[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Muhlenberg 11-18-1968 by Ord. No. 86 (Ch. 51 of the 1982 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Every device having two tandem wheels and propelled by human
power and upon which a person may ride.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a bicycle upon any street or public alley in the Township in violation
of any traffic ordinances of the Township or under the laws of the
Motor Vehicle Code which are applicable to motor vehicles, as well
as any and all ordinances, resolutions, rules or regulations that
may be promulgated from time to time by the Township of Muhlenberg,
and any amendments thereto.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 51-2, License required;
51-3, Use of certain bicycles by nonresidents; 51-4, Application of
license; fee; inspection; 51-5, License tags and registration cards;
51-6, Refusal of license; 51-7, Renewal of license; 51-8, Sale or
transfer of bicycle; 51-9, Licensing of newly acquired bicycles; 51-10,
Report of dismantling of bicycle; 51-11, Mutilation of frame number,
tag or card; 51-12, Obtaining duplicate tag or card; and 51-13, Evidence
of operation without proper registration, of the 1982 Code were repealed
12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 552, which ordinance also provided for the
renumbering of former §§ 51-14 through 51-22 as §§
51-2 through 51-10, respectively.
[Amended 3-1-1982 by Ord. No. 188]
It shall be unlawful for any person over eight
years of age to operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk in the Township
of Muhlenberg.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
bicycle, when upon any street or public alley or any public path set
apart for the exclusive use of bicycles, to ride with both hands off
the handlebars, or to ride other than upon or astride the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto, or to carry any person upon such
bicycle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon,
nor shall any person ride upon a bicycle other than as above provided.
Lights and reflectors shall be mounted on bicycles as may be required
by resolution or ordinance.
No person shall operate a bicycle upon any street
or public alley or upon any public path set apart for the exclusive
use of bicycles unless such bicycle is equipped with a bell or other
device capable of giving a signal audible for at least 100 feet, except
that no bicycle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon
a bicycle, any siren or whistle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a bicycle upon any street or public alley in such a manner as to interfere
with any pedestrian who is exercising due care thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating
a bicycle upon any street or public alley in the Township of Muhlenberg
to propel such bicycle abreast or to the left of any other person
so propelling a bicycle, except in passing such bicycle. All bicycles
shall be driven to the right-hand side of the highway when upon any
public street of the Township.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley,
driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all
pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk area and, upon
entering the roadway, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching on said roadway.
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street
or public alley 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.
Any person who
shall violate any provision of this chapter or any rules and regulations
thereof shall, upon being apprehended, be penalized in the following
manner:
(1)
For a first
offense, by the impounding of the bicycle or bicycles for a period
of 24 hours.
(2)
For the second
offense, by the impounding of the bicycle or bicycles for a period
of seven days.
(3)
For the third
or subsequent offense, by the impounding of the bicycle or bicycles
for a period of 30 days.
B.
In the event
that a person should violate this chapter or any rule or regulation
promulgated herein upon more than one occasion, then such person shall
have a right to ask for a hearing before the Township Commissioners
at their next meeting, at which time such person may present testimony.
