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OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND OTHER HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES

Colorado Springs City Code ch. 10, art. 19
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Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.101 OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND OTHER HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES

10.19.101: OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND OTHER HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES: A. A person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter has all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter except as to special regulations in this article, and except as to those provisions that by their nature can have no application. B. A person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall comply with the provisions of article 4, title 42 Colorado Revised Statutes and §42-4-1412 regarding the operations of bicycles, electric scooter, and other human-powered vehicle, as amended. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the requirements of this section. In citing a person with a violation of this section, the summons and complaint shall specify the provisions of this chapter or of article 4, title 42, Colorado Revised Statutes alleged to have been violated. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.102 TURNS PROHIBITED

10.19.102: TURNS PROHIBITED: Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall disobey the direction of any sign, except when the person dismounts from the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter to make any turn, in which event the person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.107 RIDING ON SIDEWALKS

10.19.107: RIDING ON SIDEWALKS: A. When authorized signs are erected giving notice, no person shall operate a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, EPAMD, skateboard, roller skates, or similar device upon a sidewalk. B. Whenever any person is operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, EPAMD, skateboard, roller skates, or similar device upon a sidewalk, the person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing the pedestrian. C. For purposes of this section, "sidewalk" shall be defined as all pathways intended for pedestrian use, including that portion of an alley or driveway between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 98-121; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 10-64; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.108 EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICES

10.19.108: EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICES: Every bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD shall be equipped as required by article 4 of title 42, Colorado Revised Statutes and §42-4-221. It shall be a violation of this section for any person to operate a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD that fails to comply with equipment required by this section. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.110 BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, EXCLUDED

10.19.110: BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, EXCLUDED: Wherever official signs are erected giving notice that bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters are excluded, as authorized in section 10.1.309 of this chapter, no person shall violate any of the instructions. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.111 IMPOUNDING BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND EPAMDS

10.19.111: IMPOUNDING BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND EPAMDS: Members of the Police Department are authorized to remove a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD from any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, path or other public place or way, to the bicycle pound or to any lot or place maintained by the City or the Department for the storage of impounded bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, or EPAMDs or to any other place of safety under any of the circumstances below enumerated: A. When the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD is not in safe mechanical condition. B. When the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD is not equipped as required by section 10.19.108 of this article. C. When any bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD is seized, found or given to the Police Department as evidence of a crime, evidence in a traffic matter or lost or abandoned. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.19.112 RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND EPAMDS

10.19.112: RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED BICYCLES, ELECTRICAL ASSISTED BICYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND EPAMDS: A. No bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD removed or impounded because of an unsafe mechanical condition or because it is not equipped as required by Section 10.19.108 of this article, shall be released until: 1. Then safe mechanical condition has been corrected or lacking equipment has been placed on the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD; or 2. The city's authorized agent has been satisfied that the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD will not be ridden, propelled or operated upon any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, path or other public place or way until such unsafe mechanical condition has been corrected or lacking equipment has been placed on the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD and the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD shall be released to the owner or person entitled to possession when the same is in safe mechanical condition and when the lacking equipment has been placed on the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD. B. Bicycles, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD otherwise will be released and disposed of in accord with Section 9.1.206 of this Code and treated as "property" as defined in Section 9.1.201 of this Code. (Ord. 96-103; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-18349Fetched: 11/1/2026

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