(A) No person shall ride or operate any bicycle upon any street, alley, or public place within the corporate limits of the city during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, or at any time when fog or other atmospheric conditions render the operation of the bicycle dangerous to traffic or the use of the streets, or at any time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the streets a distance of at least 200 feet in front of the bicycle, unless equipped with a headlight affixed to the bicycle and also a reflex mirror or lighted lamp on the rear of the bicycle exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the bicycle.
(B) No person shall operate or ride any bicycle upon any street, alley, or public place in the city with anyone on the handlebars or in front of the person propelling and guiding the bicycle.
(C) No person, while riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place in the city, shall hold on to any other moving bicycle.
(D) No person shall ride or operate any bicycle on any sidewalk in the city; provided, that the carrier of newspapers, while making delivery of the papers, may ride and operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk outside the fire limits of the city as long as the bicycle shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner.
(E) Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place in the city shall keep the bicycle on the extreme right of the traffic lane, and it shall be unlawful for two or more operators of bicycles to travel abreast, except during the act of passing another bicycle, on any street, alley, or public place in the city, or to operate the bicycles on traffic lanes otherwise than in single file.
(F) Any person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place in the city shall be subject to all the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city applicable to the drivers of vehicles, except the provisions thereof that by their very nature can have no application. Bicycle riders must observe stop street regulations.
(G) No person shall engage in any stunt riding upon any street, alley, or public place in the city. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage, or cause to run or be engaged, in any bicycle race on any street, alley, or public place within the corporate limits of the city, except under permit from, and under supervision of, the City Marshal.
(H) The City Council may, if deemed necessary, specify certain parking areas in the downtown district for the exclusive use of bicycles, and when the areas are designated it shall be unlawful to park bicycles except in the areas.
(Prior Code, § 70.06) (Ord. 199, passed 12-6-1937) Penalty, see § 70.99