Pursuant to Sections 21200 and 21206 of the
Vehicle Code, every
person operating a bicycle upon any street or upon any bicycle route
established pursuant to this article shall be subject to all of the
provisions of the
Vehicle Code applicable to the drivers of vehicles,
except those provisions which by their very nature can have no applicability.
(§ 1, Ord. 649, eff. September 24, 1987)
(a) Pursuant
to Section 21207 of the
Vehicle Code, the Council may establish by
resolution bicycle routes and/or lanes on any street or sidewalk or
on any other facility provided for such use, other than a State highway.
(b) Any
bicycle route so established on any street or sidewalk shall be marked
and identified in accordance with the provisions of Section 21207
of the
Vehicle Code.
(c) Any
bicycle route so established on any facility created solely for the
use of bicycles and pedestrians may be marked and identified as needed
to assist and direct the use thereof.
(§ 1, Ord. 649, eff. September 24, 1987)
Pursuant to Sections 21206 and 21663 of the
Vehicle Code, no
person shall operate or ride a bicycle on any sidewalk which is not
a part of a designated bicycle route established pursuant to this
article and properly marked and identified in accordance with the
provisions pertaining thereto.
(§ 1, Ord. 649, eff. September 24, 1987)
On any facility designated to be jointly used by both pedestrians
and bicycles, the operator of any bicycle shall yield the right-of-way
to any pedestrian.
(§ 1, Ord. 649, eff. September 24, 1987)
(a) No
person shall park a bicycle upon a street or against a building in
such a manner so as to obstruct pedestrian, bicycle, or motor vehicle
traffic.
(b) No
person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk or
park a bicycle on a sidewalk in a position which does not leave an
adequate path for pedestrian traffic.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections
(a) and
(b) of this section, no person shall park a bicycle at any location which has been posted with signs prohibiting such parking.
(§ 1, Ord. 649, eff. September 24, 1987)