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RESOLUTION NO. 71-62
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISLATION BE ENACTED TO ENABLE LOCAL
AGENCIES TO REACT TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS REGARDING
BICYCLE VERSUS VEHICLE TRAFFIC WITHOUT BEING IN CONFLICT
WITH THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, volumes on city streets are increasing to a level where
they are becoming dangerous to bicycle flow; and
WHEREAS, bicycle popularity is increasing; and
WHEREAS, Section 21100 through and including 21116 of the California
Vehicle Code allows local regulation of vehicular traffic for specific
instances; and
WHEREAS, Section 21200 authorizes the operation of bicycles on public
streets and highways and makes them subject to the Vehicle Code insofar as
the rules of the road are concerned (Section 20000 at seq.); and
WHEREAS, this would make bicycles subject to Section 22500 California
Vehicle Code (f) and prohibits stopping, parking or leaving vehicles on
public sidewalks; and
WHEREAS, this would also make bicycles subject to Section 21663,
California Vehicle Code, which prohibits the operation on public sidewalks;
and
WHEREAS, in certain locations it would be safer for bicycles to ride
on the sidewalk, which is presently prohibited in the California Vehicle
Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa, as do other local jurisdictions,
desires to obtain flexibility in Vehicle Code application so that local
agencies could provide for their individual requirements for regulation
of bicycle traffic as it might seem fit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa does hereby request that the Section 21100 through and including
Section 21116 of the California Vehicle Code be amended to allow for the
inclusion of local regulation of bicycle traffic.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of August, 1971. '(�/��/��///).
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cc a Mesa
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I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of
the City of
Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.
71-62 was duly and
s(`
regularly passed and adopted by the City
at a regular meeting thereof held on the
Council of
16th day of
the City of Costa Mesa
August, 1971.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand
and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 17th day
of August,
1971.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cc a Mesa
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297