(A) A person commits the offense of unsafe operation of a non-motorized vehicle on a sidewalk if the person does any of the following:
(1) Operates the non-motorized vehicle so as to suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard;
(2) Operates a non-motorized vehicle upon a sidewalk and does not give an audible warning before overtaking and passing a pedestrian and does not yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians on the sidewalk;
(3) Operates a non-motorized vehicle on a sidewalk in a careless manner that endangers or would be likely to endanger any person or property;
(4) Operates the non-motorized vehicle at a speed greater than an ordinary walk when approaching or entering a crosswalk, approaching or crossing a driveway, or crossing a curb cut or pedestrian ramp and a motor vehicle is approaching the crosswalk, driveway, curb cut, or pedestrian ramp. This division (A)(4) does not require reduced speeds for bicycles at places on sidewalks or other pedestrian ways other than places where the path for pedestrians or bicycle traffic approaches or crosses that for motor vehicle traffic; and/or
(5) Operates an electric assisted bicycle on a sidewalk.
(B) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, a non-motorized vehicle operator on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk has the same rights and duties as a pedestrian on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk.
(Ord. 632, passed 11-7-2012) Penalty, see § 73.99