HomeMy Public PortalAbout3152-1976- AMENDING CHAP 41ORDINANCE NO. 31 52-1976
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 41, ARTICLE XI, SECTION 41.71 (s), RIDING ON SIDE-
WALKS.
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety, upon report of a Bicycle Route
Committee, and acting in cooperation with the Traffic Division of the Richmond
Police Department and the Planning Department of the City of Richmond, and other
Departments and Agencies of the Civil City of Richmond, Indiana, has selected a
bicycle route for bicycle traffic proceeding east and west in and through the
City of Richmond, and;
WHEREAS, the use of bicycles in the City of Richmond has increased substantially
in recent years, and it is in the best interest of the citizenry of Richmond to
promote the efficient and safe use of bicycles as a means of transportation, re-
laxation, and exercise, and;
WHEREAS, the bicycle route selected by the Board of Public Works and Safety in
conjunction with the various agencies and committees with which it has operated,
includes routing of bicycles ;upon certain sidewalks in the City of Richmond, and
that the present ordinance prohibits the use of bicycles upon sidewalks under
certain conditions:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 41, Article XI, Section 41.71, subparagraph (s) Riding on
Sidewalks be, and the same is, hereby amended to read as follows:
(s) Riding on Sidewalks'.
1. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within the central
business district, except in those portions of sidewalk designated by -the Board as
"bicycleroutes'' which portions shall be appropriately signed and marked as portions of
such bicy clle FIUe aut sBo.
. rd is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway
prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person and when such signs
are in place no person shall disobey the same.
3. No person 15 or more years of age shall ride a bicycle upon any
sidewalk in any district, except when operating the bicycle in the course of his
business, trade or employment, or except in those portions of sidewalks designated
by the Board as 'Bicycle Routes", which portions shall be appropriately signed and
marked as portions of such bicycle routes.
4. 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 a pedestrian.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and
approval by the Mayor and Publication as by law required.
PASS AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this
L, day of �,y,.- , 1976.0 1
President o Common Counci
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PRE ENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Ind' a, this /D—day of
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APPROVE BY THE MAYOR of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this /day of
1976.
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