HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 723 - 11/24/1970 - BICYCLES/AMEND CODEORDINANCE NO, 723
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE
AS TO BICYCLES
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees, Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage,
State of Illinois:
Section 1: That Chapter 14, Article IX, entitled "Bicycles"
of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village be and is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Article IX. Bicycles
14.901 License Required.) It shall be unlawful for any person
who resides within this Village to ride or propel a bicycle on
any street or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive
use of bicycles within the Village of Elk Grove Village,
unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate
or sticker is attached thereto as provided herein.
14.902 Definition of the Term "Bicycle".) Every device
propelled by human power upon which any person may ride
having two tandem wheels, either of which is sixteen (16)
inches in diameter or greater.
14.903 Application - Issuance.) Application for bicycle
licenses shall be made to the Village Clerk. At the time
of such application the owner or operator shall furnish the
Village Clerk with the following information:
1. Name and address of owner and/or operator of bicycle.
2. Make of bicycle.
3. Color, size and type of bicycle.
4. Manufacturer's serial number, if any.
Upon application as herein provided the Clerk shall issue
or cause to be issued a license plate or sticker bearing the
word "Bicycle", the license number assigned to the bicycle
and name of the Village.
14.904 Attachment of License Plate or Sticker.) (a) The
owner or operator shall cause the license plate or sticker,
issued by the Village Clerk, to be firmly attached to the
rear frame of the bicycle for which issued, in such position
as to be plainly visible from the rear. (b) Loss of
license or bicycle with license attached shall be reported
immediately to the Police Department. (c) No person shall
remove a license plate or sticker from a bicycle except
upon a transfer of ownership or in the event the bicycle
is dismantled and no longer operated upon any street in
this Village.
14.905 Termination of Ownership.) Upon the sale or other
transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall remove
the license plate or sticker.
14.906 Safety Equipment) (a) Light. It shall be unlawful
to operate a bicycle on any street or sidewalk during the
period from one-half hour after sunset to sunrise, which
bicycle is not equipped with at least one lighted lamp firmly
secured to the front mudguard or handlebars of the bicycle
showing a white light visible at least five hundred (500)
feet in the direction toward which the bicycle is proceeding
and at least one lighted lamp showing a red light visible
at least five hundred (500) feet in the opposite direction.
(b) Signalling Devices. It shall be unlawful to operate
a bicycle on any street, sidewalk, or other public place,
which bicycle is not equipped with a signalling device in
good working order and audible at a distance of not less
than one hundred (100) feet when sounded, except that no
bicycle may be equipped with or make use of any gong, siren
or mechanical whistle.
(c) Brakes. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake
adequate to control the movement of and to stop such bicycle
whenever necessary. Such brake or brakes shall be maintained
in good working order at all times.
(d) It is further required that a bicycle meet the following
additional safety standards: (A) Tight handle grips,
(B) Adjusted and tight seat, (C) Good pedals and pedal action,
(D) Proper chain slack (one inch), and safe chain conditions,
(E) Adjusted and tight handle bars, (F) Tight wheel cones -
wheels must not wobble, (G) Good properly inflated tires.
14.907 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles.) Every
person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall be subject to
the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this Village
applicable to the driver of a vehicle, and except as to
special regulations in this ordinance and except as to those
provisions of the ordinance which by their nature can have
no application.
14.908 Obedience to Traffic Control Devices.) (a) Any
person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of
official traffic signals, signs and other control devices,
applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a
police officer. (b) Whenever authorized signs are erected
indicating that no right or left or "U" turn is permitted,
no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction
of any such sign except where such person dismounts from
the bicycle to make such turn, in which event such person
shall obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
14.909 Riding on Bicycles.) A person operating a bicycle
shall not ride other than upon or astride the permanent and
regular seat attached thereto, nor carry any other person
upon such bicycle other than upon a firmly attached and
regular seat thereon, nor shall any person ride upon a
bicycle other than as above authorized.
14.910 Speed.) No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed
greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
then existing.
14.911 Riding on Right.) Every person operating a bicycle
upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right hand side of
the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing
a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
14.912 Emerging from Alley or Driveway.) The operator of a
bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall,
upon approaching a sidewalk or the side,galk area extending
across any alley -way, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians
approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon enter-
ing the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching on said roadway.
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14.913 Clinging to Vehicles.) No person riding upon any
bicycle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon
the roadway.
14.914 Riding in a Group) Persons operating bicycles upon a
roadway shall ride single file except on paths or parts of
roadways set aside for the use of bicycles.
14.915 Carrying Articles,) No person operating a bicycle
shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the
rider from keeping both hands upon the handle bars.
14.916 Parking.) No person shall park a bicycle upon a
street other than upon the roadway against the curb or upon
a sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle, or against a
building or at the curb in such a manner as to obstruct
pedestrian traffic and must avail themselves of bicycle racks
when provided.
14.917 Riding on Sidewalks.) (a) No person shall, ride a
bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district. (b) The
Chief of Police is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalks
or roadways prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any
persons, and when such signs are in place, no person shall
disobey same, (c) 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 over-
taking and passing such pedestrian.
14.918 Parent's Responsibility.) The parents of any child
and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly
permit any child or ward to violate any of the provis'ons of
this Article, and any parent or guardian authorizing or know-
ingly permitting such violation shall, upon conviction thereof,
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imposition
of the penalties provided for herein.
14.919. Any person found guilty of violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than one
dollar ($1.00) nor more than five dollars ($5.00) for each
violation.
14.920 Repeal.) All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication according to law.
PASSED this 24th day of _.cve^ber 197.
APPROVED this 24th day of _-ove ber 197.
AYES _4 _
NAYS _ 0 _
ABSENT 2
Jack D. Pahl
Village President
ATTEST:
Margrethe E. Schwellenbach
cting Village Clerk
Published in tFa Elk Grove Herald and DuPage Register this Erna
day of 7)2cc-:'. , 19 70
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