(A) Every person riding or operating a bicycle, motorcycle or motor scooter shall be subject to the provisions of all traffic ordinances, rules and regulations of the city applicable to the driver or operator of other vehicles, except as to those provisions which, by their nature, can have no application to bicycles, motorcycles or motor scooter.
(B) No person operating or riding a bicycle, motorcycle or motor scooter shall ride other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor shall the operator carry any other person upon such vehicle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon.
(C) No bicycle, motorcycle or motor scooter shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(D) No person operating a bicycle, motorcycle or motor scooter shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the rider from keeping both hands upon the handlebar.
(E) No person under the age of 16 years shall operate any motorcycle, motorbike or motor scooter while any other person is a passenger upon said motor vehicle.
(F) (1) No person shall operate or ride upon any motorcycle, motorbike or motor scooter unless such person is equipped with and wearing on the head a safety helmet with a secured chin strap and suspension lining. The helmet shall conform to the type and design manufactured for the use of the operators and riders of such motor vehicles.
(2) This requirement for safety helmets shall also apply to any person under the age of 18 years who is riding a bicycle upon the public right-of-way.
(2011 Code, § 15-122)