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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 />(t) 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is hereby repealed and new 373.10 Riding on Sidewalk, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, is 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 />11 <br />