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Burbank Municipal Codes Related to Unauthorized Motor Vehicles and the Operation of Self-Propelled Conveyances, Motorized Scooters, Motorized Skateboards, Motorized Bicycles, and Low-Speed Vehicles 1 6-1-802: SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES AND COASTERS PROHIBITED IN CITY-OWNED PARKING LOTS, STRUCTURES AND OTHER AREAS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY:
Wherever signs are posted giving notice thereof, no person shall operate or ride upon a bicycle, skateboard, scooter or other self-propelled conveyance within a City-owned public parking lot, parking structure, within the Village District, or any other area designated by the City.
The Village District consists of all sidewalks, streets or easements maintained by the City within the quadrant which is encompassed by and includes First Street to Third Street and Magnolia Boulevard to Verdugo Avenue. [Formerly numbered Section 29-35; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87. Amended by Ord. No. 3723, eff. 7/3/07; 3565, 3507, 2713.] 6-1-2702: SKATEBOARDS, PROHIBITED ON ROADWAYS:
No person may ride or propel a skateboard upon or across any roadway. For the purpose of this section the term “roadway” includes crosswalk. Violation of this section is an infraction. [Added by Ord. No. 3033; formerly numbered Section 29-197; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]
6-1-2703: SKATEBOARDS, RIGHT OF WAY:
The rider of any skateboard shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian upon a sidewalk.
Violation of this section is an infraction. [Added by Ord. No. 3033; formerly numbered Section 29-198; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]
6-1-2801: RULES OF THE ROAD:
A. No person shall operate any unauthorized motor vehicle on any pedestrian or bicycle facility, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, bicycle paths, bicycle trails, bikeways, equestrian trails, hiking or recreational trails.
B. No person shall operate a motorized scooter or motorized skateboard on any pedestrian or bicycle facility, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, bicycle paths, bicycle trails, bikeways, equestrian trails, hiking or recreational trails.
C. No person shall operate a motorized bicycle on any pedestrian or bicycle facility, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, bicycle paths, bicycle trails, bikeways, equestrian trails, hiking or recreational trails, or bicycle lanes unless the bicycle lane is within or immediately adjacent to a roadway.
D. No person shall operate a low speed vehicle on any pedestrian or bicycle facility, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, bicycle paths, bicycle trails, bikeways, equestrian trails, hiking or recreational trails.
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Burbank Municipal Codes Related to Unauthorized Motor Vehicles and the Operation of Self-Propelled Conveyances, Motorized Scooters, Motorized Skateboards, Motorized Bicycles, and Low-Speed Vehicles 2 E. No person shall operate an electric personal assistive mobility device otherwise known as a segway, on any bicycle facility, including, but not limited to, bicycle paths, bicycle trails, bikeways, equestrian trails, hiking or recreational trails.
F. Any person operating a bicycle in wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless cycling.
G. No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, bicycle trail or bikeway unless it is equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
H. No person shall operate upon any roadway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, bicycle trail or bikeway any bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate their hands above the level of their shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.
I. No person shall operate upon any roadway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, bicycle trail or bikeway a bicycle which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from safely stopping the bicycle, supporting it in an upright position with at least one foot on the ground, and restarting it in a safe manner.
J. Every bicycle operated upon any roadway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, bicycle trail or bikeway during darkness shall be equipped: 1) with a lamp emitting a white light which while the bicycle is in motion, illuminates the roadway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, bicycle trail or bikeway in front of the bicyclist and is visible from a distance of three hundred feet (300') in front and from the sides of the bicycle; 2) with a red reflector on the rear which shall be visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle; 3) with a white or yellow reflector on each pedal visible from the front and rear of the bicycle from a distance of two hundred feet (200'); and 4) with a white or yellow reflector on each side forward of the center of the bicycle, and with a white or red reflector on each side to the rear of the center of the bicycle, except that bicycles which are equipped with reflectorized tires on the front and the rear need not be equipped with these side reflectors. Such reflectors and reflectorized tires shall be of a type meeting requirements established by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California. A lamp or lamp combination emitting a white light, attached to the operator and visible from a distance of three hundred feet (300') in front and from the sides of the bicycle, may be used in lieu of the lamp attached to the bicycle.
K. Nothing in this section shall preclude any person who, due to physical disability, is operating a self-propelled wheelchair, invalid tricycle, or motorized quadricycle from operating such device in any area open to pedestrians. [Added by Ord. No. 3673, 7/16/05.]