1440 ORDINANCE N0.1440
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM RIDING A BICYCLE
ON ANY SIDEWALKS ON PUBLIC /RIGHT-OF-WAYS IN
ANY DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE A COMMERCIAL ZONING
CLASSIFICATION WITHIN THE CITY OF SANFORD,
UNLESS A PARTICULAR SIDEWALK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
AS A BICYCLE PATH; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVID-
ING FOR THE ORDINANCE TO BECOME A PART OF THE
CITY OF SANFORD CODE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commissioners of the City of Sanford,
Florida, recognize that the operation of bicycles on sidewalks
situated in the public right-of-ways in the commercial and business
districts throughout the City constitute a hazard to pedestrians,
and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Commission that
sidewalks within the right-of-ways should only be used by pedestrians
and, therefore, that an ordinance is needed to prohibit the operation
of bicycles on sidewalks situated within the public right-of-ways
in the commercial and business districts throughout the City of
Sanford, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION I: That the operation of bicycles by any person
on any sidewalk in the public right-of-waysin any districts which
have a commercial zoning classification within the City of Sanford,
Florida, is hereby prohibited, unless a particular sidewalk has been
designated as a bicycle path by the Police Chief and approved by the
City Manager.
SECTION 2: That the violation of or failure to comply
with the ordinance shall constitute an offense against the City of
Sanford, Florida, and any offender, upon conviction, shallbe sub-
ject to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred and No/100 ($500,00)
Dollars, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days
or both each fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the code of the City of Sanford,
Florida, and the code may be renumbered, if necessary, to accomplish
such intention.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 10th day of July, A. D., 1978.
Attest: Acting or
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1440, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 10th day
of July, 1978, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall '
in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the llth day of July, 1978.
City of Sanford, Ff6'~ida