City of Harrisonburg - File #: ORD 17-007

• File #: ORD 17-007
• Version: 1
• Name: Ordinance - Bicycle Lanes
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/11/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 2/14/2017
• Final action: 2/14/2017
• Title: Consider enacting Section 13-1-51.1 Bicycle Lanes of the Harrisonburg City Code

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2017	1	City Council	approved on second reading
1/24/2017	1	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass

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Consider enacting Section 13-1-51.1 Bicycle Lanes of the Harrisonburg City Code

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Presented By:  City Attorney BrownRecommendation and Review

Presently, the locations of many bus stops require Harrisonburg Department of Public Transit (HDPT) vehicles to stop in bicycle lanes temporarily, in order to allow passengers to board and disembark. Section 13-1-51.1 clarifies that HDPT vehicles, including school buses, are permitted to stop in bicycle lanes for this limited purpose and only after ensuring it would be safe to do so, while additionally clarifying that this is the sole circumstance in which a vehicle is permitted to stop in a bicycle lane.