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Introduced: July 8, 1974
Adopted as Amended: July 22, 1971
60-0-74
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 I, "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 thoroughfares
within the City of Evanston which have been deter-
mined 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 opera-
tors of said vehicles:
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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 - Florence 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.
°Vhenever a person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk,
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
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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.
• SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval
and publication, in the manner provided by law.
Introduced T-.ly Q
Adopted July 22
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1974
1974
Approved 7,,,,,99
%s( EdQ_ar Vannaman _ .Tr_
Mayor
Attest:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Sieael
Corporation Counsel
, 1974
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Form 145 Cik 1 M
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Certificate as Deeper of Records, Files and Seal
STATE OF ILLINOIS I Ss
COUNTY OF COOK
I, MAURICE F. BROWN, City Clerk of the City of Evanston in the County
of Cook and State aforesaid, and Keeper of the Records, Files and Seal of said City, do
hereby certify that attached hereto is a true and correct copy of Ordinance 29-•0-74
adopted by the City Council of the City -of Evanston at its regular meeting held on
July 29, 1974. Roll Call - Voting Aye: Alderman Harris, Lange, Kneafsey, Jans,
Staples, Lytle, Wyandt, Geraghty, Fitzsimons, Neems, Brinkmann, Winfield, Pittsford,
and Hoover (14). Voting Nay: None. Abstaining: Alderman Summers and Alexander (2).
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all of which appears from the records and files in my oilice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the corporate seal of the City of Evanston
that 12th ,� day of ,,D,ec 1, ber 19 74
City Clerk