(a) Obedience to Traffic Control Devices. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, left or "U" turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except when such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
(b) Bicycle Paths. Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the roadway.
(c) Speed. No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(d) Emerging from Alley or Driveway. The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yield the right of way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway.
(e) Parking. No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the roadway against the curb, upon the sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle, or against a building or at the curb, in such manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
(Ord. 24-64. Passed 10-27-64.)
(f) Riding on Sidewalks.
(1) No person shall ride a bicycle or a skateboard on the sidewalks of the 100, 200 and 300 blocks of Louisiana Avenue.
(Ord. 31-91. Passed 3-19-91.)
(2) Whenever any person is riding a bicycle on a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(Ord. 78-71. Passed 11-23-71.)
(g) Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.