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No person shall operate a bicycle:
(a) Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks or any other public or private property;
(b) Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle;
(c) In a weaving or zigzag course unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation in compliance with law;
(d) Without both hands upon the handle grips except when necessary to give the required hand and arm signals or as provided in Section 373.02 (d);
(e) At a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(a) No person shall park a bicycle upon any street or highway except as lawfully permitted in Chapter 351 of this Traffic Code.
(b) No person shall park a bicycle upon any sidewalk or in other places used by pedestrians except in such a manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
(a) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for under Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen years of age or older and holds either a valid operator's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for under Ohio R.C. 4511.521, except that if a person is sixteen years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, he is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in this section;
(2) The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety and is in proper working condition;
(3) The person, if he is under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on his head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror;
(4) The person operates the motorized bicycle when practicable within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles; and
(5) The motorized bicycle displays on the rear of such bicycle the current license plate or validation sticker furnished by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under Ohio R.C. 4503.191.
(b) A motorized bicycle license issued under this section expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth year after the date it is issued.
(c) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
(d) Subsections (a) (1) and (2) hereof shall not take effect until January 1, 1985. Subsection (a) (5) hereof is not effective until the end of the first month of the registration period in 1985 to which the motorized bicycle is assigned by the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.101. Subsections (a)(3), (a)(4), (b) and (c) hereof shall take effect immediately upon passage of this section.
(Ord. 615-84. Passed 8-14-84.)
(a) 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. However, in the cases of dedicated bicycle lanes within the roadway, bicycle riders may use the roadway.
(b) The use of the Clay Street pedestrian bridge shall be limited to pedestrian traffic only, and no person shall operate a bicycle thereon or ride a bicycle across such bridge.
(c) The use of the Westland Avenue pedestrian bridge shall be limited to pedestrian traffic only and no person shall operate a bicycle thereon or ride a bicycle across such bridge.
(1952 Code § 21-14-4; Ord. 231-11. Passed 5-17-11.)
(a) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district or the Central Business District.
(b) No person shall ride a motorized bicycle upon any sidewalk within the City.
(c) No person fifteen or more years of age shall ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk running parallel to any public street with a speed limit of under 35 miles per hour.
(d) Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to properly trained City Police Division personnel while in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. 611-05. Passed 11-29-05.)
Members of the Police Division of the City are hereby authorized to seize and impound any bicycle which is ridden or operated in violation of the terms and conditions of this Traffic Code in such a way that the safety of the rider or other person are seriously endangered thereby. Any bicycle so seized and impounded shall be held by the Police Division until the owner thereof, or if the owner be a minor, the owner and such owner's parent or guardian, shall personally call at the Safety Building and give assurance that such violation shall not be repeated.
(1952 Code § 21-14-14)
The provisions of this Traffic Code shall apply to so-called ice cream vending wagons propelled by human power the same as to bicycles, and wherever in this Traffic Code the term "bicycle" is used, such term shall be deemed to include so-called ice cream vending wagons propelled by human power, the operators of which shall be subject to the same penalties for violation of the provisions of this Traffic Code as are the operators of bicycles.
(1952 Code § 21-14-15)
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