474.01 Application of chapter.
474.03 Parents' responsibility.
474.04 License and registration.
474.05 Operation on streets and intersections; age limitations.
474.06 Safety equipment.
474.07 Safe riding regulations.
474.08 Riding on bicycles or tricycles.
474.10 Riding upon seats; carrying packages; motorcycle handlebars, helmets and glasses.
474.11 Impounding.
474.12 Suspension of riding privileges.
474.13 Operation of motorized bicycles.
474.14 Electric bicycles.
474.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Bicycle defined - see TRAF. 402.05
Motorcycle defined - see TRAF. 402.23
Bicycles prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 412.05
Operation of vehicles on bicycle paths - see TRAF. 432.41
Motorcycle operator's license required - see TRAF. 436.01
Motorcycle headlight - see TRAF. 438.03
Motorcycle brakes - see TRAF. 438.19
Off-highway motorcycles - see TRAF. Ch. 476
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code that are applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a bicycle operator who violates any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section that is applicable to bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation or summons by a law enforcement officer for the violation in the same manner as the operator of a motor vehicle would be cited for the same violation. A person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle shall not have any points assessed against the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or probationary license under Ohio R.C. 4510.036.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, in the case of a violation of any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section by a bicycle operator or by a motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court, notwithstanding any provision of this Traffic Code to the contrary, may require the bicycle operator or motor vehicle operator to take and successfully complete a bicycling skills course approved by the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise prescribed by the Traffic Code for that violation.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to violations of Section 434.01 of this Traffic Code. (ORC 4511.52)
(e) The provisions of this Traffic Code shall apply to bicycles except those which by their nature are not applicable.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
(a) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a device that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power upon which a person may ride, and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, tricycle means a three-wheeled adult vehicle propelled by human power having a single front wheel and two parallel rear wheels.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
(a) Application for registration of a bicycle or tricycle may be made to the Mayor or a Clerk or Secretary designated by him upon an approved application form furnished by the Mayor or a Clerk or Secretary designated by him. The applicant shall state his or her name, address and phone number and the make, color, serial number, if any, and/or other identifying features of the bicycle or tricycle, as well as any other pertinent information required.
(b) Upon receipt of the completed application for registration, the Mayor or a Clerk or Secretary designated by him shall issue a reflectorized license decal valid during the residence of the applicant within the City or the remaining life of the bicycle or tricycle, whichever is sooner. Upon the sale of a licensed bicycle or tricycle, the licensee shall remove the license decal.
(c) License decals which are defaced or destroyed shall be replaced by the owner.
(d) No person shall maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any serial number of any bicycle or tricycle or license decal.
(e) The Mayor or a Clerk or Secretary designated by him shall be notified of any change of address of the owner of a registered bicycle or tricycle within the City.
(f) Reciprocity shall be granted between S.P.A.N. municipalities in regard to license decals when an owner of a licensed bicycle or tricycle moves from one municipality to another.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
(a) No person under the age of 11 years shall operate a bicycle or tricycle on a street or highway.
(b) No person under the age of 11 years shall ride a bicycle or tricycle across or through any intersection. Intersections are to be crossed by walking the bicycle or tricycle across or through the same.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
(a) Every bicycle when in use at the times specified in Section 438.02, shall be equipped with the following:
(1) A lamp mounted on the front of either the bicycle or the operator that shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front; and three hundred feet to the sides. A generator-powered lamp that emits light only when the bicycle is moving may be used to meet this requirement.
(2) A red reflector on the rear that shall be visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
(3) A lamp emitting either flashing or steady red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear shall be used in addition to the red reflector;
If the red lamp performs as a reflector in that it is visible as specified in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the red lamp may serve as the reflector and a separate reflector is not required.
(b) Additional lamps and reflectors may be used in addition to those required under subsection (a) of this section, except that red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front of the bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle.
(c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with an adequate brake when used on a street or highway.
(d) A bicycle may be equipped with a device capable of giving an audible signal, except that a bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle. (Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
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