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? <br />,j <br />? <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE N0. 79- 125 <br />BY : . )Y,_14d', <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 301.04 OF THE CODIFIED <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ENTITLED <br />"BICYCLE" OF CHAPTER 301 OF THE TRAFFIC CODE ENTITLED <br />"DEFINITIONS". <br />WHEREAS, upon recommendation of the Police Department, this <br />Council desires to amend the Traffic Code of the City of North Olmsted <br />to include a definitian for "motorized bicycle", and <br />WHEREAS, it is the specific desire of this Council to pxohibit <br />motorized bicycles from traveling on the sidewalks within the City of <br />North Olmsted. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLNISTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That Section 301.04 entitled "Bicycle" of Chapter <br />301 entltled "De-Tinitions" which now reads: <br />"Bicycle" means every device, othe.r than a tricycle <br />designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a chi.ld, <br />propelled solely by human power, upon which any person <br />may ride, having either two tandem wheels or one wheel <br />in the front and two wheels in the rear, any of which <br />is more than fourteen inches in diameter, and includes <br />any such device fitted with a helper motor rated less <br />than one brake horsepower transmitted by fxiction and <br />not by gear or chain, which produces only ordinary peddling <br />speeds up to a maximum of twenty miles per hour." <br />be and the same is hereby amended and as amended shall read as follows: <br />301.04 BICYCLE-MOTORIZED BICYCLE <br />(a) "Bicycle" means every device, nther than a tricycle <br />designed salely for use as a play uehicle by a child, <br />propelled solely by human power upon which any person <br />may ride having either two tandem wheels, ox one wheel <br />in front and two wheels in the rear, any of which is <br />more than fourteen inches in di.ameter. <br />(b) "Motarized Bicycle" means any vehicle having either <br />two tandem wheels ox one wheel in the front and two <br />wheels in the rear, that is capable of being pedaled <br />and is eauipped with a helper motor of not more than <br />fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement which <br />produces no more than one brake horsepower and is <br />capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no <br />greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface. <br />SECTION 2: That Section 301.04 as previously adopted is hereby <br />repealed. <br />SECTION 3: That this Oxdinance sha11 take effect and be in farce <br />from an a ter the earliest period allowed by law.