(a) No person shall park, ride, or operate a bicycle, skateboard, scooter or other motorized vehicle on any sidewalk within a business district except authorized vehicles involved in sidewalk maintenance or snow removal or except for members of the Galion Bicycle Patrol while on duty on a police bicycle.
(b) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle, skateboard, scooter, or any other vehicle upon a sidewalk in a residential area, such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.
(c) No person shall park a bicycle upon a sidewalk in a residential area in such a manner as to unduly interfere with pedestrian traffic or upon a roadway so as to unduly interfere with vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 97-6249. Passed 3-11-97.)
(d) 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.