PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

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AN ACT to amend Subtitle 64 of the Public Local Laws
of Prince George's County, 1963 Edition as amended by the
addition of a new Section 64-4 titled "Bicycles and Play
Vehicles" in order to provide that the County Executive
shall have the authority to designate or establish
sidewalks or trails for the exclusive or combined use of
bicycles, play vehicles, or pedestrians on which no
motorized vehicles would be allowed.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED by the County Council of
Prince George's County, Maryland, that Subtitle 64 of the
Public Local Laws of Prince George's County, 1963 Edition
as amended, is hereby amended by the addition of a new
Section 64-4 titled "Bicycles and Play Vehicles" and to
read as follows:

SUBTITLE 64

SECTION 64-4 BICYCLES AND PLAY VEHICLES

A. DEFINITIONS

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL SAVE THE HEARINGS RESPECTIVELY
ASCRIBED TO THEM HEREUNDER:

"BICYCLE" MEANS VEHICLE PROPELLED EXCLUSIVELY BY
HUMAN POWER HAVING TWO OR THREE WHEELS OF WHICH ONE IS
MORE THAN FOURTEEN (14) INCHES IN DIAMETER, HAVING A REAR
DRIVE, AND WITH WHEEL CONFIGURATION AS FOLLOWS:

(1)   TWO WHEELS - IN TANDEM

(2)   THREE WHEELS - SINGLE FRONT WHEEL WITH
TWO REAR WHEELS ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE
LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE FRONT WHEEL AND SPACED
EQUIDISTANT FROM THE FRONT WHEEL CENTERLINE.

"OPERATE" MEANS TO PROPEL A BICYCLE BY HUMAN POWER
OF TO WALK OR STAND WITH OR OTHERWISE BE IN CONTROL OF A
BICYCLE INCIDENTAL TO ITS PROPULSION, BUT DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE CARRYING OR TRANSPORTING OF A BICYCLE,
WITHOUT ANY PASSENGER OR RIDER THEREUPON, IN ANY VEHICLE
OR CARTON OR BY ANY OTHER SIMILAR MEANS.

"PLAY VEHICLE" MEANS A TWO OR THREE WHEELED VEHICLE
PROPELLED EXCLUSIVELY BY HUMAN POWER AND NOT DEFINED AS A
BICYCLE BY THIS SUBSECTION.

"PUBLIC BICYCLE AREA" MEANS ANY HIGHWAY, STREET,
SIDEWALK, BICYCLE PATH, OR OTHER FACILITY OR AREA
MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OR DESIGNATED, ESTABLISHED OR
MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY PURSUANT TO THIS ACT FOR THE