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373.09 PARKING OF BICYCLE.
   (a)   No person shall park a bicycle or electric bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner so as to unduly interfere with pedestrian traffic or upon a roadway so as to unduly interfere with vehicular traffic.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
373.10 MOTORIZED BICYCLE OPERATION, EQUIPMENT AND LICENSE.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
      (1)   The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen years of age or older and holds either a valid commercial driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506, or a driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507, or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, except that if a person is sixteen years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, the person is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521;
      (2)   The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety and is in proper working order;
      (3)   The person, if under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on the person’s head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror; and
      (4)   The person operates the motorized bicycle when practicable within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles.
   (b)   No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
   (c)   The protective helmet and rearview mirror required by subsection (a)(3) of this section shall, on and after January 1, 1985, conform with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (ORC 4511.521)
373.15
373.11 PATHS EXCLUSIVELY FOR BICYCLES.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-purpose vehicle upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, when an appropriate sign giving notice of such use is posted on the path.
   Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any rule of the Ohio Director of Natural Resources governing the operation of motor vehicles, snowmobiles, all-purpose vehicles, and bicycles on lands under the Director’s jurisdiction.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.713)
373.12 LICENSING.
   (a)   No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street or public way in the Village, or upon any part thereto, unless that bicycle has been provided with the proper license tag as required herein.
   (b)   Application for a license plate or tag shall be made to the Chief of Police, upon a form to be provided by him, and shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00). If the Chief of Police approves the application, he shall so indicate in writing thereon and deliver same, together with the fee, to the Mayor. If the Chief of Police does not approve the application, he shall return the fee to the applicant.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62; Ord. 1139. Passed 11-17-75.)
   (c)   The Chief of Police or any police officer shall inspect each bicycle presented to him for licensing and shall have the authority to refuse to approve the application for a license for any bicycle found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition.
   (d)   The Mayor shall have the authority to issue, upon written application approved by the Chief of Police, bicycle licenses or tags which shall be effective until surrendered as hereinafter provided. Every license plate or tag shall have displayed upon it, the registration number of the bicycle to which it is issued, and the name of the Village. The Mayor and the Chief of Police shall each keep a record of the issuance of each license, to whom it is issued, the number thereof, and the number and make of the bicycle frame. The Mayor shall also keep a record of all fees collected for issuance of such licenses. (Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62.)
   (e)   No owner or operator of a bicycle shall for any reason be entitled to a refund of any part of any license fee or a renewal fee.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62; Ord. 1139. Passed 11-17-75; Ord. 00-12. Passed 7-17-00.)
   (f)   Upon the sale or transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee thereof, within five days from the sale or transfer, shall remove and surrender to the Mayor, the attached license plate or tag, or may have the Mayor assign that plate to another bicycle owned or operated by the licensee, without charge.
   (g)   Upon the issuance of a license, the licensee shall affix to the bicycle a proper plate or tag to be furnished by the Village, which he shall cause to be firmly attached to the rear fender of the bicycle, in such a position as to be plainly visible from the rear. The removal of any such plate or tag, except by proper authority or upon transfer of ownership, shall be a violation of this section.
   (h)   It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this section. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license plate or tag, seal, or registration card during the time in which the license plate or tag, seal, or registration card is operative. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the Police Department from stamping numbers on the frames of bicycles on which no serial number can be found, or in which the number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62.)
   (i)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
373.13 IMPOUNDMENT.
   Whenever any bicycle is operated by any person in violation of any provision of this chapter, that bicycle may be seized by any member of the Police Department and impounded in the Municipal Building for a period of sixty days. In the event a bicycle so impounded is not claimed by the owner or operator or by the parent or guardian of the owner or operator, it shall be sold by the Chief of Police and the proceeds of the sale shall be disposed of by him in the manner provided by law. (Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62.)
373.14 OPERATION OF BICYCLES, SKATEBOARDS, INLINE SKATES, AND ROLLER SKATES.
   (a)   Duty to Operate with Due Care. Every person operating a bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, and roller skates shall at all times operate such bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, and roller skates with due regard to his own safety and the safety of other persons lawfully upon the streets, sidewalks, and other public ways and shall always yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
   (b)   Duty to Observe Traffic Regulations. Every person operating a bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, and roller skates shall comply with all traffic signs and signals erected for vehicular and pedestrian traffic and with all laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable thereto, except such provisions as by their nature would have no application.
   (c)   Sidewalk Riding. It shall be permissible for any person to ride a bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, and roller skates upon the sidewalks in the Village only within the residential district, and when riding on the sidewalks in the residential district bicycle riders, skateboarders, inline skaters, and rollers skaters shall use the right side of the sidewalk. For the purpose of this section the term “residential district” shall be constructed to include all parts of the Village except the business section, which consists of all that portion of the Village within the boundaries of the following: each side of Main Street between Adrian Street and Wood Street.
   (d)   Riding Single File. Upon all heavily traveled thoroughfares it shall be the duty of all persons operating bicycles, skateboards, in line skates, and roller skates to ride in single file.
   (e)   Riding Near Right Edge. The person operates the bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, and roller skates when practicable within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles.
   (f)   Trick Riding Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in trick riding, or to operate any bicycle upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public ways without maintaining full control of the bicycle by keeping one hand upon the handle grips thereof.
   (g)   Clinging to Moving Vehicles Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person traveling upon any bicycle, skateboard, inline skates, or roller skates to cling to or attach himself or his vehicle to any other moving vehicle upon any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way.
   (h)   Carrying Other Persons. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle to carry any other person upon that bicycle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat, which does not include the operator’s seat.
   (i)   Any law enforcement officer who observes a violation of this section may seize and impound the bicycle, skateboard, inline skates or roller skates used by the violator. These devices shall be returned upon request to any adult owner or parent or guardian of a juvenile offender.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62; Ord. 96-15. Passed 7-15-96.)
   (j)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
373.15 ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
   (a)   (1)   The operation of a class 1 electric bicycle and a class 2 electric bicycle is permitted on a path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or on a shared-use path, unless the Municipality by resolution, ordinance, or rule prohibits the use of a class 1 electric bicycle or class 2 electric bicycle on such a path.
      (2)   No person shall operate a class 3 electric bicycle on a path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or a shared-use path unless that path is within or adjacent to a highway or the Municipality by resolution, ordinance, or rule authorizes the use of a class 3 electric bicycle on such a path.
      (3)   No person shall operate a class 1 electric bicycle, a class 2 electric bicycle or a class 3 electric bicycle on a path that is intended to be used primarily for mountain biking, hiking, equestrian use, or other similar uses, or any other single track or natural surface trail that has historically been reserved for nonmotorized use, unless the Municipality by resolution, ordinance or rule authorizes the use of a class 1 electric bicycle, a class 2 electric bicycle, or a class 3 electric bicycle on such a path.
      (4)    Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section do not apply to a law enforcement officer, or other person sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state, using an electric bicycle while in the performance of the officer’s duties.
   (b)   (1)   No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a class 3 electric bicycle; however, a person under sixteen years of age may ride as a passenger on a class 3 electric bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers.
      (2)   No person shall operate or be a passenger on a class 3 electric bicycle unless the person is wearing a protective helmet that meets the standards established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission or the American Society for Testing and Materials.
   (c)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever operates an electric bicycle in a manner that is prohibited under subsection (a) of this section and whoever violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   The offenses established under subsection (c)(1) of this section are strict liability offenses and strict liability is a culpable mental state for purposes of Ohio R.C. 2901.20. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
         (ORC 4511.522)