(A) License. Anyone wishing to operate a bicycle within the corporate limits shall make an application to the municipal police on or before January 1 of each year. A license shall then be issued by the municipal police upon the payment of a fee of $1 per year. Said license shall then be attached to the frame of the bicycle in a substantial manner. The removal of such tag, except by the proper authorities, shall be unlawful.
(Prior Code, § 5-501)
(B) Operation.
(1) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on a street or other public highway of this municipality with another person on the handlebars, or in any position in front of the operator.
(2) No bicycle shall be ridden faster than is reasonable and proper, but every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the operator and any other persons upon the streets and public highways.
(3) Persons riding bicycles shall observe all traffic signs and stop at all stop signs.
(4) No bicycle shall be permitted on any street or other public highway from one half hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise without a headlight, visible under normal atmospheric conditions, from the front thereof for not less than 500 feet indicating the approach or presence of the bicycle, firmly attached to such bicycle and properly lighted, or without a yellow, or red light reflector attached to, and visible 500 feet from the rear thereof. The headlight shall give a clear, white light.
(5) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any street or other public highway abreast of more than one other person riding or propelling a bicycle.
(6) Every person riding or propelling a bicycle upon any street or other public highway shall observe all traffic rules and regulations applicable thereto and shall turn only at intersections, signal for all turns, ride at the right-hand side of the street or highway, pass to the left when passing overtaken vehicles and individuals that are slower moving and shall pass vehicles to the right when meeting.
(7) No person shall ride a bicycle on the sidewalks within the Business District.
(Prior Code, § 5-502) Penalty, see § 72.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 60,680(h), 60-6,315, 60-6,317 and 60-6,318