Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 05 Bicycles

Every person operating a bicycle upon a street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way shall be granted all the rights and be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of this State declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the ordinances of this City applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature have no application.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or operate a bicycle in the City in violation of the rules of the road as set forth herein:

A. No person shall operate a bicycle upon a sidewalk within the downtown Business District, or upon any sidewalks in front of schools, stores, or other buildings used for business or for public assembly.

B. Whenever a person operates a bicycle upon a sidewalk not expressly prohibited in subsection A, such person shall at all times yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians.

C. No bicycle on any sidewalk shall be used to carry more persons than the number for which it is designed and equipped.

D. Persons operating bicycles upon a sidewalk or other pedestrian facility shall not ride abreast with another bicycle except on paths or parts of public ways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

E. No person shall park a bicycle upon any street, sidewalk, alley, or other public way other than immediately adjacent to the curb or edge of the traveled way or in a rack to support the bicycle or against a building, in such a manner as to afford the least obstruction to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic. When a rack is provided, no person shall park a bicycle, except in such a rack, on an adjacent street, sidewalk, alley or other public way within 200 feet from such rack.

F. No person shall operate a bicycle upon any playground or park or school ground, except on established paths or walkways, without permission of the person having supervision thereof.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself or herself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

Any person riding or operating a bicycle upon any street where a bicycle lane or path appropriate to his direction of travel is established and officially designated may ride or operate such bicycle in such bicycle lane or path or on the sidewalk where otherwise allowed by this Code.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No person shall operate a vehicle within an established and officially designated bicycle path except for purposes of ingress or egress to and from driveways, or for purposes of intersectional travel.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No person riding or operating a bicycle, when upon a public right-of-way or lands owned or controlled by the City, shall carry another person upon the bicycle. This prohibition shall not apply to bicycles built for two persons to ride and propel or to the carrying of a child when the child is securely fastened to a seat designed to carry a child.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No person riding or operating a bicycle, moped, motorcycle, sled, toy vehicle, or any other similar human-powered or motor-powered device upon a public right-of-way or land owned or controlled by the City shall tow any other vehicle or person, including a skateboard, except that bicycle trailers used for delivery or transportation of newspapers, magazines, people, or merchandise may be towed.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

No person riding or operating a bicycle, moped, skateboard, roller skates, skateboards, sled, toy vehicle, or any other similar human-powered or motor-powered device upon a public right-of-way or any property or facilities owned or controlled by the City, shall participate in any race, speed, or endurance contest unless the contest organizer obtains the written permission of the City Manager and the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, supervises the contest.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

The City Council may designate a zone for the exclusive parking of bicycles and motorcycles. When such a zone is established, the City Engineer shall cause appropriate signs or markings to be placed.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

When the City Engineer determines that the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is necessary for the regulation of traffic or to provide facilities for the temporary parking of bicycles being operated upon the public streets, or to safeguard life or property, he or she is authorized to set aside a space on the street not more than 36 feet in length for the parking of bicycles during such hours of such days as are found by him or her to be best suited for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is so established, the City Engineer shall cause appropriate signs to be posted during such hours, giving notice that parking of other vehicles is prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

A. No person shall park a bicycle against any window or parking meter or on the main-traveled portion of the sidewalk, nor in such manner as to constitute a hazard to pedestrians, traffic, or property.

B. When bicycle parking spaces have been established and designated by official signs and markings pursuant to this chapter, no person shall park a bicycle in the vicinity thereof except in such bicycle parking spaces.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)