(a) It is hereby declared to be the intent of Council to reserve the use of the present bicycle path and any that might be constructed in the future to bicycles only in order to preserve the improved portion of the path, and that any other vehicle, motor vehicle, conveyance or animal ridden by a human being, when it is necessary to get to the other side of the path, shall cross in the shortest distance possible.
(b) No person shall operate a vehicle, motor vehicle or other conveyance, other than a bicycle, as defined in Section 301.04, upon a bicycle path, or permit an animal to be ridden or led along such path, except that where it is necessary for any of the above to get to the other side of the path, such crossing shall be made in the shortest possible distance from one side to the other, usually in the distance of the width of the path.
(Ord. 703. Passed 7-28-75.)
(c) 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.