[Added 11-4-2019 by L.L. No. 31-2019]
A. 
Pursuant to New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1231, every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.
B. 
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, and with the flow of traffic, obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
[Amended 5-7-2021 by L.L. No. 4-2021]
No person shall operate a bicycle:
A. 
Without due regard for the personal safety or the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life, limb and property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks or any other public or private property.
B. 
Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle.
C. 
By trick riding or in a weaving or zigzag course, unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation in compliance with the law.
D. 
By attaching the bicycle or themselves to any vehicle being operated upon a roadway.
E. 
By operating the bicycle while, at the same time, also operating a cellular phone, camera or other electronic device.
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In or on a Village athletic field, athletic court, fenced or enclosed area in a Village park, playground area, or Rocketship Park.
In addition to any other penalties imposed by law, whenever a person operates a bicycle in violation of the Village Code, the bicycle may be seized by any member of the Suffolk County Police Department or Village of Port Jefferson Code Enforcement Office and impounded. A bicycle so impounded will be surrendered to the owner or, if the owner is a minor, to the parents or guardians of such minor, only upon final disposition of any charges or the payment of any fines levied for all violations of this Village Code. A complete record of each such impounding shall be kept in the office of the head of Code Enforcement.
Bicycles operated on the public streets or highways of the Village shall be equipped as required by Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1236.