides a moped upon a roadway shall have all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle under Chapter 382 of this Municipal Code and Neb. RS 39-601 to 39-6,122, and amendments thereto, except for those provisions of such sections which by their nature can have no application. Such regulations applicable to mopeds shall apply whenever a moped shall be operated upon any street, alley, or public highway within the municipality or upon any path set aside by the Department of Roads or local authority for the use of mopeds. Notwithstanding any established maximum speed limits in excess of 25 miles per hour, no person shall operate any moped at a speed in excess of 30 miles per hour. (Neb. RS 60-6, 311)
D.
Operation.
(1)
Any person who operates a moped shall ride only upon a permanent
and regular seat attached to the moped. A person operating a moped
shall not carry any other person, nor shall any other person ride
on a moped unless such moped is designed by the manufacturer to carry
more than one person.
(2)
A person shall ride upon a moped only while sitting astride
the seat, facing forward.
(3)
No person shall operate a moped while carrying any package,
bundle, or other article which prevents him or her from keeping both
hands on the handlebars.
(4)
No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any person ride,
in a position that interferes with the operation or control of the
moped or the view of the operator.
(5)
Any moped which carries a passenger shall be equipped with footrests
for such passenger.
(Neb. RS 60-6, 312)
E.
Use of traffic lanes.
(1)
A moped shall be entitled to full use of a traffic lane or any
of any highway with an authorized speed limit of 45 miles per hour
or less, and no vehicle shall be operated in such a manner as to deprive
any moped of the full use of such lane, except that mopeds and motorcycles
may be operated two abreast in a single lane.
(2)
No person shall operate a moped between lanes of traffic or
between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(3)
Mopeds shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single
lane.
(4)
Any person who operates a moped on a roadway with an authorized
speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour shall ride as near to the
right side of the roadway as practicable and shall not ride more than
single file.
(5)
No person who rides upon a moped shall attach himself, herself,
or the moped to any other vehicle on a roadway.
(6)
Mopeds shall not be operated on the sidewalks.
(Neb. RS 60-6, 313)
F.
Equipment. Any moped which carries a passenger shall be equipped
with footrests for such passenger. No person shall operate any moped
with handlebars more than 15 inches above the mounting point of the
handlebars.
[Added 3-15-2005 by Ord.
No. 15-05]
A.
No person shall ride upon, or in any other manner use, a skateboard
on any sidewalk, parking lot, or driveway within 100 feet of any church
or school, or within 100 feet of any retail, professional, service,
or manufacturing business, or in the parking lot or within 100 feet
of any government-owned building in the City of Seward. No person
shall ride upon or in any other manner use a skateboard in any City
park, except in any areas of said City park specifically designed
and/or approved for the use of skateboards. The use of skateboards
within the City of Seward is hereby restricted to the following zoning
districts within the City:[1]
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RR
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Rural Residential
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R-1
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Urban Residential Low-Density District
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R-2
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Urban Residential Moderate-Density District
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R-3
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Urban Residential Mixed-Density District
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R-4
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Urban Residential High-Density District
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RM
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Mobile Home Residential District
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B.
Any person found violating the terms of this section shall, upon
conviction, have his or her skateboard confiscated for a period of
one week and be fined $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second offense,
and $100 for any third or subsequent offense.
