HomeMy WebLinkAbout218ORDINANCE NO.218
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING
TITLE 4 OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY
ADDING THERETO CHAPTER 5 ENTITLED "BICYCLES"
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF THE CODE. Title 4 entitled "Public
Safety" of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended
by adding thereto Chapter 5 entitled "Bicycles" to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5. BICYCLES.
Section 4-5.01. DEFINITION. For the purpose of
this chapter, the word "bicycle" shall have the same
meaning as that term is defined in the Vehicle Code as
the same exists or may be amended hereafter.
Section 4-5.02. EQUIPMENT. Every bicycle operated
or used in the Town of Los Altos Hills shall be equipped
with the items of equipment specified in this section:
(1) Lamps and Reflectors. Every bicycle
operated or used at any time between one-half hour after
sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, or at any other
time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly
discernible any person or vehicle on a street or highway
at a distance of three hundred feet, shall be equipped
with a lamp on the front of the bicycle emitting a white
light visible from a distance of three hundred feet in
front of the bicycle, and with a red reflector on the
rear of the bicycle which shall be visible from a distance
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of three hundred feet to the rear when directly in front
of a motor vehicle displaying the lawful upper beams of
its headlights. A rear lamp emitting a red light visible
from a distance of three hundred feet to the rear may be
used in addition to the red reflector.
(2) Brakes. Every bicycle shall be equipped
with a brake which shall enable the operator to make the
braked wheel skid on a dry, level, clean pavement.
(3) Stand. Every bicycle purchased must be
equipped with a stand of a type approved by the Chief of
Police.
Section 4-5.03. RIDERS; SEATS. The operator of a
bicycle shall not carry any other person thereon, except
on a seat securely fastened to the bicycle in the rear of the
operator. The operator shall not ride other than upon or
astride the permanent and regular seat attached to the
bicycle. Each bicycle shall be operated in what in the
judgment of the Chief of Police is a safe manner.
Section 4-5.04. SPEED. No person shall operate a
bicycle on a street or highway at a speed greater than is
reasonable or prudent having due regard for the traffic on,
and the surface and width of, the street or highway, and in
no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons
or property.
Section 4-5.05. EMERGING FROM DRIVEWAY. The operator
of a bicycle emerging from a driveway or building and prior
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to entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to
all pedestrians approaching, and upon entering the road-
way shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approach-
ing on the roadway.
Section 4-5.06. CARRYING ARTICLES. No person
operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or
article in a manner which prevents the rider from keeping
both hands upon the handlebars.
Section 4-5.07. TOWING, PULLING, OR PUSHING PERSONS
OR OBJECTS PRHIBITED. No person operating a bicycle shall
tow or pull any person or object from the rear thereof, or
push or propel any person or object in front of the bicycle.
Section 4-5.06. GROUP RIDING. Persons operating
bicycles upon a roadway shall ride in single file.
Section 4-5.09. PARKING. No person shall park, or
allow to remain parked, any bicycle (a) upon any public
street or roadway other than in such a manner so as to
afford the least obstruction to vehicular traffic; or
(b) at any place adjacent to a public street or roadway
except in a bicycle rack, or against a building, or by
means of a stand to maintain the bicycle in a vertical
position, and in such a manner as to afford the least
obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
Section 4-5.10. OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no
right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating
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a bicycle shall disobey the directions of any such sign,
except when such person dismounts from the bicycle to
make any such turn, in which event such person shall then
obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
Section 4-5.11. VIOLATION; IMPOUNDMENT. In addition
to any other penalty provided and in the event of a vio-
lation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, the Chief
of Police may prohibit the operation upon the streets, and
public places, in the Town of Los Altos Hills for a period
of not to exceed thirty days of a bicycle used in such a
violation, in which event a bicycle used in such a violation
shall be impounded by the Chief of Police and retained by
him during the period of time within which its operation
is prohibited.
Section 4-5.12. VIOLATION; INFRACTION. It is unlawful,
and is an infraction for any person to violate any provision,
or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this
Chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions, or
failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of
this Chapter, is guilty of an infraction. Any person accused
of an infraction shall be tried, and if convicted, shall be
punished under and to the extent of the laws of the State
of California for infractions.
Section 4-5.13. NOTICE TO APPEAR. Any peace officer
shall have the authority to issue notices to appear in
court pursuant to Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.5)
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of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code for violations of
this Chapter.
SECTION 2. POSTING; EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be
posted within the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places
and shall become effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced
at an adjourned regular meeting
offthe City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills on 1974, and was thereafter, at a
regular meeting of 'said Council held on 1974,
passed and adopted.
City Clerk
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