It is the purpose of this chapter to establish regulations on
the use of bicycles on City streets.
(Ord. 93-09)
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer shall erect signs on any public sidewalk or
roadway regulating the riding of bicycles thereon.
B.
No
person shall ride a bicycle on a sidewalk within a business district.
C.
Whenever
any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall
yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
(Ord. 2019-26)
A.
Any
person operating or riding a bicycle shall always exercise reasonable
care and observe all applicable laws.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle to carry any other
person upon the handle- bars of any such bicycle for any person to
so ride, or in any other manner not designed for passenger riding,
upon any such bicycle upon any highway or public place.
(Ord. 2023-05)
It shall be unlawful for any person traveling upon any bicycle,
motorcycle, toy vehicle or other moving device of any nature whatever,
on any public highway to cling to or attach him or herself or his/her
vehicle, or such device, to any other moving vehicle.
Every operator or passenger riding a bicycle upon a roadway
shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
the duties applicable to the operator or passenger of a vehicle established
by this title, except those provisions which by their nature can have
no application.
(Ord. 2023-05)
All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles
are required to make a daily report to the Police Chief, giving name
and address of the person from whom each bicycle is purchased, the
description of each bicycle purchased, the frame number thereof, and
the number of the license sticker found thereon, if any. All persons
engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles are
required to make a daily report to the Police Chief, giving a list
of all sales made by such dealers, which list shall include the name
and address of each person to whom sold, the kind of bicycle sold,
together with a description and frame number thereof and the number
of the license sticker attached thereto, if any.
The Police Department is authorized to direct or to remove and
hold in the office of the Police Department all bicycles which are
found being ridden or parked in violation of this chapter until determination
of the penalty period.
In lieu of the imposition of the penalties authorized by this
title and/or the filing of charges in a court of competent jurisdiction,
the police chief or designee may allow a first-time violator of this
chapter to complete a police department-approved bicycle safety course.
(Ord. 2023-05)
