(A) Drivers to exercise due care. The driver of any motor vehicle operating on arty roadway located within the city's corporate limits shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any person operating a bicycle, and shall, as necessary, give warning by the sounding of a horn and by exercising such other precautions as are necessary to avoid a motor vehicle and bicycle collision.
(B) Turning right in front of a bicycle. When a motor vehicle and a bicycle are traveling in the same direction on or along any roadway located within the city's corporate limits, the operator of the motor vehicle overtaking such bicycle shall not turn to the right in front of the bicycle until the motor vehicle is safely ahead and clear of the bicycle.
(C) Turning left in front of a bicycle. The driver of a motor vehicle operating within the city's corporate limits shall, when entering an intersection with the intention of turning left therein, yield the right-of-way to a bicycle approaching the intersection from the opposite direction whenever a failure to do so would cause the approaching bicycle to strike the motor vehicle or to engage in evasive actions in order to avoid such a collision.
(D) Passing of bicycles. The driver of any motor vehicle operating within the city's corporate limits, whenever passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on any roadway, shall maintain at all times a distance of not less than three feet from said bicycle during the entire passing maneuver.
(E) Operating on roadways that contain a bicycle lane. The driver of any motor vehicle operating within the city's corporate limits shall, when traveling on a roadway that contains a designated bicycle lane, yield the right-of-way to all persons operating bicycles on and within said bicycle lane.
(F) Turning on roadways with bicycle lanes. The driver of any motor vehicle operating within the city's corporate limits shall, when traveling on a roadway that contains a designated bicycle lane, enter the bicycle lane to make a turn only after yielding to all persons operating a bicycle on and within said bicycle lane and only when doing so will not cause any bicyclist to collide with the motor vehicle or to take evasive actions that impede the bicycle's forward progress in order to avoid such a collision.
(G) Driving on bicycle lanes and multi-use path. No driver of any motor vehicle shall drive or park said motor vehicle in, on, or upon any designated bicycle lane or multi-use path, or otherwise impede any bicycle operating on and within a bicycle lane or multi-use path within the city's corporate limits except when safely entering or exiting a legal parking space, driveway, or roadway as necessary, and then only after yielding to all persons operating a bicycle on or within said bicycle lane or multi-use path and when doing so will not cause any bicyclist to collide with the motor vehicle or to take evasive actions that impede its forward progress in order to avoid such a collision.
(Ord. 052118E, passed 7-16-18) Penalty, see § 71.99