Article D — PARKING — Hidden Hills Municipal Code

4-4D-1: - DESIGNATION OF NO-PARKING ZONES AND NO-PARKING SPACES.

Prohibited and Restricted Zones:

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to determine the location of no-stopping zones and no-parking areas and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to prohibit, regulate or limit stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and shall place and maintain official traffic-control devices indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.

Zones to be Marked:

No-stopping zones and no-parking areas shall be indicated by red paint upon the top of all curbs or by signs in said zones and areas.

Time limit parking zones, such as 24-minute, 40-minute, one-hour, two-hour, etc., shall be indicated by green paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. Green shall mean no standing or parking for a period of time longer than indicated at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday and holidays.

Parking Space Markings: The Building Official is authorized by the local authority to install and maintain parking space markings to indicate parking spaces for on-street and off-street parking.

Angle Parking:

The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any Federal-Aid or the State Highway within the City unless the Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.

Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

4-4D-2: - NO-PARKING PLACES.

No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Deputy Sheriff or Fire Department official, in any of the following places:

Within an intersection;

On a crosswalk;

Within 15 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station; provided, that this subsection shall not apply in respect to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle;

In front of a private driveway;

Alongside or opposite any excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; and

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, parked or standing at the edge of a road.

No person shall stop, park or leave any vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except when such vehicle is attended by a licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who can immediately move such vehicle in case of necessity. This subsection does not apply in respect to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.

Whenever any Deputy Sheriff finds a vehicle standing upon a road in violation of subsection A. or B. above, such Deputy Sheriff may move such vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of such vehicle to move the same to the nearest available position off the paved or improved or main traveled portion of such road.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4D-3: - PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

Parking in Restricted Areas: No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle on a street within the City within an area designated for restricted parking by resolution, except in conformance with the resolution.

Obstruction of Roadway:

No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the main traveled portion of a road when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part or portion of said road, but in every event, an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon said road. This subsection shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle on the main traveled portion of a road.

No person shall park any vehicle upon a street in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.

Parkways: No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle within or upon any parkway between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., provided, the City Clerk may permit parking during such hours when the driveway or drive approach is unavailable for parking due to repair, reconstruction and similar causes.

Alleys:

No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

No persons shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or freight in any alley.

One-Way Streets:

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to erect signs upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles.

In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The Building Official is authorized by the local authority to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.

Narrow Streets: The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs or markings when the width of the roadway does not exceed 32 feet.

Parking Adjacent to Schools: The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to place signs or markings indicating no parking upon either of both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited: No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

Displaying such vehicle for sale.

Washing, polishing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

Public Off-Street Parking Facility:

The City Council may by resolution restrict the hours during which parking is permitted in off-street parking facilities.

The City Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice of the restrictions on parking as established by the City Council.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89; Ord. 216, 1-19-89; 1993 Code; Ord. No. 303, § 1, 2-26-01)

4-4D-4: - MANNER OF PARKING.

Parking on Grades: No person driving or in control of or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three percent within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of the vehicle by turning them against the curb or by other means.

Unattended Motor Vehicles: No person driving or in control of or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any road unattended without first effectively setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor thereof.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4D-5: - PEDDLERS AND VENDORS.

Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise or food are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this City; except, that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of a bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

Peddler's or Vendor's Permit Required: No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle or pushcart from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Building Official which shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.

Transportation for Hire Permit Required: No person shall park or stand any vehicle or wagon used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Building Official which shall designate specific location where such vehicle may stand.

Conditions of Permit: Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this Section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit.

Revocation of Permit: In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this Section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the Building Official upon the filing of the record of such conviction with such officer, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

4-4D-6: - EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS.

Whenever the Building Official determines that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private processions or assemblages, he as authorized by the local authority and shall place temporary signs indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency, and the Building Official shall remove such signs thereafter.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

4-4D-7: - LOADING AND UNLOADING.

Designation of Loading Zones and Passenger Loading Zones:

The Building Official is authorized by the Council to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Article and the Vehicle Code are applicable.

Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, for no more than three minutes, and other than the loading or unloading of freight for no more than 20 minutes.

Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays and except as follows: when such zone is in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

Effect of Permission to Load or Unload:

Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than 20 minutes.

The loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.

Within the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this subsection shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

Permits for Loading or Unloading at an Angle to the Curb:

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to issue special permits to authorize the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading property subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property alongside the curb or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and herein authorized.

It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

4-4D-8: - PUBLIC CARRIER STOPS AND STANDS.

Building Official to Designate Public Carrier Stops and Stands: The Building Official is authorized by the City Council to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common- carrier motor vehicles on such streets, in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate official traffic-control devices.

Restricted Use of Bus and Taxicab Stands: No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed; except, that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4D-9: - BLUE CURB PARKING SPACES.

Designation of Blue Curb Spaces:

On-Street Parking: The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, shall designate special blue curb parking spaces for the purpose of providing on-street parking for exclusive use by disabled persons.

Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities: The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, shall designate parking stalls or spaces in publicly owned, leased or controlled off-street parking facilities for exclusive use of disabled persons.

Off-Street/Privately Financed Facilities: The City hereby declares that there are privately owned and operated parking facilities which may reserve parking stalls for exclusive use by disabled persons.

Identification of Blue Curb Spaces:

On-Street Blue Curb Spaces:

Blue curb spaces shall be indicated by blue paint on the curb edge of the paved portion of the street. For further identification, the International Symbol of Access may be painted on the blue curb in white followed by the word "ONLY".

In addition, a sign not less than seventeen inches by twenty-two inches (17" × 22"), with lettering not less than one inch in height shall be posted stating:

(1)

"Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing license plates or placards issued for physically handicapped persons will be issued citations"; or

(2)

"Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing placards or license plates issued for physically handicapped persons will be towed away at owner's expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed at (Address) or by telephoning (Telephone number of the Sheriff's Department)".

All signs shall be posted at a height 80 inches from the ground.

Off-Street/Publicly Owned Facilities:

Designation of blue curb parking stalls in publicly financed off-street parking facilities shall be made by posting immediately adjacent to, and visible from same, a sign consisting of the International Symbol of Access.

In addition, a sign not less than seventeen inches by twenty-two inches (17" × 22") in size must be posted either at the entrance to the parking facility or immediately adjacent to and visible from the reserved stalls, which states with lettering not less than one inch in height:

(1)

"Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing license plates or placards issued for physically handicapped persons will be issued citations"; or

(2)

The operator of the parking facility may then, and only after first contacting the Police Department, cause the removal of a violator's automobile from the stall to the nearest public garage.

All signs shall be posted at a height of 80 inches from the ground.

Compliance Required: Persons using "blue curb" parking spaces shall comply with the following:

Blue curb parking spaces shall be operative 24 hours a day, Sundays and holidays included.

Parking zones for the disabled are subject to any temporary parking prohibitions established by the City.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1993 Code)

4-4D-10: - OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING.

Oversize Vehicle Defined: An oversize vehicle is any vehicle, motorized or nonmotorized, that exceeds 25 feet in length or exceeds seven feet in width and/or exceeds seven feet in height. Oversize vehicles shall include all buses, truck tractors, semi-trailers, motor trucks, trailers, campers, camp trailers, house cars, trailer coaches and other equipment or machinery regardless of width, length or height.

Permitted Parking Areas: Oversize vehicles may be parked or stored on private property in all yard areas except the required front yard setback or any side yard abutting a street right-of-way. Semi-trailers, camp trailers, campers and/or house cars may be parked on the apron in front of a yard setback located between the driveway and the side property line closest to the driveway if:

The trailer or vehicle does not project over any property line;

The parking or storage area has a paved or graveled surface; and

The area around said trailers and vehicles is kept clean and free of trash, debris and/or parts.

Certain Oversize Vehicles Prohibited:

No person shall park and leave standing upon any street or highway in a residential district:

Any motor vehicle of a length in excess of 25 feet.

Any vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit.

Any vehicle designed and used or maintained for the transportation of property, such as buses, motor trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, trailer coaches or truck tractors and similar vehicles of a width in excess of 90 inches.

Any item of farm machinery or special purpose machine.

The above-prohibited vehicles may be parked upon such street or highway while loading or unloading persons and/or property or when such vehicle is parked in connection with or in aid of the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked or to perform repairs of an emergency nature on the motor vehicle itself for a maximum of 72 consecutive hours.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

ARTICLE E. - EQUESTRIANS

4-4E-1: - USE OF EQUESTRIAN TRAILS.

Definitions: For purposes of this Article, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:

Bicycle: A device upon which a person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain or gears and having one or more wheels.

Vehicle: A device by which a person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Prohibited Uses: Except for equine, emergency vehicles, utility vehicles and vehicles used to provide equine related services, no vehicle or bicycle shall be permitted on an equestrian trail or equestrian right-of- way.

Permit: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B. of this Section, the Building Official may issue a permit allowing use of an equestrian trail by a vehicle upon a showing that no other feasible access to adjacent property exists.

Right-of-way: The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any horseback rider crossing or moving along a roadway.

Signs: The Building Official shall cause signs to be erected at the juncture of all equestrian trails and the City limits which will inform the public of the prohibition contained in this Section.

(Ord. 237, 3-11-91; 1994 Code; Ord. 275, 12-11-95)

4-4E-2: - EQUESTRIAN USE OF ROADWAYS.

Riding on Roadways: No person shall ride a horse on any roadway, except to cross the same or to move to the nearest bridle trail along a road which has no parkway.

Equestrian Crossings:

The City Council may post and maintain, or cause to be posted and maintained, signs indicating the intersection of a road and a bridle path or trail to be an equestrian crossing.

The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any horseback rider crossing a roadway at an equestrian crossing so designated.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4E-3: - CAUTION ON PASSING ANIMALS.

The driver of any vehicle approaching any horse-drawn vehicle, any ridden animal or any livestock shall exercise proper control of his vehicle and shall reduce speed or stop as may appear necessary or as may be signaled or otherwise requested by any person driving or riding any animal or by any person in charge of any such livestock in order to avoid frightening and to safeguard any such animal or livestock and to insure the safety of any person driving or riding such animal or in charge of such livestock.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

ARTICLE F. - PEDESTRIANS

4-4F-1: - PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY AT INTERSECTIONS.

The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway at an intersection.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86)

4-4F-2: - CROSSWALKS ESTABLISHED.

Designation of Crosswalks: The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where, in his opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.

Installation of Signs: The Building Official, as authorized by the City Council, may install signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4F-3: - PEDESTRIANS' RESPONSIBILITIES.[11]

Crossing at Right Angles: Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other official traffic-control devices, a pedestrian shall cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.

Prohibited Crossing: No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk marked or unmarked upon any of the designated through streets or parkways.

Pedestrians to Walk on the Left Side of Roadways: No pedestrian shall walk on any roadway otherwise than close to his left-hand edge of the roadway.

Intoxicated Pedestrians: No pedestrian shall walk on any roadway if he is intoxicated to such an extent as to create a hazard to himself or others.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86; Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

See also Section 4-4C-9(B) of this Chapter.

ARTICLE G. - VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND CONDITION

4-4G-1: - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOADS.

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to erect and maintain official traffic-control devices on any streets or parts of streets as follows:

Gross Weight Limits: To impose gross weight limits as prescribed by the Vehicle Code. [12]

Truck Restriction: To prohibit the operation of trucks exceeding the limit of pounds gross weight as prescribed in the Vehicle Code; provided, that such devices shall not prohibit necessary local operation on such streets for the purpose of making a pickup or delivery.

The Building Official is authorized by the City Council, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to determine and designate those heavily traveled streets upon which shall be prohibited any class or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic and shall erect appropriate official traffic-control devices giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

Vehicle Code § 35550, et seq.

4-4G-2: - MUFFLERS.

Mufflers Required: No person shall operate any motor vehicle on any road within the City unless the vehicle is equipped with an adequate muffler or silencing device in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no muffler, silencing device or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass or similar device.

Alteration of Mufflers Prohibited: No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler or silencing device originally installed on the vehicle, and the original muffler or silencing device shall comply with this Section.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

ARTICLE H. - BICYCLES

4-4H-1: - PURPOSE AND SCOPE.

The purpose of this Article is to regulate the operation of bicycles on roads located within the City. This Article may be referred to as the City's bicycle regulations.

(Ord. 181, 2-17-86)

4-4H-2: - EFFECT OF REGULATIONS.

Compliance with Provisions Required: It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this Article.

Parents' Responsibility: The parent of any child or guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this Article.

Applicability of Provisions: These regulations applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street within this City or upon any path therein set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to those exceptions stated herein.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4H-3: - BICYCLE LICENSING PROVISIONS.

License Required: No person who resides within this City shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license indicia is attached thereto as provided herein.

License Application and Fee: Application for a bicycle license shall be made upon a form provided by the City and shall be made to the City Clerk or Sheriff. A license fee, as prescribed by the bicycle licensing authority, shall be paid to the City before each license or renewal thereof is granted.

Inspection of Bicycles: The City Clerk or Sheriff or other authorized official shall inspect each bicycle before licensing the same and shall refuse a license for any bicycle which he determines is in unsafe mechanical condition.

Issuance or Denial of License:

The City Clerk or Sheriff, upon receiving proper application therefor, is authorized by the local authority to issue a bicycle license.

The City Clerk or Sheriff shall not issue a license for any bicycle when he knows or has reasonable ground to believe that the applicant is not the owner of or entitled to the possession of such bicycle.

Attachment of License Indicia:

The City Clerk or Sheriff, upon issuing a bicycle license, shall also issue a license indicia bearing the license number assigned to the bicycle, the name of the City, the calendar year for which issued and the expiration date thereof.

The City Clerk and Sheriff shall cause such license indicia to be affixed to the front of the seat tube of the bicycle frame.

No person shall remove a license indicia 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 or bicycle path in this City.

Renewal of License: Upon the expiration of any bicycle license, the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the fee as prescribed by the bicycle licensing authority.

Transfer of Ownership: Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall follow the respective rules set by the bicycle licensing authority.

License Records: The City Clerk and Sheriff shall keep a record of the number of each license, the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued and the number on the indicia of the bicycle for which issued and a record of all bicycle license fees collected by him.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4H-4: - BICYCLE EQUIPMENT.

No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway if:

The bicycle is not equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement;

The bicycle is equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate his hands above the level of his shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area; or

The bicycle is of such size as to prevent the operator from safely stopping the bicycle, supporting it in an upright position with at least one foot on the ground, and restarting it in a safe manner.

Every bicycle operated upon any roadway during darkness shall be equipped 1) with a lamp emitting a white light which, while the bicycle is in motion, illuminates the roadway in front of the bicyclist and is visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle; 2) with a red reflector on the rear which shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle; 3) with a white or yellow reflector on each pedal visible from the front and rear of the bicycle from a distance of 200 feet; and 4) with a white or yellow reflector on each side forward of the center of the bicycle, and with a white or red reflector on each side to the rear of the center of the bicycle, except that bicycles which are equipped with reflectorized tires on the front and the rear need not be equipped with these side reflectors. A lamp or lamp combination, emitting a white light, attached to the operator and visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle may be used in lieu of the lamp required by this subsection B.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4H-5: - OPERATION OF BICYCLES.

Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway or any paved shoulder shall have all the rights and shall be subject to all the applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4H-6: - BICYCLE PARKING.

No person shall park any bicycle upon the roadway, equestrian or pedestrian trails in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to pedestrians, animals, traffic or property. If there are no facilities available to park

bicycles in the vicinity, bicycles may be parked upon equestrian or pedestrian trails in an upright position parallel to and within 24 inches of the outer edge of the roadway.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)

4-4H-7: - BICYCLE LANES.

The Council shall establish bicycle lanes, from time to time, by resolution. The Building Official is authorized by the Council to implement the establishment of the bicycle lanes and paths as designated in said resolution.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89; 1994 Code)

4-4H-8: - VIOLATION AND PENALTIES.

Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Article shall be punishable as an infraction and by removal and detention of the license indicia from such person's bicycle for a period of not to exceed 30 days or by impounding of such person's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days or by any combination thereof.

(Ord. 215, 1-19-89)