It shall be legal to ride a bicycle or tricycle upon a sidewalk, or public way, or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles and/or tricycles, subject to the following:
(a) Wherever a designated path for bicycles and tricycles has been provided adjacent to a street, bicycle and tricycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle or tricycle may ride upon the sidewalk rather than the roadway when sidewalks are available and not congested with pedestrian traffic. If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian traffic, the bicycle or tricycle operator using the sidewalk shall walk the bicycle or tricycle. At no time shall a bicyclist or tricyclist under the age of seven operate a bicycle or tricycle on a street.
(c) No person shall ride a bicycle or tricycle upon a sidewalk upon or along which signs have been erected by authority of Council prohibiting such bicycle riding.
(d) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle or tricycle upon a sidewalk such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before attempting to overtake and pass a pedestrian or another bicycle or tricycle. This audible signal must be given only by a bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal but in no event shall a siren or whistle be used for signaling purposes. Such signal shall be given at a distance and in such a manner as not to startle a person being overtaken and passed.
(e) No person shall ride a bicycle or tricycle across or through an intersection on a sidewalk. Such intersections are to be crossed by walking the bicycle or tricycle across or through the intersection.
(f) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle or tricycle upon a sidewalk, the person, before overtaking and passing a blind person carrying a white cane, shall dismount and overtake or pass on foot.
(Ord. 19-1974. Passed 10-1-74.)