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(a) Except as provided in subsection(b)below,it shall be legal to operate a bicycle(per <br /> Section 301.04) upon a sidewalk when sidewalks are available and not congested with pedestrian <br /> traffic. If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian traffic,any bicycle operator using the sidewalk <br /> shall walk the bicycle. At no time shall a bicyclist under the age of eight years operate a bicycle on <br /> Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Madison Avenue; Warren Road between Franklin Boulevard and <br /> Detroit Avenue;or West 117 Street,unless while under the supervision of an adult. <br /> (b) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk,upon or along which signs have been <br /> erected by authority of the Director of Public Safety prohibiting such bicycle riding;or if the bicycle <br /> is wider than the customary widths of two-wheeled bicycles. <br /> (c) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk,or across a roadway upon <br /> and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal <br /> before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.This audible signal may be given by the voice or by <br /> a bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal and shall be given at such a <br /> distance and in such a manner as not to startle person or persons being overtaken and passed. <br /> (d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk,before overtaking and passing a blind <br /> person carrying a white cane or guided by a dog, shall dismount and overtake or pass on foot, if <br /> necessary for safety. <br /> (e) A person shall not operate a bicycle from a sidewalk so as to suddenly leave a curb <br /> or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an <br /> immediate hazard. <br /> (f) No person shall operate a bicycle on a sidewalk at a speed greater than an ordinary <br /> walk when approaching or entering a crosswalk or approaching or crossing a driveway if a vehicle <br /> is approaching the crosswalk or driveway. This paragraph does not require reduced speeds for <br /> bicycles when other vehicles are not present. <br /> is hereby repealed and new 3 73.10 Riding on Sidewalk, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, is <br /> hereby enacted to read as follows: <br /> 373.10 RIDING ON SIDEWALK. <br /> (a) Except as provided in subsection(b)below,it shall be legal to operate a bicycle(per <br /> Section 301.04)upon a sidewalk when sidewalks are available and not congested with pedestrian <br /> traffic.If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian traffic, any bicycle operator using the sidewalk <br /> shall walk the bicycle. At no time shall a bicyclist under the age of eight years operate a bicycle on <br /> Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Madison Avenue; Warren Road between Franklin Boulevard and <br /> Detroit Avenue;or West 117 Street,unless while under the supervision of an adult. <br /> (b) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk,upon or along which signs have been <br /> erected by authority of the Director of Public Safety prohibiting such bicycle riding;or if the bicycle <br /> is wider than the customary widths of two-wheeled bicycles. No person shall operate a mobility <br /> device on sidewalks,except when necessary to go on or off adjacent properties or to park. <br /> (c) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk,or across a roadway upon <br /> and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal <br /> before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.This audible signal may be given by the voice or by <br /> a bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal and shall be given at such a <br /> distance and in such a manner as not to startle person or persons being overtaken and passed. <br /> (d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk,before overtaking and passing a blind <br /> person carrying a white cane or guided by a dog, shall dismount and overtake or pass on foot, if <br /> necessary for safety. <br /> (e) A person shall not operate a bicycle from a sidewalk so as to suddenly leave a curb <br /> or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an <br /> immediate hazard. <br /> (f) No person shall operate a bicycle on a sidewalk at a speed greater than an ordinary <br /> walk when approaching or entering a crosswalk or approaching or crossing a driveway if a vehicle <br /> it <br />