The following words or phrases, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, are defined as follows:
"Alley"
means a narrow street through the middle of a block.
"Bicycle"
means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is over 12 inches in diameter.
"Highway, road and street"
mean the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
"Park or parking"
means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when a vehicle is temporarily standing for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
"Parkway"
means that portion of a street not used as a roadway or as a sidewalk.
"Person"
means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
"Roadway"
means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
"Safety zone"
means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
"Sidewalk"
means that portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians.
"Electric personal assistive mobility device"
means a device that: (a) is self-balancing on two nontandem wheels; (b) is designed to transport one person in a standing position; (c) has an electric propulsion system; and (d) has a maximum speed of 15 miles per hour.
(Ord. 67-72 §1; Ord. 03-13)
No person may engage in, or cause others to be engaged in, any bicycle racing upon the streets or other public places in the City, except in accordance with a permit issued pursuant to TMC 7.48.
(Ord. 67-72 §12; Ord. 19-14 §2)
Every person riding or operating a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device on a street or public path in the City shall be subject to all the provisions of the laws of the state of Oregon applicable to such operation and shall also be subject to all the provisions of this title and any other City ordinances applicable to such operation.
(Ord. 67-72 §13; Ord. 03-13)
Every bicycle operated within the City at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, or at any other time that visibility is poor due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, shall be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front of such bicycle, and a red reflector on the rear of such size or characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from the rear of such bicycle. A red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear may be used in addition to the rear reflector.
(Ord. 67-72 §14)
Every bicycle operated upon the City streets shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle.
(Ord. 67-72 §15)
No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(Ord. 67-72 §16)
From and after December 18, 1967, it is unlawful for any person to park or leave a bicycle upon the sidewalk within the City; except in areas designated by ordinance, which areas shall be properly marked by signs or painting and provided with racks for parking bicycles.
(Ord. 67-72 §18)