No person in a park shall perform any of the following acts.
(A) State motor vehicle laws. Fail to comply with all applicable provisions of the state motor vehicle traffic laws in regard to equipment and operation of vehicles together with such regulations as are contained in this chapter and other ordinances.
(B) Enforcement of traffic regulations. Fail to obey all traffic officers and park employees, such persons being hereby authorized and instructed to direct traffic whenever and wherever needed in the parks and on the highways, streets, or roads immediately adjacent thereto in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and such supplementary regulations as may be issued subsequently by the Director.
(C) Traffic signs. Fail to observe carefully all traffic signs indicating speed, direction, caution, stopping, or parking, and all others posted for proper control and to safeguard life and property.
(D) Speed of vehicles. Ride or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding 15 miles per hour except upon such roads as the Director may designate, by posted signs, for speedier travel.
(E) Operation confined to roads. Drive any vehicles on any area except the paved park roads or parking areas or such other areas as may on occasion be specifically designated as temporary areas by the Director.
(F) Parking.
(1) Designated areas. Park a vehicle in other than an established or designated parking area. Such use shall be in accordance with the directions there posted, and with the instructions of any attendant who may be present.
(2) Full-parking. Block the road or driveway at any time. In order to enjoy some special natural scenic feature, vehicles may be parked with the two left wheels near the right edge of the paving for not more than five minutes. No stopping or parking is permitted, even briefly, on the left-hand side of any road or driveway.
(3) Immovable vehicles. Leave any vehicle anywhere in the park with one or more wheels chained or in a nonmovable status.
(4) Night parking. Leave a vehicle standing or parked at night without lights clearly visible for at least 100 feet from both front and rear on any driveway or road area, except legally established parking areas or park overnight without the written permission of the Director.
(5) Emergency procedure. Fail to immediately notify the Director, staff, police dispatcher, or police officer of an emergency in the nature of a breakdown requiring the assistance of a tow truck or mechanic.
(6) Double parking. Double park any vehicle on any road or parkway unless directed by a park official.
(7) Muffler required. Fail to use a muffler adequate to deaden the sound of the engine in a motor vehicle.
(G) Bicycles.
(1) Confined to roads. Ride a bicycle on other than a paved vehicular road or path designated for that purpose. A bicyclist shall be permitted to wheel or push a bicycle by hand over any grassy area or wooded trail or on any paved area reserved for pedestrian use.
(2) Operation. Ride a bicycle on other than the right-hand side of the road paving, as closely as conditions permit. Bicycles shall be kept in single file when two or more are operating as a group. Bicyclists shall at all times operate their machines with reasonable regard to the safety of others, signal all turns, pass to the right of any vehicle they are overtaking, and pass to the right of any vehicles they may be meeting.
(3) Rider prohibited. Ride any other person on a bicycle unless such conveyance has been specifically built for a second person.
(4) Designated racks. Leave a bicycle in a place other than a bicycle rack when such is provided and there is a space available.
(5) Immobile. Leave a bicycle lying on the ground or paving, or set against trees, or in any place or position where other persons may trip over or be injured by it.
(6) Night operation. Ride a bicycle on any road in the park after sunset or before sunrise without an attached headlight plainly visible at least 200 feet in front and without a red taillight or red reflector plainly visible from at least 100 feet from the rear of such bicycle.
(1980 Code, § 97.04) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974; Am. Ord. 7579, passed 8-7-2006) Penalty, see § 97.99