344 of 1900 - Ordinance 344 of 1900 – Forbidding riding of bicycles on sidewalks. Bill Yo 5414
FOR AT ORDIJA'iCE 'ORIIDl)ING THE RIDING OF BICYCLES UPON ANY
SIDEWATJC WITHI" CERTAIN SEASO7S O4 THE YEAR;ESTARL1SRINO BICYCLE PATHS,
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES WOE VIOLATIONS.
Re it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle
or tricycle on the sidewalks or on the space set apart for sidewalks upon
any street in Salt Lake City, between the last day of May and the first
day of October of each year.
Sec. 2.- It shall he unlawful for any person when crossing any
street intersection, to ride f,, ter than four miles an hour.
Sec. 3.- On all streets in Salt Lake City, the •e is hereby re-
served and set apart for the exclusive use of bicycles and tricycles, a
bicycle path consistin g of eight feet in width in the center of each
street, PROVIDED , that where any railway track shall run along any of
said streets, said path shall consist of four feet in width on each sick
Of the outer rails p such railway track.
Sac. 4.- It is hereby made the duty of the supervisor of
streets to keep said bicyole path free from rocks and other obstructions
and to keep the same in good repair.
Sec. 5.- All pereass using said bicycle path must keep to the
right of the center of the street.
Sec. 6.- All animals, all wagons, carriages and other vehicles
are hers:by prohibited from entering upon the bicycle paths hereby created
and set apart for the exclusive use of bicycles and tricycles, except
when necessarily crossing at right angles to the same.
Sec. 7.- Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this ordinance, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of, is liable to a fine in any sum not less than Ten Dollars nor more
than Twenty-Five D.Dlars for each and every offense, and may b:. compelled
to yield possession of his wheel or vehicks to the officer making the
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arrest, or to any proper officer of the City, as security, pending the
hearing and determination of the offense complained of.
Sec. 8.- For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this
ordinance, the chief of police is hereby authorized to appoint in the
manner provided by ordinance, any number of special policemen; said
special policemen to serve without compensation, unless the City Council
may hereafter provide oth:srwise.
Sec. 9.- All ordinances and resolutions and parts of ordi-
nances and resolutions in conflict herewitq,are hereby repealed.
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