(a)   The provisions of this article applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street, roadway, highway or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive operation and use of bicycles, subject to those exceptions contained herein.

(b)   The provisions of this article applicable to motorized bicycles shall apply whenever a motorized bicycle is operated upon any street, roadway or highway, subject to those exceptions stated herein.

(a)   Any person operating a bicycle or motorized bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic-control signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b)   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, it shall be unlawful for any person operating a bicycle or motorized bicycle to disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle or motorized bicycle to make any such turn, in which event, such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.

(a)   Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one (1) proceeding in the same direction.

(b)   Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two (2) abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

(c)   Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the roadway.

(d)   This section shall not apply to a uniformed city employee riding a bicycle or a police officer riding a bicycle that is a marked or unmarked official police bicycle, while engaged in the discharge of his or her official duties.

(a)   Riding bicycles upon or along sidewalks, whether on public property or private property opened for use by the general public, shall be unlawful except when the operator or rider thereof is a uniformed city employee riding a bicycle or a police officer riding a bicycle is a marked or unmarked official police bicycle while engaged in the discharge of his or her official duties, or when the operator or rider thereof is engaged in the delivery of newspapers or where the sidewalk is part of a designated bicycleroute. Bicyclists shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on the sidewalks, and shall leave the sidewalk or dismount if necessary to yield such right-of-way.

(b)   Riding motorized bicycles upon or along sidewalks shall be unlawful.

(a)   Members of the police department are hereby authorized to remove a bicycle from any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, path or other public place or way, to the bicycle pound or to any lot or place maintained by the city or the department for the storage of impounded bicycles, or to any other place of safety under any of the circumstances hereinafter enumerated.

(1)   When such bicycle is not licensed according to the provisions of this article, or when the license plate is not attached to the frame of such bicycle as required by section 54-605(b);

(2)   When such bicycle is not in safe mechanical condition;

(3)   When such bicycle is not equipped as required by sections 54-578 and 54-603;

(4)   When such bicycle is operated by any person under the age of sixteen (16) years in violation of any ordinance of the city relating to traffic or in violation of any of the provisions of this article.

(b)   No bicycle removed or impounded because not licensed or because the license plate is not attached to the frame thereof shall be released until such bicycle is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article and the required license plate is firmly attached to the frame thereof in such position as to be plainly visible from the rear, and such bicycle shall be released to the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof when the same is licensed and the license plate is so attached and a feeof five dollars ($5.00) is paid for handling and storage.

(c)   No bicycle removed or impounded because not in safe mechanical condition or because not equipped as required by sections 54-578 or 54-603 shall be released until such unsafe mechanical condition has been corrected or such lacking equipment has been placed on such bicycle or the manager of safety has been satisfied that such bicycle will not be ridden, propelled or operated upon any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, path or other public place or way until such unsafe mechanical condition has been corrected or such lacking equipment has been placed on such bicycle, and such bicycle shall be released to the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof when the same is in safe mechanical condition and when such lacking equipment has been placed thereon or when the manager of safety has been so satisfied.

(d)   No bicycle removed or impounded because operated by any person under the age of sixteen (16) years in alleged violation of any ordinance of the city relating to traffic or in alleged violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be released until the manager of safety shall have had a reasonable period of time in which to investigate or cause to be investigated the facts relative to such alleged violation; if at the conclusion of such investigation the manager finds such alleged violation to haveoccurred, the manager may order such bicycle to be retained or further impounded for such further period not exceeding thirty (30) days as in the manager's discretion shall seem proper, and at the expiration of such period or upon the conclusion of such investigation if the manager shall determine that such alleged violation did not occur, such bicycle shall be released to the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof.

(e)   Whenever a bicycle is removed from any public place or way or impounded as authorized by this article and the identity of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof is known, such owner or person shall be given notice in writing of the fact of such removal or impounding, the reasons therefor, and the place to which the bicycle has been removed or in which it is impounded.

(f)   Whenever a bicycle shall have been impounded for a period of two (2) months and no claim of ownership or the right to the possession thereof shall have been made and established to the satisfaction of the manager of safety, the manager shall consider such bicycles as abandoned and the property of the city, to be disposed of as such, after the first advertising in one or more official publications of the city a notice stating that all bicycles impounded and unclaimed for a period of two (2) months will be considered as abandoned and become city property if not properly claimed within ten (10) days of the date of publication of the notice.

(g)   The manager of safety shall be, and is hereby empowered and authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing the procedure to be followed in the removal and impounding of bicycles pursuant to the provisions of this article.