(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.