(a) Generally. No person shall drive any vehicle or motor vehicle other than a bicycle, Class I e-bicycle, Class II e-bicycle, or wheelchair upon the sidewalks or parkways or permit any vehicle to be driven or remain on any sidewalk or parkway. The following vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of this section: vehicles authorized by the city to be used to perform an authorized public service or carry out any authorized city function, including vehicles used by public parking, parks and recreation, and public safety personnel.
(b) Bicycles on sidewalks or in crosswalks.
(1) A person driving a bicycle or e-bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing the pedestrian.
(2) A person shall not drive a bicycle or e-bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of bicycles or e-bicycles is prohibited by official traffic control devices.
(3) A person driving a bicycle, Class I e-bicycle, or a Class II e-bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that a bicyclist, Class I e-bicyclist, or Class II e-bicyclist must stop before entering a crosswalk or highway from a sidewalk or sidewalk area and must yield to all traffic on the highway.
(c) Use of cycle tracks and bicycle lanes limitation on conveyances:
(1) No person shall drive any vehicle or motor vehicle other than a bicycle or e-bicycle upon a cycle track.
(d) Bicycles and e-bicycles on sidepaths.
(1) No person shall drive any vehicle or motor vehicle other than a bicycle, e-bicycle, or wheelchair upon a sidepath or permit any vehicle other than a bicycle, e-bicycle, or wheelchair to be driven or remain on any sidepath. The following vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of this section: vehicles authorized by the city to be used to perform an authorized public service or carry out any authorized city function, including vehicles used by public parking, parks and recreation, and public safety personnel.
(2) A person driving a bicycle or e-bicycle on a sidepath or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing the pedestrian.
(3) A person shall not drive a bicycle or e-bicycle upon and along a sidepath or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk where the use of a bicycle or e-bicycle on the sidepath is prohibited by official traffic control devices.
(4) A person driving a bicycle or e-bicycle upon and along a sidepath or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall have all the rights and responsibilities applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that a bicyclist or e-bicyclist must stop before entering a crosswalk or highway from a sidepath area and must yield to all traffic on the highway.
(5) No person shall drive any vehicle or motor vehicle other than a bicycle or e-bicycle upon a bicycle lane unless the vehicle is making a legal turn, entering or leaving an alley, private road, or driveway, or when necessary to legally park near a curb. Drivers using the bicycle lane for this purpose must yield the right-of-way to any bicycle or e-bicycle using the designated bicycle lane.
(6) Bicycle lanes and cycle tracks shall be used exclusively for the operation of bicycles or e-bicycles unless signage specifies joint use with pedestrians.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 9.806; 1992 Code, § 40-226) (Ord. 40-79, passed 5-21-1979; Ord. 28-83, passed 5-2-1983; Ord. 20-99, passed 2-16-1999; Ord. 46-09, passed 5-18-2009; Ord. 118-18, passed 12-18-2018; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019; Ord. 18-24, passed 3-5-2024) Penalty, see § 10.999
Cross-reference:
Bicycles, see ch. 81
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-21.1