Township of Lower, NJ
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2023-10-02
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 7 Traffic
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Article II Bicycle Regulations
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 7 Art II Bicycle Regulations
- § 7-16 Scope.
- § 7-17 Definitions.
- § 7-18 Motor vehicle traffic regulations.
- § 7-19 Operation/use of bicycles.
- § 7-20 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 10 Illicit Connections
- Ch 14 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of; Purchasing; Payroll
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 52 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- Ch 67 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 73 Mutual Aid
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 95 Professional Service Contracts, Regulation of
- Ch 101 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 106 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 110 Recreational Activities, Promotion of
- Ch 115 Rescue Squads
- Ch 118 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 148 Alarms, False
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 162 Amusement Devices and Games
- Ch 166 Animals
- Ch 167 Pet Waste
- Ch 178 Beaches
- Ch 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- Ch 191 Builders and Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 199 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 206 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 213 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 221 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 230 Conduct
- Ch 235 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 242 Construction Equipment and Sites
- Ch 247 Construction of Factories and Plants
- Ch 254 Construction Permits
- Ch 260 Curfew
- Ch 273 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 278 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Dumping
- Ch 291 Electrical Standards
- Ch 297 Excavations, Commercial
- Ch 302 Farm, Right to
- Ch 313 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 318 Fire Districts
- Ch 324 Fire-Fighting Equipment, Tampering With
- Ch 330 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 333 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 340 Fire Prevention
- Ch 345 Fire Zones, Lanes and Areas
- Ch 351 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 359 Garage and Other Sales
- Ch 374 Historic Preservation
- Ch 380 Housing Standards
- Ch 386 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 387 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 392 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 400 Land Development
- Ch 408 Landfills
- Ch 409 Dredge Materials
- Ch 413 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 419 Littering
- Ch 420 Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 427 Manufactured Homes
- Ch 432 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 441 Noise
- Ch 448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 459 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 467 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 475 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 486 Pornography
- Ch 493 Printed Matters, Unsolicited
- Ch 500 Property Maintenance
- Ch 512 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 523 Rental Properties
- Ch 529 Secondhand Merchants and Dealers of Precious Metals
- Ch 535 (Reserved)
- Ch 541 Shopping Carts
- Ch 552 Smoking
- Ch 557 Soil Removal
- Ch 564 Solicitation
- Ch 570 Solid Waste
- Ch 571 Refuse Containers/Dumpsters
- Ch 575 Stormwater Management
- Ch 576 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 577 Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 583 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 591 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 592 Taxation
- Ch 600 Towing and Storage
- Ch 607 Traffic Regulations in Semipublic and Private Areas
- Ch 612 Trailer Camps
- Ch 617 Trailers
- Ch 625 Transient Merchants
- Ch 633 Vehicles, Inoperable or Unlicensed
- Ch 640 Vehicles, Leasing of
- Ch 647 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 658 Water Charges, Unpaid
- Ch 660 Water Connections
- Ch 662 Water Conservation
- Ch 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-11]
The provisions of this section shall apply whenever a bicycle
is operated upon any street or upon any public right-of-way within
the Township of Lower, subject only to those exceptions set forth
herein.
All words and phrases set forth herein shall be afforded their
ordinary meanings as defined and outlined within N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
Any person operating, using and/or riding a bicycle upon a street, roadway or highway located within the Township of Lower shall be granted all rights and shall be subject to all laws and regulations as outlined within N.J.S.A. 39:4-1 et seq. and Chapter 7 of the Township Code regulating traffic.
Any person operating and/or riding a bicycle shall:
A.
Comply with any and all traffic regulations, traffic signals, traffic
control signs and any other device, mechanism and/or sign which applies
to vehicles operated within the Township of Lower, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer or unless specifically exempted herein.
B.
Obey all rules and regulations applicable to the operators/drivers
of motor vehicles unless specifically exempted or inappropriate.
C.
Travel in the same direction, and on the same side of the roadway,
as motor vehicle traffic.
D.
Ride in single file when two or more bicycles are being operated
by two or more individuals within a group.
E.
Stop for all pedestrians in crosswalks.
F.
Utilize marked bicycle lanes whenever and wherever said lanes have
been established, and shall ride in the same direction as the normal
flow of motor vehicle traffic.
Any individual who violates the terms and provisions of this
article shall be subject to a fine of $100 for a first offense and
a fine of $200 for a second and/or subsequent violation.
