6-13-4: REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:

No person shall operate a bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter without the following equipment:

   A.   Brakes capable of causing the bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter to stop within twenty five feet (25') at ten (10) miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement; and

   B.   A bell, the human voice or other audible warning devices capable of being heard at a distance of at least one hundred feet (100') away, except that no bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter any siren or whistle; and

   C.   When in use at nighttime, a red reflector on the rear visible from a distance of three hundred feet (300') when directly in front of lawful upper beams of a motor vehicle, and a forward-facing white light attached either to the bicycle, E-bike, E-scooter, or the operator that is visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500') in front of the bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter. A bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter shall be equipped with a front-facing white or yellow reflector when the operator uses a generator-powered light that is unlit when the bicycle, E-bike, or E-scooter is stopped; and

   D.   All bicycles and E-bikes shall have a permanent seat designed for such devices. E-scooters may have attached seats. (Ord. 28-18, 8-21-2018; amd. Ord. 20-23, 7-11-2023)