[Amended 7-26-1993 by Ord. No. 93-309]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Bangor Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Human-Propelled
Conveyances."
For purposes of this article, the following
words shall have the following meanings:
The City of Bangor.
That portion of the City of Bangor designated as the "Downtown Development District" (DDD) in Chapter 165, Land Development, of the Code of the City of Bangor and in the Zoning Map of the City of Bangor, as they may be amended from time to time.
Every device used for the propulsion of people by human power,
not subject to registration under state motor vehicle laws, which
contains one or more wheels, tracks or other mechanical or operational
devices, whether in a single unit or not, including but not limited
to bicycles, scooters, skateboards, air-cushioned skateboards, roller
skates, roller blades or cross-country training skis capable of being
propelled at a speed exceeding three miles per hour. This term does
not include any device operated by a person, or a person directly
assisting a person, who is unable to walk or otherwise ambulate without
the assistance of a human-powered conveyance.
To ride upon, drive, propel or otherwise convey oneself or
others by the use of a human-propelled conveyance.
Any human-propelled conveyance.
No person shall operate a human-propelled conveyance
on any street, sidewalk or other public way, as that term is defined
at 17-A M.R.S.A. § 505, as amended, in any portion of the
City designated as the Downtown Development District, except that
bicycles may be operated on such streets and public ways, subject
to state motor vehicle law restrictions.
A.
No person shall operate a bicycle on any sidewalk
in any portion of the City; provided, however, that children 12 years
old and younger operating bicycles with tandem wheels of sixteen-inch
diameter or less may operate their bicycles on sidewalks outside the
Downtown Development District.
C.
No person shall ride a bicycle while passing in, through,
along or across any highway, street, way, lane, common, square or
alley in the City at an immoderate rate, and no person shall ride
a bicycle within the City limits in the nighttime, after 30 minutes
after sundown, unless such bicycle is provided with a suitable lamp,
properly lighted.
[Added 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
[Added 11-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-375]
This Article VI does not apply to members of the Bangor Police Department or the Bangor Fire Department while in the performance of their duties.
Violation of this article may be punishable
by a civil penalty of not less than $50 and not to exceed $200 or
by impoundment of the vehicle which was operated in the commission
of such violation for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both.
