379.04 RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION.

   (a)    A person operating a motorized bicycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto and meeting the specifications promulgated by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety.

   (b)    No motorized bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.

   (c)    A person shall ride upon a motorized bicycle only while sitting astride the seat facing forward with one leg on each side of the motorized bicycle.

   (d)    No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article that prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars.

   (e)    No motorized bicycle shall be operated with any part of the handle bar more than fifteen inches above that portion of the seat occupied by the operator when the seat is fully depressed.

   (f)    No person riding upon any motorized bicycle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.

   (g)    No operator of a motorized bicycle shall knowingly permit any person riding upon a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle to attach the same to himself or to any vehicle while it is moving upon a roadway.

   (h)    Every person operating a motorized bicycle upon a street or highway within the Municipality shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.

   (i)    Persons riding a motorized bicycle upon a roadway shall ride not more than two abreast in a single lane.

   (j)    No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a sidewalk.

   (k)    No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon or within a public park in the Municipality unless a designated path or roadway exists therein.

(Ord. 84-35. Passed 9-17-84.)