HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 640 - 7/15/1969 - BICYCLES/CODE AMENDEDORDINP,NCE�.--
AN OPDINANCF. AMT:'biDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE
AS TO BICYCLE;
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 1.4, 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 Vi-l.lage, unless
such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate or sticker
is attached thereto as provided herein. Said license shall be
obtained on or before May 31st of each year.
14.902 Definition of the Term "Bicycle".) Every device
propelled by human power upon which any person may ride,
having two tandem wheels, either or which :is sixteen (16)
inches in diameter or greater.
14.903 Fees.) Every owner or operator of a bicycle who
resides within the Village, of Elk Grove Village shall pay
an initial license fee of $1.00. Annual re -licensing of
the same bicycle although required shall be at no additional
cost.
14.904 Application - Issuance.) Application for bicycle licenses
shall be made to the Village Clerk. At the time of such appli-
cation 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 and payment of the fee 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, name of the Village, and the year for which the license
has been purchased.
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14.905 _ —Attachmen+: 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 roar
mudguard or frame of the bicycle for which issued, in such posi-
tion as to be plainly visible from the rear. (b) Loss of
license or bicycle with license attached shall be reported imme-
diately to the Police Department. (c) No person shall remove a
license plate or sticker from a bicycle during the period for
which issued, except upon a transfer of ownership or in the
event the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon
any street in this Village.
14.906 Transfer of Ownership.) Upon the sale or other transfer
of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall remove the license
plate or sticker and may, upon proper application, but without
payment of additional fee, have said plate assigned to another
bicycle owned by the applicant.
14.907 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, whicl bicycle is riot
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 it the direction
toward which the bicycle is proceeding and at least one lighted
lamp showing a red light visible at least five hcndred (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 ade-
quate to control the movement of and to stop such bicycle when-
ever 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) Ad-
justed 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) No broken spokes, and (H) Good properly inflated
tires.
14.908 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 appli-
cable to the driver of a vehicle, and except as to special
regulations in this ordinance and except as to thoseprovisions,
of the orginance which by their nature can have no application.
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14.909 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.
14.910 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.
14.911 Speed.) No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed
greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
then existing.
14.912 Riding on Right.) Every person operating a bicycle upon
a roadway shall ride as near to the right hand s:.de of the road-
way as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing
vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
14.913_ Emerging from Alley or Driveway.) The operator of a
bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall,
upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across
any alley -way, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approach-
ing on said sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering the
roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching
on said roadway.
14.914 Clinging to Vehicles.) No person riding upon any bicycle
shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
14.915 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 exclusive use of bicycles.
14.916 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.
14.917 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 manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedes-
trian traffic.
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14.918 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 overtaking and passing such
pedestrian.
14.919 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 provisions of
this Article, and any parent orguardian 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.
14.920 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 fifty dollars ($50.09) for each
violation.
14.921 Repeal.) All ordinances or parts of ordinz.nces in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall he in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication according to
law.
PASSED this 15th d_ay of July, 1.969.
APPROVED this 15th day day of July, 1969.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Published this 25thday of July, 1969 in the Elk grove Herald "nd
and The DuPage Cowlty P,errister