Chapter 10.24 — DRIVING RULES

• A. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral processing while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated.

• B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by official traffic signals or police officers.

• (Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.451, 12.08.452))

No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, skateboard or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or him or herself on any moving vehicle upon any roadway. (Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.453))

Unless otherwise expressly allowed by another provision of this title or other applicable law, no person shall drive a vehicle (including any bicycle or unicycle) within any sidewalk area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway.

(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.454))

• A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.24.030, bicycles, Class 1 E-bikes, and Class 2 E-bikes may be ridden on sidewalks except as follows:

  1. No person shall ride a bicycle, Class 1 E-bike, or Class 2 E-bike upon a sidewalk within any business district; upon the sidewalks of bridges; in pedestrian underpasses; on pedestrian overpasses; or upon sidewalks adjacent to any school building.

  2. No person shall ride a bicycle, Class 1 E-bike, or Class 2 E-bike upon a sidewalk in an area where riding a bicycle or unicycle is prohibited by ordinance of the city council and appropriate signage is posted advising of the prohibition.

• B. Any person riding a bicycle, Class 1 E-bike, or Class 2 E-bike upon a sidewalk shall ride in the direction of travel in a safe manner with due care and caution, yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian, and when overtaking and passing a pedestrian, shall give an audible signal and shall pass to the left of the pedestrian only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Any person riding a bicycle, Class 1 E-bike, or Class 2 E-bike, upon entering a roadway or driveway from a sidewalk, shall yield to all traffic.

• C. Class 3-bikes are prohibited from being ridden on all sidewalks and trails.

• D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.24.030, bicycles, Class 1 E-bike, and Class 2 E-bike may be ridden on trails within the city.

• E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.24.030 and Section 12.04.050, only bicycles may be ridden within city parks.

• F. As used in this section the following words are defined as follows:

  1. Bicycle means a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels, including, but not limited to, a bicycle, electric bicycle, unicycle, skateboard, roller skates, or other wheeled toys.

  2. An electric bicycle (E-bike) is a bicycle equipped with an electric motor of less than 750 watts. There are three classes of E-bikes:

     • a. Class 1 E-bike: A bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.

     • b. Class 2 E-bike: A bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance via throttle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.

     • c. Class 3 E-bike: A bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour, and equipped with a speedometer.

Any E-bike with a motor rated higher than 750 watts is considered a motor vehicle and subject to California Vehicle Code rules and regulations and should only be ridden where cars and other motor vehicles are permitted.

3. "Sidewalk" means that portion of city right-of-way designated or used for pedestrian travel, including, but not limited to, sidewalks and portions of sidewalks.

(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.455); Ord. 20-07 § 1; Ord. 2024-02, 4/9/2024)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

(Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.456))

No person shall drive, operate, tow or otherwise move any motor vehicle, equipped with rims to accommodate rubber tires, over or across any street in this city with tires removed or deflated so that the metal flanges or rims are in contact with the pavement, except to the nearest edge of the pavement from the point any such condition occurs through accident. (Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.457))

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority. (Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.458))

No person shall operate a vehicle on a street or alley in such a manner as to facilitate its speed by means of leaving rear and/or front wheel frictional rubber marks, caused by rapid acceleration. (Ord. 91-16 § 2 (12.08.459); Ord. 96-07 § 2)