Ordinance No. 25ORDINANCE NO. 25
AN 011DINkfM REGULATING THE HIDING AND PARKING OF
BICYCLES VVITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOvvM; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; CONTAINING A SEVE:RABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT kiEuEwITH; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: Every bicycle while on the streets of the City of Baytovm,
when in operation, during one -half hour after sunset to one -half hour before
sunrise, and at all times when fog or other atmospheric conditions render
the operation of such bicycle unusually dangerous, shall carry on its front
one lighted lamp shoti,ring a white light visible under normal atmospheric
conditions at least two hundred feet in the direction such bicycle is facing,
and shall have at the rear one red light plainly visible from the rear.
• Section 2: Any person riding upon any bicycle shall not attach the
same or himself to any automobile or other moving vehicle upon any street
or roadway in the City of Baytown.
Section 3: The-operator of any bicycle, when in use on a street in
the City of Baytown, shall not carry any other person upon the handlebars
or frame of such bicycle nor shall any other person so ride on any such bicycle.
Section 4: Persons riding bicycles upon the streets of the City of
Baytown shall not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or places set'
aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
Section 5: No person riding a bicycle shall carry any packages, bundles,
or articles of any kind that would prevent the rider from having complete
• control of such bicycle, and no rider nor operator of such bicycle shall
carry in one hand any packages, bundles, or articles while operating such
bicycle, but such packages, bundles, or articles shall be carried in a basket
or a bag, attached to such bicycle so that the operator or rider of the
of the bicycle will have the use of both hands for the operation and control
of same, and so that the rider or operator will not be endangered, or his
position made unsafe upon the streets.
Section.:,b: No rider of any bicycle shall remove both hands from the
handlebars, or feet from the pedals, or practice any acrobatic or stunt riding
upon any streets, nor shall any person operating a bicycle upon a street
• particpate in any race for speed or any endurance contest.
Section 7: No person shall ride a bicycle upon any side walk in the
City of Baytown except for the purpose of access to or from an abutting lot
or premises.
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Section 83 whenever any police officer find a bicycle unattended upon
any sidewalk where such bicycle constitutes an obstruction or hazard to
pedestrian traffic, or.constitutes a hazard to an abutting property owner,
such as being parked against a plate glass window of a business or commercial
building, such officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of
such bicycle to a place of safety, which may include premises owned or
pperated by the City of Baytown.
Section 9: Every person, firm, or corporation viol.dting any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
shall be punishable by a fine not to Exceed Une hundred ($100) Dollars.
Section 10: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with
the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, hovrever, that such
repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other
respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 11: If any section or provisions, or parts thereof in this
ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or
unconstitionality shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole
or of any other section or provision or part hereof.
Section 12: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten days
from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published
in the official newspaper of the City of Baytovm at least twice prior to
• the effective date hereof.
INTRODUCED, RFAD and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this the 21st day of September,
1948.
ATTEST:
0 'ver, City Clerk
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E. D. Cleveland, Mayor \