[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Sauk City
as Ch. 10.11 of the 1970 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall ride or use a bicycle upon any public street,
highway, or alley in the Village unless the same shall have been licensed
and registered at the office of the Police Department. The fee for such license
tag is set by the Village Board and shall be paid to the Police Department.
At the time of payment of such fee, the serial number and a description of
the bicycle shall be furnished. Each bicycle license when issued shall be
effective until the licensee sells or transfers title to the bicycle. License
tags shall not be transferred from one bicycle to another, and the same must
be attached or suspended under the rear seat in such a manner that the license
tag is clearly visible from the rear. A lost or mutilated license tag may
be replaced for a fee as set by the Village Board.[1]
B.
The Police Department shall have authority to suspend
the registration of and remove the license tag from any bicycle operated contrary
to any state law or Village ordinance or operated while in an unsafe mechanical
condition. Such suspension and removal shall continue for a period not to
exceed 10 days, provided that such registration shall not be reinstated or
such identification tag be replaced while such bicycle is in an unsafe condition.
No parent or guardian of any child shall authorize or knowingly permit such
child to violate any provision of this section.
B.
No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, skateboards,
sled, toboggan or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle
upon a roadway or go upon any roadway except while crossing a roadway at a
crosswalk.
C.
No motor-driven play vehicle unlicensed by the state
may be operated in the Village, except in such areas as are specifically designated
and marked for such use by the Village.
Whenever a bicycle is operated upon a highway, the following rules shall
apply:
A.
A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than
upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
B.
No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one
time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
C.
No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package,
bundle, or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand
upon the handlebars.
D.
No person riding a bicycle shall attach himself or his
bicycle to any vehicle upon a roadway.
E.
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than
against the curb upon the roadway, or upon the sidewalk in a rack that has
been provided for such purpose, or in a stand off the sidewalk, and no person
shall ride a bicycle on the sidewalk on Water Street between Carolina Street
and Van Buren Street or on the sidewalk in the 100 block of Phillips Boulevard,
Van Buren Street and Carolina Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of Jackson
Street.
A.
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall
ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due
care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
B.
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall ride single
file.
C.
Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided
adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use
the roadway.
D.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway,
or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk area extending across any alleyway,
yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching the sidewalk or sidewalk
area.
A.
No person may operate a bicycle upon a highway, bicycle
lane or bicycle way during hours of darkness unless such bicycle is equipped
with or the operator is wearing a lamp emitting a white light visible from
a distance of at least 500 feet to the front of such bicycle. Such bicycle
shall also be equipped with a red reflector that has a diameter of at least
two inches of surface area on the rear so mounted and maintained as to be
visible from all distances from 50 to 500 feet to the rear when directly in
front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting
a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in
addition to but not in lieu of the red reflector.
B.
No person may operate a bicycle upon a highway, bicycle
lane or bicycle way unless all braking equipment with which the bicycle was
originally provided is in good working order. No person may operate a bicycle
equipped with a coaster brake upon a highway, bicycle lane, or bicycle way
unless such brakes will enable the operator to make the rear wheel skid on
dry, level, clean pavement.
The first violation of this chapter shall result in a verbal or written
warning, and for a second and subsequent violations the parent or guardian
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
