ORDINANCE O2023-XX
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 10.68, BICYCLES WHEREAS, Over the past several months the police department is seeing an increase of reckless bicycle riding into oncoming vehicles; and WHEREAS, Commonly these bicyclists will ride on one wheel and swerve at the very last second before colliding with the oncoming vehicles. They are riding in large groups and are performing tricks and stunts in the middle of the road causing a traffic hazard; and WHEREAS, Due to the increase in reckless bicycle riding in the City of Manteca, the Manteca Police Department has reviewed our current ordinance regarding bicycles; and THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Manteca Municipal Code Chapter 10.68 is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.68.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A. “Bicycle” is as defined in California Vehicle Code section 231.
B. “Police chief” means the police chief of the city.
C. “Police department” means the police department of the city.
10.68.050 Reckless Riding or Operating.
It is unlawful to ride or operate a bicycle with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. Reckless and unlawful operating includes but is not limited to swerving or riding into oncoming traffic or performing stunts or tricks in the roadway.
10.68.060 Violation—Penalty.
A. Every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of Sections 10.68.010 through 10.68.050 shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, punishable as prescribed by Vehicle Code Section 42001.
B. Every person, firm or corporation violating Sections 1 through 12 of the resolution of the city council of the city of Manteca, No. R 5895, passed and adopted by the city council concurrently with the ordinance codified in this section, shall be guilty of an infraction.
SECTION 2: Severability. If any section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, clause or phrase in this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following adoption.
City of Manteca, a municipal corporation
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN SS:
CITY OF MANTECA
I, Cassandra Candini-Tilton, City Clerk of the City of Manteca, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading and was introduced during the public meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of October, 2023, and had its second reading and was adopted and passed during the public meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of November, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
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