Florida Administrative Code
6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6C2 - Florida State University
Chapter 6C2-2 - ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Section 6C2-2.010 - Bicycle Parking and Traffic Code
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 6C2-2.010
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) General Information.
(a) The provisions of this rule shall be
applicable to all persons who operate or park a bicycle on the Florida State
University campus at all times, including examination periods, term breaks, and
registration periods.
(b) All
ordinances of the City of Tallahassee relating to Traffic which are not in
conflict with or inconsistent with this rule are made a part thereof and are
enforceable as provided herein.
(c)
The University reserves the right to designate and regulate the use of all its
bicycle parking facilities, including the right to remove, or reallocate
parking areas as the need arises. The responsibility of locating legal parking
space rests with the operator of the bicycle. Lack of space will not be
considered a valid excuse for violating parking regulations.
(d) Definitions.
1. Administering Agency. The Florida State
University Department of Public Safety and Department of Environmental Health
and Safety and Parking Services are vested with the authority necessary to
enforce this rule.
2. Bicycle.
Every vehicle propelled solely by human power, and every motorized bicycle
propelled by a combination of human power and an electric helper motor rated at
not more than 200 watts and capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of not
more than 10 miles per hour on level ground upon which any person may ride,
having two tandem wheels, and including any device generally recognized as a
bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels. The term does not
include such a vehicle with a seat height of no more than 25 inches from the
ground when the seat is adjusted to its highest position or a scooter or
similar device.
3. Bicycle Lane.
That portion of a roadway restricted to the exclusive use of bicycles and so
designated by signs and/or markings.
4. Bicycle Path. A route separate from
roadways for the exclusive use of bicycles and so designated by signs and/or
markings.
5. Campus. All property
situated in the Tallahassee area that is under the control of The Florida State
University.
6. Dual Use Sidewalk. A
sidewalk on which both bicycle and pedestrian traffic is permitted and that is
so designated by signs and/or markings.
7. Hazard. When a bicycle is parked or
secured by chain or other device in a location the result of which creates a
situation of risk, peril or danger of injury or destruction to
property.
8. Operator. The person
in actual physical control of a bicycle.
9. State. The State of Florida.
10. University. The Florida State
University.
11. All other
definitions cited in Section
316.003, F.S., and relating to
bicycles and other motor vehicles are hereby accepted for use in this
rule.
(2) Bicycle Registration.
(a) All bicycles that
are operated, parked, or stored on campus by any student or faculty or staff
member of the University community are encouraged to voluntarily register their
bicycles with the Department of Public Safety or Environmental Health and
Safety. Bicycles not owned or operated by a member of the University student
body, faculty or staff, or an employee of a University related agency or office
can be operated or parked on the campus in accordance with this rule.
(b) The application form includes the
following:
1. Full name and address of the
owner(s).
2. The owner's FSU ID
number.
3. Name and address of the
Operator (if different from previous name and address).
4. Make, color, serial number, and model of
the bicycle, or other identifying information.
(3) The Operation of Bicycles.
(a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a
public street shall do so in accordance with the traffic control devices and
rules of the road that are applicable to motor vehicles under Florida law and
regulations specified within this rule.
(b) Mounted bicycles shall be operated only
on a roadway, bicycle path, bicycle lane, or dual use sidewalk.
(c) A person operating a bicycle shall do so
as close to the right hand side of the path, lane, sidewalk and roadway and
with the flow of traffic.
(d) Rules
of the road applicable to motor vehicles shall apply to bicycles operated on
bicycle paths unless this rule explicitly requires a different course of
action. Wherever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a
roadway, bicycle riders shall use that path and not use the roadway.
(e) After sundown, every bicycle shall be
equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a white light visible from a
distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and a lamp on the rear
exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the
rear. A red reflector meeting the requirements of this section may be used in
lieu of the red light. All such lamps and reflectors shall be in place and in
operation whenever a bicycle is operated after sundown.
(f) All traffic signals, stop signs, yield
signs, and other traffic control signs will apply to the operator of a bicycle.
Traffic control signs or devices on a roadway parallel to a bicycle path shall
also apply to the operator of a bicycle on such a path if that path leads into
or crosses an area or street protected by the traffic control device.
(g) The operator of a bicycle shall at all
times yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
(4) Bicycle Parking.
(a) The Florida State University reserves the
right to designate and regulate the use of all its bicycle parking
facilities.
(b) The responsibility
of locating legal parking space rests with the operator of the bicycle. Lack of
space will not be considered a valid excuse or reason for violating parking
regulations.
(c) A bicycle is
forbidden to be parked and/or secured on a handicapped accessible ramp, either
in part or totally, or in any manner that would restrict the movement of
physically challenged persons.
(d)
Bicycles shall be parked so as not to impede any form of pedestrian or
vehicular movement. Prohibited areas include any area within six feet in front
and to the side of any entrance to or exit from any building, within any
sidewalk, on any access or egress ramp, or sidewalks, steps or stairs, in
corridors, or motor vehicle parking spaces.
(e) A bicycle should be chained or locked
only to a bicycle parking rack or to the locking device provided in bicycle
parking areas.
(f) The Department
of Public Safety and the Department of Environmental Health and Safety are
authorized to cut security devices and remove for impoundment any bicycle
parked or stored in violation of this rule. A bicycle will be impounded for any
of the following reasons:
1. Parked in a
manner so as to create a hazard, as defined in subparagraph (2)(f)7.
2. Abandoned.
3. Parked in a prohibited area as provided in
paragraphs (4)(c) and (d).
(g) A person whose bicycle has been impounded
may claim their bicycle within 30 days by contacting the Department of Public
Safety or Department of Environmental Health and Safety. The burden of proving
ownership shall rest with the person claiming the bicycle.
(h) An impounded bicycle not reclaimed within
30 days shall be considered to be abandoned and shall be disposed of by the
University in accordance with section
705.18, F.S.
(5) Enforcement Procedures.
(a) Any person whose actions result in a
violation of this rule will be assessed a fine of $10.00 per violation in
accordance with section
240.265, F.S.
(b) All fine assessments are payable at
Parking Services.
(c) Alleged
violators of this rule will have the same avenues of appeal as an operator of a
motor vehicle in accordance with FSU rule
6C2-2.009,
F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority 240.227(1), 240.264 FS. Law Implemented 240.263, 240.264, 240.265, 240.266, 705.18 FS.
New 9-30-75, Formerly 6C2-2.10, Amended 3-7-95.
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