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Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Chapter 3 — TRAFFIC
Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Art. 10 Regulation of Bicycles
Thousand Oaks Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Thousand Oaks
Cite as: Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Article 10 · Text as of 2026-10-03
Sec. 4-3.1001. State authority.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 1, Ord. 856-NS, eff. April 17, 1984)
Sec. 4-3.1002. Obedience to official traffic control devices.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 1, Ord. 856-NS, eff. April 17, 1984)
Sec. 4-3.1003. Rights-of-way.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 1, Ord. 856-NS, eff. April 17, 1984)
Sec. 4-3.1004. Operation of bicycles on roadways and bicycle routes.¶
(a) A person operating a bicycle may ride on any sidewalk or off-street bicycle path, but shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrians or equestrians. No person shall ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk or off-street bicycle path that has been posted with signs prohibiting such riding. The definition of pedestrian and bicycle shall be as defined in the California Vehicle Code.
(b) A person operating a bicycle on a roadway shall ride in the same direction as the vehicles are required to be driven on the roadway. A person operating a bicycle on a sidewalk or off-street bicycle path shall ride on the right side of such sidewalk or path unless indicated otherwise by posted signs.
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975, as amended by §§ I and II, Ord. 701-NS, eff. December 21, 1978; repealed by § 1, Ord. 856-NS, eff. April 17, 1984; reenacted by § 1, Ord. 1229-NS, eff. February 14, 1995, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1311-NS, eff. February 2, 1998)
Sec. 4-3.1005. Parking bicycles.¶
(a) No person shall park a bicycle upon a street or against a building in such a manner as to obstruct pedestrian, bicycle, or motor vehicular traffic.
(b) No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk or park a bicycle on a sidewalk in a position that does not leave an adequate path for pedestrian traffic.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no person shall park a bicycle at any location which has been posted with signs prohibiting such parking.
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975)
Sec. 4-3.1006. Riding on bicycles.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 2, Ord. 1229-NS, eff. February 14, 1995)
Sec. 4-3.1007. Bicycle equipment.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 2, Ord. 1229-NS, eff. February 14, 1995)
Sec. 4-3.1008. Reports of bicycle accidents.¶
(§ III, Ord. 550-NS, eff. November 13, 1975; repealed by § 2, Ord. 1229-NS, eff. February 14, 1995)
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