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1 ORDINANCE NO. 16,218
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 32 OF
4 THE LITTLE ROCK CODE OF ORDINANCES,
5 REVISED (1988), TO EXEMPT POLICE
6 OFFICERS ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS FROM
7 THE PROHIBITION OF RIDING A BICYCLE
8 ON A SIDEWALK WITHIN A BUSINESS
9 DISTRICT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
10 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Police Department has implemented
13 a program of police patrol on bicycles furnished by the City to
14 officers on duty; and
15 WHEREAS, pursuant to the bicycle patrol program, it may be
16 necessary for an officer to ride a bicycle on sidewalks as
17 circumstances require; and
18 WHEREAS, Section 32 -494 of the Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code
19 (1988) prohibits any person from riding a bicycle on a sidewalk
20 within a business district; and
21 WHEREAS, the Code should be amended to exempt police
22 officers patrolling on official business from the prohibition of
23 riding bicycles on sidewalks.
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
25 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
26 SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Article VIII, Section 32 -494 of the
27 Little Rock Code of Ordinances, Rev. (1988) is hereby amended to
28 read as follows:
29 Section 32 -494 Riding on sidewalks.
30 a. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a
31 sidewalk within a business district.
32 Whenever any person is riding a bicycle
33 upon a sidewalk outside of business
34 districts, such person shall yield the
35 right -of -way to any pedestrian and shall
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give audible signal before overtaking and
passing such pedestrian.
b. This section shall not apply to police
officers acting in the line of duty as
part of a City bicycle patrol, except
that police officers riding on sidewalks
shall operate the bicycle in a safe
manner, yielding to the right -of -way and
warning pedestrians to the extent
possible.
SECTION 2. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. The present City Code
prohibits the riding of bicycles on sidewalks within business
districts. Such activity may be necessary by a police officer on
official duty in furtherance of the Little Rock Police
Department bicycle patrol program. Implementation of this
program, necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens, is imminent. Therefore, an emergency is declared to
exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of its passage.
PASSED: May 19, 1992
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