§ 46-175. Pedicab operation; conduct.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for a licensee operating a pedicab, or a permittee operating a pedicab service, to cause, suffer, or permit a licensee to:

(1)

Operate the pedicab other than on or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the pedicab;

(2)

Carry at any one time a number of persons in excess of the number of seats available, provided that a passenger under five years of age shall not be considered a person for purposes of this subsection;

(3)

Operate a pedicab in a manner that results in damage to public or private property;

(4)

Fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian on any roadway or sidewalk;

(5)

Operate a pedicab that is not equipped with an audible signaling device approved by the director and a radio, mobile telephone, or other means of two-way communication that may be used to request assistance in the event of an emergency;

(6)

Permit a person riding on a bicycle, coaster, sled, toy vehicle or roller skates to attach to the pedicab;

(7)

Operate a pedicab while carrying a package, bundle or article if the package, bundle or article prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand on the handlebars;

(8)

Operate a pedicab on any street or adjoining sidewalk that has been closed to vehicular traffic by barricade or similar barrier;

(9)

Permit or allow passengers to ride in or on a pedicab in such a position that the licensee's vision forward or to the side is blocked;

(10)

Stop or stand to pick up or discharge any passenger in a taxicab zone or any other area designated for other categories of vehicles.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a pedicab on a street where the posted speed limit exceeds 35 miles per hour, except for the purpose of crossing that street.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person, while operating a pedicab, to pick up or drop off passengers on a street where the posted speed limit exceeds 35 miles per hour.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a pedicab upon any portion of a public sidewalk except as necessary to access locations immediately adjacent to roadways through the use of points of ingress and egress made available for use by motor vehicles operating in compliance with all applicable traffic laws.

(e)

It shall be unlawful for any person, while operating a pedicab, to obstruct the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic by remaining stopped by a sidewalk, except for the time period necessary to load or unload passengers.

(f)

It shall be unlawful to operate a pedicab that does not have a clearly visible manufacturer's serial or identification number. In the case of a pedicab that is not of unibody design, it is sufficient for purposes of this subsection that either the operator's portion or the passenger's portion of the pedicab contain the manufacturer's serial or identification number.

(g)

It shall be unlawful to remove, deface, alter or destroy the manufacturer's serial or identification number on a pedicab.

(Ord. No. 2014-754, § 2(Exh. A), 8-6-2014)