(a) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor carry any other person upon such bicycle.
(b) A person shall ride upon a motorized bicycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side.
(c) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article that prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars.
(d) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle while using earphones.
(e) No person under eighteen years of age shall operate a motorized bicycle in the City, unless such person is wearing a protective helmet on his or her head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror. Such helmet and rear-view mirror shall conform with regulations prescribed and promulgated by the Director of Highway Safety.
(f) No person riding upon any motorized bicycle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway. No operator of a motorized bicycle shall knowingly permit any person riding upon a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, skate board, sled or toy vehicle to attach the same to himself or herself or to any motorized bicycle operated by him or her while it is moving upon a roadway.
(g) Every person shall operate a motorized bicycle, when practical, within three feet of the right edge of the roadway, obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
(h) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under existing conditions, nor shall any person operate a motorized bicycle upon the streets or highways at a speed exceeding twenty miles per hour.
(i) No person shall park a motorized bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner as to unduly interfere with pedestrian traffic or upon a roadway so as to unduly interfere with vehicular traffic.
(j) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle on a sidewalk.
(k) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsections (a) through (j) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a second offense involving the operation of a motorized bicycle, and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a third or subsequent offense involving the operation of a motorized bicycle. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 408.01.
(l) Every person shall operate a motorized bicycle in accordance with all provisions of this Traffic Code governing the operation of motor vehicles, except to the extent that such provisions are in conflict with this chapter. The punishment of any such violation of this Traffic Code shall be as provided in Sections 408.01 and 408.02.
(Ord. 25-85. Passed 5-14-85.)