TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:

(a) No person shall ride a bicycle on a bikeway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable flow of traffic.

.002 DISTANCE BETWEEN BICYCLES: Having due regard for speed, traffic, condition of the roadway, a reasonable distance shall be maintained between bicyclist, and between bicyclist and other vehicles.

.003 KEEP TO THE RIGHT: A bicyclist shall stay in the right lane when on a designated bikeway. On any bikeway a bicyclist shall avoid weaving as s/he rides. When ready to pass or change direction of travel in any way, the bicyclist must check for other bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles, that could be affected by this change and notify them by the use of hand signals or other means as to the intent to change direction.

.004 PEDESTRIANS, SKATEBOARDERS, AND ROLLERSKATERS ON BIKEWAYS: The bicyclist has the right-of-way on a bikeway. However, bicyclists shall yield to pedestrians attempting to cross the bikeway.

(a) Persons walking bicycles or motorized bicycles shall be considered pedestrians; as such, they shall be subject to all regulations pursuant to pedestrians.

(b) Pedestrians shall keep to cement walkways, and shall avoid walking on roadways or bikeways except to cross at designated crosswalks.

(c) Skateboarders, in-line rollerskaters and rollerskaters shall be considered pedestrians. Skateboards, in-line rollerskates and rollerskates shall not be ridden on roadways and bikeways.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not relieve the bicyclist from the duty to exercise due caution for the safety of any pedestrian on a bikeway.

.005 USE OF WALKWAY ADJACENT TO BIKEWAY: When a bikeway appropriate to the bicyclist direction of travel is established, the bicyclist must ride in that bikeway. An adjacent walkway may not be used by a bicyclist.

.006 YIELD TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES: All bicyclists and pedestrians shall move to the side of the road, bikeway, or walkway, and yield the right-of-way to any emergency vehicle having either flashing red lights and or siren on.

.007 THROWING OBJECTS FROM BICYCLE: No object shall be thrown from a moving or stationary bicycle.

.008 DOGS ON BIKEWAYS: No dog shall be allowed on a bikeway. The dog is subject to impound and the owner is subject to a fine in order to obtain release of the animal.

.009 BICYCLES ON WALKWAYS: Bicycles shall not be ridden on any campus walkway.

.010 PEDESTRIANS RIGHT-OF-WAY: Pedestrians have the right-of-way on a walkway.

.011 MOTORIST ON BIKEWAYS: A motorist cannot drive on a bikeway at any time. Permission to do so in exceptional cases can be obtained from the University Police Department with the signed approval of the Chief of Police.

(a) Emergency vehicles shall be exempt.

(b) The driver of a motorized bicycle shall be considered a motorist when the motor of the bicycle is engaged. As a motorist the driver of a motorized bicycle may drive on four lane, divided highways.

(c) When the motor of a motorized bicycle is disengaged, the driver shall be considered a bicyclist. As a bicyclist the driver may ride in any area on campus where bicycle riding is permitted. As a bicyclist the driver shall obey all regulations that apply to bicycles.

.012 BICYCLIST MUST OBEY VEHICLE LAWS: Every person riding a bicycle is required to obey the same traffic regulations as the driver of an automobile. This includes obeying all stop signs, yield signs, red lights, and other traffic signals specific to this campus.

.013 BICYCLIST ON FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAYS: Bicyclist riding on campus are prohibited on any four lane, divided highway.

.014 RIDING IN A PROHIBITED AREA: Bicycles may not be ridden in areas which are marked for pedestrian use only. Bicyclist must walk their bicycles through these areas.

.015 LIGHTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT: Bicycle equipment shall comply with the California State Vehicle Code. A light shall be used when a bicyclist is traveling at night.

.016 SEATS: No persons shall operate a bicycle upon any bikeway riding other than upon or astride a permanent or regular seat attached thereto. No operator shall allow a person riding as a passenger, and no person shall ride as a passenger on any bikeway, walkway, roadway or highway, other than upon or astride a separate seat attached thereto.

BICYCLE PARKING:

.017 Bicycles shall be left parked or stored on the university campus only in areas specifically designated by the presence of racks or other devices designated for bicycle parking, or when designated by the posting of signs indicating the space as a bicycle parking area. When racks are full, bikes shall be parked in an orderly manner off the ends of the racks, within the bicycle parking area. When no racks, devices, or signs designate an area to be for bicycle parking, a bicycle may be parked or stored as long as such parking or storing conforms with other sections of this chapter.

.018 No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left in any area where signs are posted indicating that bicycle parking is prohibited.

.019 No person shall park, store, or leave a bicycle in such a manner as to cause said bicycle to block or otherwise impede normal entrance to or exit from any building on campus.

(a) No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left within six feet of an entrance or exit unless a bicycle rack or parking device or marked bicycle spaces are provided within that distance, in which case, the bicycle must be parked in the designated parking area.

(b) No bicycle shall be parked, stored or left standing on any access or egress ramp.

.020 No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left so as to interfere with or impede the normal movement of wheel chairs or bicycles upon ramps installed for the purpose of assisting the movement of handicapped person bicyclists.

.021 No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left in any of the locations described in the following subsections:

(a) Main Library Entrance: to wit, any sidewalk, pathway, bridge, or area constituting an entrance or exit for the main library, west or east doors, except where such parking is permitted and designated by the placement of racks or devices or signs indicating the area as a bicycle parking area.

(b) Robertson Gym to wit, any sidewalk, pathway, or area within the perimeter of Robertson Gym and its auxiliary wings, except where such parking is permitted and designated by the placement of parking racks, or devices, or signs indicating the existence of a bicycle parking area.

(c) Ellison, Phelps and Buchanan Halls Complex and Patio Areas; to wit any sidewalk, pathway, or area constituting an entrance or exit for the Ellison, Phelps and Buchanan Halls complex, or any sidewalk, pathway, or area within the perimeter of said complies, or any sidewalk, pathway, or area within the perimeter of said complex, including a distance of twenty five (25) feet from all buildings in said complex, except areas where such parking is permitted by the presence of bicycle racks, or other devices or signs indicating the area as a bike parking area.

.022 No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left on any lawn or landscaped area except in those areas designated as bicycle parking areas by the presence of racks, devices, or signs, which indicate the area as a bicycle parking area.

.023 No bicycle shall be chained or otherwise locked or attached to any handrail, tree, shrubbery, door, sign post, lamp, telephone pole, or other object not maintained or designated for the purpose of securing bicycles.

(a) Any University Police official authorized to so remove and impound a bicycle in this manner, and the University, shall not be liable to the owner of the bicycle for the cost of repair or replacement of such securing device.

.024 No bicycle shall be parked, stored, or left in any lobby, hallway, or room of any building unless said area is specifically designated for bicycles. Designated areas must be in accordance with all federal, state, and local fire and safety regulations. This section is not intended to prohibit the storing or parking of a bicycle in any area by any person's office or residence.

BICYCLE IMPOUNDING:

(a) Blocking or otherwise impeding traffic in any street, highway, roadway, path, or sidewalk.
(b) Blocking or impeding normal entrance to or exit from any building on the University.
(c) Parked in violation of any of the sections of this chapter.
(d) Appears to be abandoned.
(e) Has been reported stolen to a law enforcement agency.

.026 Any bicycle impounded pursuant to any section of this chapter shall be stored in a secure facility designated for such purpose by the Chief of Police. A twenty -four dollar fee shall be charged to the owner prior to the release of any impounded bicycle . Any bicycle being released must have a valid license. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the Police Department for use in bicycle support programs and bicycle related matters. Impounded Bicycles can be retrieved at the CSO office located at the Public Safety Building.

BICYCLE LICENSING:

SKATING:

.031 No person shall skateboard, in-line rollerskate or rollerskate at a speed greater than is reasonable, having due regard for the flow of existing pedestrian traffic, weather, visibility, and the surface and width of walkway.

.032 No person shall skateboard, in-line rollerskate or rollerskate in areas which are prohibited by signs or surface markings.

.033 Skateboarding, in-line rollerskating and rollerskating is prohibited on covered walks, bikeways, roads, parking lots, parking garages, underpasses, interior courtyards, inside buildings, exterior balconies, stairs, and handicap ramps.

.034 No person shall wear any headset, or earplugs in both ears, while skateboarding, in-line rollerskating or rollerskating.

.035 No person shall ride a skateboard, in-line rollerskate, or rollerskate in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

.036 Persons riding skateboards, in-line rollerskates, or rollerskates shall yield the right of way to all motor vehicles and pedestrians.

.037 No person riding a skateboard, in-line rollerskate, or rollerskate shall attach the same or himself or herself to any other vehicle, bicycle or animal.

.038 Persons riding skateboards, in-line rollerskates, or rollerskates shall ride as near to the right side of the sidewalk or walkway as practicable.

.039 No person shall operate, use or strike a skateboard, in-line rollerskate, or rollerskate against, onto or upon the roof or the side of buildings, parking garages, fences, steps, handrails, benches, concrete planters, trash-cans, monuments, statues, or similar objects.

.040 "Skateboard", "in-line rollerskate", and/or "rollerskate", for the purpose of this section, shall mean a vehicle, device or conveyance with any number of wheels, with a riding surface of any design, and specifically includes scooters, upon which a person may place one or more feet, and which is designed to be or can be propelled by the operatorís human power or by gravitational force, or by ancillary motors or engine. "Skateboard, in-line rollerskate, rollerskate" does not include bicycles.