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12/03/2002
129-0-02
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 10-9-5 of the Evanston City Code
Providing for Mandatory Use of Helmets for Those
Under Eighteen Years of Age While Riding Bicycles
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is a Home Rule Unit of government under
Article VII of the 1970 Illinois Constitution and as such has specific powers related to the
regulation of the health and safety of its population; and
WHEREAS, according to Chapter 625, Section 6/11-208(8) of the Illinois
Compiled Statutes, municipalities are authorized to regulate traffic on its streets and
• public right-of-ways, including bicycles; and
WHEREAS, bicycle riding is an activity in which many chilldren participate and
which has the potential of significiant risk of injury should a fall occur on a hard surface
such as any paved public way; and
WHEREAS, such a fall could involve a serious risk of traumatic head injuries,
including but not limited to long term brain injuries or death, imposing a substantial cost
to the public and loss to the community; and
WHEREAS, protective helmets meeting the standards promulgated by the
American National Standards Institute, American Society for Testing or the Snell
Memorial Foundation can reduce the likelihood of debilitating head injuries; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that requiring helmets for bicycle
• riders under the age of eighteen (18) is in the best interest of the citizens of Evanston,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That representations set forth in the foregoing recitals are material
and are hereby incorporated into and made part of this Ordinance as though they were
fully set forth in their entirety in this SECTION 1.
SECTION 2: That Section 10-9-5 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as amended,
is further amended by adding the following new subsection:
10-9-5: EQUIPMENT:
(D) Helmets. Every person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall
wear a protective helmet that meets the standards promulgated by
either the American National Standards Institute, the American
Society for Testing, or the Snell Memorial Foundation, Inc.,
whenever that person is upon a public highway, sidewalk, bicycle
path or other public right-of-way within the corporate limits of the
City and is riding or being carried on any bicycle or any carrier
attached to or pulled by a bicycle.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: ��w� ��� /6c, , 2002
Adopted:\r4//j/AAAA,/1,C (, 2003
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