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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473: Use Regulations, Section 473.03 Traffic, subsection (e) Bicycles.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.
? 473.03 - TRAFFIC.
(a) Speed of vehicles. No person in a park shall ride or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding twenty-five (25) miles per hour, except upon the roads as the Director of Parks and Recreation may designate by posted signs.
(b) Vehicles confined to roads. No person in a park or in a greenway shall drive any vehicle on any area except the paved park roads or paved greenway roads or parking areas, or such other areas as may on occasion be specifically designated as temporary parking areas by the Director. For purposes of this Section, the definition of vehicle shall include but not be limited to an automobile, truck, all-terrain vehicle ("ATV"), quad, motorcycle, motorbike, or motorized dirt bike.
(c) Weight restrictions. No operator of any vehicle with a registered gross weight in excess of nine thousand (9,000) pounds shall pass through the parks except on such roads or highways as are designated by the Director.
(d) Commercial vehicles. No operator of any vehicle bearing commercial advertisement or business designation shall pass through the parks except on such roads or highways as are designated by the Director.
(e) Bicycles confined to roads. No person in a park shall ride a bicycle on other than a paved vehicular road, wooded trail, or path designated for that purpose. A bicyclist is permitted to wheel or push a bicycle by hand over any grassy area or wooded trail or on any paved area reserved for pedestrian use.
(f) Parking lots in City parks. Unless otherwise marked or metered, parking lots in City parks are reserved for the sole use of park patrons during open park hours; parking during closed park hours, overnight parkin...
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