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2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 1652 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC
3,CREATING A SYSTEM OF BICYCLE ROUTES AND ESTABLISHING BICYCLE LANES
ON SUCH ROUTES; REGULATING THE OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND VEHICLES
4~WITH RESPECT TO SUCH BICYCLE LANES; AND DEFINING TERMS RELATING
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5~ THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
6jD0 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
7 SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1652 Article I Section One is
8 hereby amended to read as follows:
9 "SECTION ONE: The following words and phrases when used
10 in this ordinance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have
11 the meaning respectively ascribed to them by "THE VEHICLE CODE"
12 of the State of California as of the effective date of this
13 ordinance, or as hereafter amended, which said meaning is hereby
14adopted by reference, and made a part of this ordinance, to wit:
15 "AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE", "AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE"
16 (privately owned), "BUSINESS DISTRICT", "BICYCLE", "CROSSWALK",
17 "DRIVER", "INTERSECTION", "MOTORCYCLE", "MOTOR TRUCK", "MOTOR
18 VEHICLE", "OPERATOR", "PERSON", "PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY",
19 "RESIDENCE DISTRICT", "ROADWAY", "SAFETY ZONE", "SIDEWALK",
20 "STREET", or "HIGHWAY", "THROUGH HIGHWAY", and "VEHICLE"."
21 SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 1652 Article I is hereby amended
22 by adding thereto Section Fourteen to read as follows:
23 "SECTION FOURTEEN: "BICYCLE LANE" as used in this ordinance
24 or any resolution adopted pursuant thereto shall mean a separate
25 lane established on a public street, on designated bicycle routes,
26 between the traffic lane and the parking lane, or the curb where
27 parking is prohibited, for the use of bicycles, where warranted
28 by traffic conditions, as authorized by Section 21207 of the
29 California Vehicle Code, provided such bicycle lanes are designated
30 by means of a green stripe painted on the pavement and by other
31 appropriate traffic control devices."
32 SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 1652 Article I is hereby amended
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1 by adding thereto Section Fifteen to read as follows:
2~ "SECTION FIFTEEN: "BICYCLE ROUTE" as used in this ordinance
3 or any resolution adopted thereto shall mean a street or streets
4 included in a system of routes of travel for bicycles established
5 upon public streets which are deemed most suitable for the opera-
6 tion of both bicycles and motor vehicles."
7 SECTION 4. The title of Article VI of Ordinance No. 1652
$ is hereby amended to read "Operation of Vehicles and Bicycles".
9 SECTION 5. Ordinance No. 1652 Article VI Section Eleven
10 is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 "SECTION ELEVEN: OPERATION OF BICYCLES.
12 (a) Bicycle lanes may be established on bicycle routes
13 in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and the loca-
14 tion of such routes shall be designated by resolution adopted
15 pursuant thereto.
16 (b) The Traffic Engineer shall cause the placing of
17 directional signs and other appropriate traffic control devices
18 as may be warranted to designate bicycle routes and to establish
19 bicycle lanes.
20 (c) No motor vehicle shall be driven within a bicycle lane
21 except as may be necessary to execute the following movements:
22 1. Entering a driveway.
28 2. Exiting from a driveway.
24 3. Parking at the curb.
25 Provided, however, that in no case shall a motor vehicle
26 be driven within a bicycle lane for a distance in excess of 100
27 feet during execution of any of the above movements.
28 (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, propel or
29 use in any manner, any bicycle, vehicle or device moved by human
30 or mechanical propulsion upon any sidewalk within the City of San
31 Bernardino, or upon any sidewalk within any public park within
32 said City.
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111 (e) The rider of a bicycle upon a public street shall ride
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2i~in a bicycle lane, or where bicycle lanes are not designated
3~~thereon as nearly as practicable within five (5) feet of the
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4liiright hand curb or edge of the public street, except when passing
51'a standing or other vehicle or making a left hand turn at an
6~intersection."
7~ SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 1652 Article VI Section Seventeen
8 is hereby repealed.
' 9 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
10 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
11 nardino at a ~ meeting thereof,
12 held on the ~G da of 1972, by the following
13 vote, to wit:
14 AYES: Councilman C i/.1/,r/
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16 NOES : (iJa J o~/L~,>~_~L 72 E~C/~ ~~-r_~~L/
17 ABSENT: ~/~-a%~ /
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20 The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day
21 of 1972.
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25 Approved as to form:
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