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Ordinance 809 - Motorcycles302 ORDINANCE NO. 809 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 17-48# KALISPELL CITY CODE, (Section 363, Revised Ordinances, 1947) TO PROHIBIT PERSONS BEINr CARRIED AS PASSENGERS ON '4TORCYCLES UNLESS SUCH MOTORCYCLES ARE DESIGNED TO CARRY PASSENGERS AND ARE EQUIPT WITH FOOTRESTS, ETC; TO PROVIDE TIiAT MOTORCYCLES MUST HAVE LIGHTS ON WHEN OPERATED= TO PROVIDE THAT OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS 14UST WEAR PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR MEETING STATE STANDARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR POSITION OF OPERATOR AND EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES OPERATED ON CITY STREETS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,,MONTANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1, Section 17-48, Kalispell City Code, (Section 363, Revised Ordinances, 1947) is hereby amended to hereafter provide as follows: No person shall operate or run, or attempt to operate or run upon any street or alley of the city# a motorcycle from a sidecar or other attachment connected therewith# or from any other position on such motorcycle except from the seat thereof# and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person and is equipped with passenger footrests# in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons# or upon another seat firmly attached to the'rear or side of the operator. Motorcycles are to be operated with lights on at all times ' when operated upon any street or alley of the city. Section 2. The operator and passenger, if any, of any motorcycle operated upon any street or alley of the city shall wear protective headgear upon the head. Such headgear shall meet standards established by the state department of justice. Section 3. No person shall operate on any street or alley within the city any motorcycle equipped with a seat so positioned that the operator# when sitting astride the seat, cannot reach the ground with his feet. No person shall operate on any street or alley within the city any motor cycle equipped with handlebars that are more than 15 inches in height above the uppermost portion of the seat when depressed by the weight of the operator. Section 4. No person shall operate a motorcycle, within the city# unless the same is equipped at all times with noise suppression devices# ' including an exhaust muffler.in good working order# in constant oper tW.on and of sufficient size to prevent excessive or unusual noise. ?03 Section 5. It is unlawful for any person to wilfully operate a motorcycle in the city -in violation of the provisions of this ordinance and upon conviction thereof such person may be punished as provided in Section 1-9 of the Kalispell City Code, Section 6. An emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall become effective immediately. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL# MONTANAP AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR] THIS 9TH day of =Y j, 1973. I. George Beardalse, City Clerk of th Ciiy f on the 12thday of July 73 ordinance in my office, and the same re nep the foregoing is a true and correct cop of the City Cotawile ' ity . ttna, do certify that opy of the foregoing riod of five days, and passed by the T