[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.
F. 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.