Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 11. TRAFFIC CODE |
Chapter 20. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY VEHICLES |
§ 11:230. Riding on sidewalks.
(a)
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.
(b)
The chief of police is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person and when such signs are in place no person shall disobey the same.
(c)
Whenever any person rides a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signals before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(City Code 1951, Title 11, § 230)