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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 15-0256
(Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 5-19-15)
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Title 4 Chapter 3 Section 1 - Operation of Bicycles
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title 4 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 3 - Bicycles, Section 1 - Operation of Bicycles of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
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4-3-1: - OPERATION OF BICYCLES.
A. Bicycles shall be operated as closely to the right-hand curb or right-hand side of the path, trail or roadway as conditions will permit and not more than two (2) bicycles shall be operated abreast or side by side.
B. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle when upon the path, trail or roadway, to carry any other person upon the handlebar or frame of any such bicycle, or for any person to so ride upon any such bicycle.
A. General. Persons may operate a bicycle only on paths, trails, roadways or other areas designated for bicycle use. Persons operating bicycles must ride on the right-hand side of such path, trail, roadway or other area designated for bicycle use by the General Superintendent. Not more than two (2) bicycles shall be operated abreast or side by side. No person may operate a bicycle while carrying another person on the handlebars, frame or fender, or so ride on a bicycle, except in a suitable seat attached to such bicycle for such purpose. No person may operate a bicycle in a reckless manner so as to endanger pedestrians. No person shall cling or attach himself/herself or his/her bicycle to any other moving vehicle. The operator of a bicycle shall yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians on walkways and to all vehicles on roadways, and shall walk his/her bicycle in all areas where riding is prohibited by the General Superintendent, as indicated by sign or notice. The operator of a bicycle shall give an audible warning, by horn, bell, voice or otherwise, when...
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