60-73 Amend 373.15 (a) & 373.21 Traffic - riding bikes 2 abreast

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ORDINANCE NO. 60-73 BY:Messrs. Magnotto, McBride, Sinagra, Usher, Werner, Brockman, Graber AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend paragraph (a) of Section 373.15~and Section 373.21 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances ~f the City of Lakewood to prohibit the riding of bicycles two or more abreast upon the roadway. WHEREAS, bicycle riding by both adults and children continues to grow as a recreational pastime and is particularly prevalent during the summer months, and WHEREAS, the increasing number of bicycles being operated on the public roadway is cause for concern for the safety and welfare of said cyclists as well as that of motorists, and WHEREAS, this Council has determined that the riding of bicycles two or more abreast upon the roadway is detrimental and dangerous to the safety and welfare of both bicycle riders and motorists and such practice should be pro- hibited at the earliest possible time, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an ~ergency measure providing for the immediate protection of the public health, safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: 'Section 1. That paragraph (a) of Sectton 373.15 of the Traffic Code of the ~odified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 373.15 RIDING REGULATIONS. It shall be legal to ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, street or public way, or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to the following: (a). Every person operating a bicycle upon a street shall ride as near tO the right side of thestreet as is practicable,.~exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. be amd the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 373.15 RIDING REGULATIONS. It shall be legal to ride-a bicycle upon a sidewalk, street or public way, or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycI~s~ subject to the following: (a) Every person operating'a bicycle upon. a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as is practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride two or more abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Section 2. That Section 373.21 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City ~'Lakewood now reading as follows: -o o