Pico Rivera Municipal Code Art. I Riding Rules

For the purpose of this chapter, "bicycle" means any device upon which a person may ride which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains or gears and which has either two or three wheels (one of which is at least twenty inches in diameter, in tandem or tricycle arrangement) or a frame size of at least fourteen inches.

For the purposes of this section motorized bicycles as defined by Section 406 of the California Vehicle Code shall be included within the terms "motor vehicle" as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code and as used in Section 21663 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 1067 § 2, 2011)

A. Director of Public Works to Designate Prohibitions. The director may designate and declare certain portions of any sidewalk to be prohibited for bicycle use.

B. Director of Public Works to Post Prohibitions. The director is authorized to erect and maintain signs adjacent to sidewalks designating prohibitions on the use of bicycles.

C. It is unlawful to ride a bicycle, or to coast in any vehicle upon any public sidewalk except as provided in this section.

D. When riding upon a sidewalk, persons riding, using, or propelling bicycles as permitted under this chapter, shall obey the following rules of the road:

1. It is unlawful to operate a bicycle on a sidewalk where signage has been posted to prohibit its use on sidewalks.

2. No person shall ride, use or propel a bicycle recklessly, or in such a manner as to cause or threaten to cause injury to him or her or herself or others, or to cause or threaten to cause damage to public or private property.

3. Bicycles may be ridden on all sidewalks at a speed not to exceed five miles per hour, except where signs are posted prohibiting riding bicycles on sidewalks in the following areas:

a. Sidewalks within a business district;

b. Sidewalks adjacent to any public school building when school is in session;

c. Sidewalks adjacent to any recreation center when in use, or any church during services; and

d. Any pedestrian overcrossing or other sidewalk where riding a bicycle is prohibited by posted signs.

E. Yielding Right-of-Way. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any and all pedestrians. A person riding a bicycle upon entering a roadway or driveway from a sidewalk shall yield to all traffic.

F. Entering a Street. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall enter a roadway at a roadway intersection.

G. Any person crossing a street within any portion of a crosswalk across such street, and in possession of a bicycle at the time, shall not ride such bicycle within such crosswalk area, but shall dismount therefrom and guide such bicycle by hand while within such crosswalk area.

(Ord. 1067 § 2, 2011)

This chapter shall not apply to any of the following:

A. The use of human or motor-propelled devices on any sidewalk, street, public right-of-way, or upon any land, property, or facility owned or controlled by the city of Pico Rivera by any person who is disabled or handicapped, or whose ability to walk is impaired as shown by medical evidence;

B. Any device designated, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants; or

C. The transportation of goods or merchandise to and from the place of purchase or storage.

(Ord. 1067 § 2, 2011)

No person shall ride or coast upon, or use to ride or coast upon any bicycle or rollerskates, or ride in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device upon any overhead pedestrian crossing or pedestrian tunnel within the city.

(Prior code § 3335.1)

No operator of any bicycle shall carry any other person upon the bar, handlebars, carrier racks, fenders, or any other portion of such bicycle, and no person shall so ride upon any such bicycle other than the operator thereof.

(Prior code § 3336)

No person traveling upon any bicycle, coaster, rollerskates, motorcycle or any toy vehicle shall cling to or attach him or her or herself or his or her vehicle to any other moving vehicle or streetcar.

(Prior code § 3338)