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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Chapter 8 of the Code of the
City of Evanston, 1957, Regulating the
Operation of Bicycles Within the City
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON,
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 8-5, Article 1, "Bicycles", of the
Code of the City of Evanston, 1957, be amended
so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows:
"Sec. 8-5.0. Operation of Bicycles Upon Certain
Streets Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a
bicycle driven by muscular power upon or along any
of the following named streets and public thorough-
fares within the City of Evanston which have been
determined by an official traffic survey as being
heavily travelled by automobiles or trucks or both,
and upon which the operation of bicycles driven by
muscular power is hazardous and dangerous to the
citizens of this community as well as to the oper-
ators of said vehicles:
Ridge Avenue - Howard Street to Emerson Street
Green Bay Road - Emerson Street to Isabella Street
Sheridan Road - Chicago Avenue to Isabella Street
Sheridan Road - South City Limits to Sheridan Square
South Boulevard - Sheridan Square to Sheridan Road
Main Street - Asbury Avenue to Chicago Avenue
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk
within any business district, as defined in the
present or hereafter adopted zoning ordinance.
Whenever a person is riding a bicycle upon.a side-
walk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to a
pedestrian, and shall give audible signal before
overtaking and passing a pedestrian."
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: Any person, firm or corporation violating
the terms of this ordinance shall be fined not
more than Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00) for,each such offense.
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SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publi-
cation, in the manner provided by law.
Introduced November 11 ,1974
Adopted r vembwr , ,1974
Approved . WmTPrnhwr 19 11974
/s/ Edcar Vanneman. JY_
Mayor
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/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form: /s/ JaMpp T Mi rrair
Corporation Counsel
Published: November 28,1974
Code Page: 92 C