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The provisions of this chapter shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street, roadway, or public path.

(Code 1965, § 131.01)

(a)

No person shall ride a bicycle on any street, sidewalk, roadway, public path or public property where signs have been erected prohibiting bicycle riding.

(b)

No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district. For purposes of this subsection, the term "business district" means the area of the city bounded by the following line: commencing at the center of the 4th Street bridge over Bear Creek; thence northerly along the centerline of Bear Creek to the center of the intersection of the Zumbro River; thence northerly along the centerline of the Zumbro River to Second Street Northeast; thence westerly along the centerline of Second Street to its intersection with Fourth Avenue Northwest; thence southerly along the centerline of Fourth Avenue to its intersection with Sixth Street Southwest; thence easterly along the centerline (and continuation thereof) to the centerline of the Zumbro River; thence northerly to the center of the Fourth Street bridge over the Zumbro River; thence easterly along the centerline of Fourth Street Southeast to the point of beginning.

(c)

Except as prohibited by this section or state law, a person may ride a bicycle on any street, sidewalk, roadway, public path, or public property.

(Code 1965, § 131.02; Ord. No. 4315, 7-17-2017)

The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extended across any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on the sidewalk or sidewalk area extended, and upon entering the roadway, shall yield the right-of-way to all approaching vehicles.

(Code 1965, § 131.03)

A violation of this chapter is a petty misdemeanor.

(Code 1965, § 131.05; Ord. No. 3741, 11-21-2005)