No person shall operate a bicycle:
A. Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers
and occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life,
limb or 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.
[Amended 4-27-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
A. Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official
traffic signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles,
unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
B. Whenever authorized signs are erected that no right or left turns
or U-turns are permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey
the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts
from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person
shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
C. No person shall operate a bicycle in public areas of the Village
which the Village Board deems the operation thereof could present
a safety risk. These areas shall be determined from time to time by
the Village Board of Trustees through a resolution. These areas will
be designated as "No Bike Zones" and shall be plainly posted as such.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or
building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending
across any alley or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians
approaching on such sidewalk area and upon entering the street shall
yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said street.
Whenever any person operates a bicycle or motorized bicycle
in violation of any section of this Code, the bicycle may be seized
by any member of the Suffolk County Police Department or Village of
Babylon Code Enforcement Office and impounded. A bicycle or motorized
bicycle so impounded shall be surrendered to the owner, or if the
owner is a minor, to the parents or guardians of such minor. A full
explanation of the reason for the impounding shall be made to the
owner, parent or guardian. A complete record of each such impounding
shall be kept in the office of the head of Code Enforcement.
[Amended 11-24-2020 by L.L. No. 4-2020; 10-10-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
A. Any person
committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the
Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment. An impound fee shall be charged for administrative
and storage charges and shall be determined by the Village Board of
Trustees by resolution.
B. If any person operates a bicycle or motorized bicycle in violation of any section of this Code Chapter
93, and who is under the age of majority at the time of the violation, then that person’s parent, parents, or guardian shall be liable for the same penalties for the offenses as outlined in §§Â
93-7 and
93-8 as if the parent, parents or guardian had committed the violation.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this
chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in
said judgment.