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The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into the block where the fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
(a) Prohibition.
(1) The driver of a vehicle shall not drive, unless entering or exiting a legal parking space, upon any on-street path or lane designated by official signs or markings for the use of bicycles, or otherwise drive or place the vehicle in such a manner as to impede bicycle traffic on such path or lane.
(2) The driver of a vehicle shall not: (i) stand or park a vehicle upon any on-street path or lane designated by official signs or markings for the use of bicycles; (ii) stand or park upon any lane designated by pavement markings for the shared use of motor vehicles and bicycles; or (iii) stand the vehicle in such a manner as to impede bicycle traffic on such lane.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), the driver of a bus may stop the bus in any such lane: (i) at a designated bus stop for the purpose of loading or unloading of passengers; (ii) in case of an emergency; or (iii) as permitted in Section 9-48-050(d) of this Code.
(b) Exception. Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as that term is defined in Section 9-80-205, may enter and drive upon the Randolph Protected Bike Lane located on Upper East Randolph Street, between North Michigan Avenue and North Harbor Drive.
(c) Class 3 electric bicycles. The rider of a Class 3 electric bicycle shall not ride in a bike lane.
(d) Enforcement. Any police officer shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section. In addition, any traffic control aide, or other designated member of the Police Department, or any parking enforcement aide or other person designated by the Traffic Compliance Administrator, Commissioner of Transportation, or the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation shall have authority to enforce the provisions of subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 9-1-99, p. 10503, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-12-08, p. 22781, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-5-13, p. 54983, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-14, p. 85779, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 99061, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-14-22, p. 58216, § 2)
No operator of a vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or authorized service vehicle, shall drive upon any sidewalk, lawn area, playground area, asphalt area or upon or through a firelane within or adjacent to any Chicago Housing Authority Development not designated for such use.
(Added Coun. J. 5-22-91, p. 823)
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine and removing the ignition key, and when standing upon any grade, effectively setting the brake thereon and turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the roadway.
Nothing in this section prohibits the use of a remote ignition start device which is capable of starting a vehicle's ignition without the vehicle's ignition key, if (a) the vehicle is equipped with an anti-theft feature which prevents the vehicle from being driven without the ignition key being properly inserted; and (b) the owner of the vehicle displays on the vehicle a decal or sticker indicating the presence of such a remote ignition start device.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-98, p. 63461)
On approaching another vehicle proceeding in an opposite direction and when within not less than 350 feet of such vehicle, the operator of a motor vehicle equipped with electric headlight or headlights shall dim such headlight or headlights.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
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