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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1974-060-O-74• r� U • • M '__1 C .9 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: • • C 60-0-74 -2- 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 SECTION 2: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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 60-0-74 -3- 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 e Form 145 Cik 1 M it 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). Al 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