HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-18 - Amending Provisions of N.B.M.C. Sections 12.56.010 and 12.56.140 Regarding the Definition and Operation of BicyclesORDINANCE NO. 85 -18
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING PROVISIONS OF N.B.M.C. SECTIONS
12.56.010 AND 12.56.140 REGARDING THE
DEFINITION AND OPERATION OF BICYCLES
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12.56.010 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
1112.56.010 Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the
following terms and words shall have the following meanings:
BICYCLE shall mean any device upon which a person may
ride, which is propelled by human power through a system of
belts, chains or gears, and which has two wheels at least twenty
(20) inches in diameter and a frame size of at least fourteen
(14) inches."
• SECTION 2. Section 12.56.140 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
1112.56.140 Operating Bicycle on Sidewalk. No person
shall operate or ride a bicycle, surrey cycle, pedicab, or other
wheeled device or conveyance used for transportation and
propelled by human power, upon any sidewalk in the City, except
that bicycles may be ridden on those sidewalks designated by the
City Council by resolution adopted by the City Council, which
permits bicycle riding on certain specified sidewalks.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to tricycles,
operated by children, invalids, the infirm or the elderly, wheel
chairs, roller skates or skateboards, except as provided in
Chapter 12.57 of the Municipal Code."
SECTION 3. All other provisions of Section 12.56.010
• and Section 12.56.140 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This Ordinance
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach held on the 10th day of June , 1985, and
was adopted on the 8th day of July , 1985 by the following
vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
OAP /Bicycles
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AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Agee, Cox, Hart,
Heather, Maurer, Plummer, Strauss
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
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