(a) Wherever a designated usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a street, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street.
(b) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk upon or along which signs have been erected by authority of the Chief of Police prohibiting such bicycle riding, or within a business district.
(c) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk or street, such a person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before attempting to overtake and pass a pedestrian or another bicycle. This audible signal must be given only by bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal and shall be given at such a distance and in a manner as not to startle the person or persons being overtaken and passed.
(d) No person shall ride a bicycle across or through any intersection involving a through street. Such intersections are to be crossed by walking the bicycle across or through the intersection.
(e) Whenever a bicycle is operated upon a sidewalk, the operator, before overtaking and passing a blind person carrying a white cane, shall dismount and overtake or pass on foot. A person with a white cane shall signify a blind person.
(f) When a bicycle is operated on the street, the operator shall give hand signals before turning, changing lanes or stopping. Such signals shall conform with Motor Vehicle Laws of Ohio.
(g) The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk area extending across any alley or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk area, and upon entering the street shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such street.
(Ord. 98-1974. Passed 12-9-74.)