(a) In this section, ELECTRIC BICYCLE has the same meaning as it does in Section 664.001 of the Texas Transportation Code.
(b) Every person riding a bicycle and an electric bicycle upon the streets of the city shall be subject to provisions of all laws and ordinances applicable to the driver of any other vehicle, except those provisions of laws and ordinances which, by their very nature, can have no application; provided, however, it shall not be unlawful to ride a bicycle or an electric bicycle on a public sidewalk anywhere in the city outside of the central business district; said district being formed by the following street lines:
The south line of Young Street from Houston Street to Hawkins Street.
The west line of Hawkins Street from Young Street to Pacific Avenue.
The north line of Pacific Avenue from Hawkins Street to Pearl Street.
The east line of Pearl Street from Pacific Avenue to Ross Avenue.
The north line of Ross Avenue from Pearl Street to Austin Street.
The west line of Austin Street from Ross Avenue to Pacific Avenue.
The north line of Pacific Avenue from Austin Street to Houston Street.
The west line of Houston Street from Pacific Avenue to Young Street.
This provision which permits bicycles and electric bicycles to be operated on public sidewalks is not meant to apply to any motor propelled vehicle of any other type, but shall apply only to bicycles and electric bicycles. Any person riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right- of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian. (Ord. Nos. 13686; 31403)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the serial number on the frame of a bicycle. The chief of police is hereby authorized to confiscate any bicycle found to have a serial number on the frame which has been removed, altered or mutilated and he is further authorized to stamp new serial numbers on the frames of those bicycles on which no serial number can be found, or on which the number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes. (Ord. 13686)
No person shall operate, ride, push, pull, or walk a bicycle, other than an electric bicycle, as defined in Section 664.001 of the Texas Transportation Code, on any of the following freeways or expressways:
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Central Expressway | Live Oak north to city limits |
Central Expressway | Grand south to city limits |
C. F. Hawn Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
John W. Carpenter Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
Marvin D. Love Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
R. L. Thornton Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
Stemmons Freeway | All portions within the city limits |
Walton Walker Boulevard | All portions within the city limits |
Interstate 345 | All portions within the city limits |