(a) It shall be legal to ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, street or public way or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to the following:
(1) Every person operating a bicycle upon a street shall ride single file as near to the right side of the street as is practical, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
(2) Wherever a designated path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a street, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street.
(3) Any person operating a bicycle may ride upon the sidewalk rather than the roadway when sidewalks are available and not congested with pedestrian traffic. If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian traffic, the bicycle operator using the sidewalk shall walk the bicycle.
(4) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, public or private, upon or along which signs have been erected by authority of the Director of Public Safety or the Director of Public Service prohibiting such bicycle riding.
(5) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, street, roadway, bike path or pedestrian way, such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before attempting to overtake and pass a pedestrian or another bicycle. This audible signal must be given by a bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal and shall be given at such a distance and in such a manner as not to startle the person being overtaken and passed.
(6) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle on a sidewalk the rider shall dismount and shall walk the bicycle across an intersection or a street.
(7) Whenever a person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, the person, before overtaking and passing a blind person carrying a white cane or guided by a dog, shall dismount and overtake or pass on foot.
(8) When a bicycle is operated on the street, the operator shall give hand signals before turning, changing lanes or stopping. Such signals shall conform with the motor vehicle laws of Ohio.
(Ord. 74-63. Passed 7-1-74.)
(b) 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.