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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 8-5 of the Code
of the City of Evanston, 1957,
Regulating the Operation of Bicycles
within the City of Evanston
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston lying immediately
north of and adjacent to the City of :Chicago, has its streets
and public thoroughfares traversed daily by hundreds of
f thousands of motor vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the amount of motor vehicle traffic
traversing certain streets of the City of Evanston has created
unusual traffic problems, and the necessity for taking
additional precautions in.order to prevent accidents, injuries
and loss of life; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion;of the City Council of
the City of Evanston, the operation of bicycles, driven by
muscular power, upon certain streets and highways within the
City of Evanston,.is dangerous and creates an unnecessary
traffic hazard to the operators of automobiles as well as to
the citizens of this community; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary that the City Council
of the City of Evanston enact an adequate police power ordinance
to restrain the operation of bicycles, driven by -muscular
power;: upon certain public streets and highways within the
City of Evanston, in order to maintain the safety and general
welfare of the inhabitants of this city:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON:
SECTION 1: That Section 8-5 of Article I
"Bicycles" of the Code of the City
of Evanston, 1957, be and the same is hereby amended so that the
same shall hereafter be and read as follows:
Section 8-5.0 Operation of Bicycles upon certain
streets prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to pperate 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.
Burnham Place
- Sheridan Road to Forest Avenue
Central Street
- Ridge
Road to Sheridan Road
Chicago 'venue
- South
City Limits to University Place
Dempster Street
- Forest
Avenue to West City Limits
Forest Avenue
- Main Street
to Davis Street
Forest Place
;- Davis
Street to Sheridan Road
Green Bay Road
- Lyons
Street to North City Limits
Maim Street
- Sheridan
Road to West pity Limits
Ridge Avenue
- South
City Limits to North City Limits
Sheridan Road
- Forest
Place to North City Limits
Sheridan Road
- South
City Limits to Burnham Place
Section 8-5.1 - Riding on Sidewalks
(a) No person shall ride a bicycle uppn a
sidewalk within any business district, as defined
in the present or hereafter adopted zoning ordinance
(b) Whenever 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:: Any person who violates any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall
be fined in accordance with Section 1-4 of the Code of the City
of Evanston, 1957,
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication, according to law.
INTRODUCED. November 3, 1958
ADOPTED 'November 10, 1958
APPROVED November 10, 1958
/s/ J. R. Kimbark
Mayor
ATTEST:
Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
/s/ Rex A. Bullinger
Corporation Counsel
Published November 20, 1958