6A | AUGUST 13, 2020
City
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Cottage Grove’s current
ordinance, which does
not allow bicycles on any
sidewalks in town while
personal vehicles like
skateboards and roller
skates are prohibited only
on sidewalks in the down-
town district.
A prohibition against
sledding or skiing on
streets was removed as
well.
The section exempts
peace offi cers, police
community service of-
fi cers,
maintenance
workers and police or
public works volunteers
performing offi cial duties.
Additionally, it does not
apply to self-propelled or
motorized vehicles which
are medically necessary
for the mobility of the
person.
The city’s current or-
dinance also requires bi-
cycle licenses in Cottage
Grove, though the new or-
dinance changes licensing
requirements to a volun-
tary registration system,
which would enable lost
property to be returned if
found.
The new draft ordinance
as proposed to council-
ors on Aug. 10 stipulated
that children ages 10 and
under who are accompa-
nied by an adult can ride
on sidewalks outside the
downtown
commercial
district.
Councilors went back
and forth on this age limit
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before ultimately decid-
ing to allow the use of
sidewalks for all ages.
Of main concern were
issues regarding the use of
sidewalks downtown and
the overall question of
safety on the city’s streets.
“Living downtown, I
can tell you people do
ride on the sidewalks,”
said Councilor Candace
Solesbee, “and the skate-
boarders defi nitely come
through downtown and
rail the steps on historical
buildings and that’s al-
ways been a concern.”
The challenge of en-
forcement was also raised.
“It is diffi cult to en-
force, but it can be with
direction,” said Police
Chief Scott Shepherd to
the council, noting that
education is a useful
method.
“One of the things I
think the ordinance does
for us, too, is it makes it
consistent for all of those
wheeled vehicles,” said
City Manager Richard
Meyers. “Because the cur-
rent ordinance is different
for skateboards and scoot-
ers than it was for bicycles
and it was a challenge to
fi gure that out. … This
cleans it up so they’re all
treated the same.”
In proposing the use
of sidewalks outside the
downtown district, Coun-
cilor Greg Ervin spoke
of his experience riding
around town with his fam-
ily and the usefulness of
using the sidewalk option
for safety.
“My position is: less
rules, generally,” he said.
Councilor Jake Boone
also did not think it was
necessary to restrict side-
walk usage throughout the
city.
“I don’t know if we
need this outside the
downtown core,” he said,
pointing to the “sparse us-
age” of sidewalks in many
of the town’s neighbor-
hoods. “So, someone on a
bicycle moving along on a
sidewalk isn’t a big prob-
lem generally.”
However,
Councilor
Mike Fleck had concerns
regarding the competition
for space between cyclists
and pedestrians he had
seen on the sidewalks of
Eugene.
“I absolutely do not
want to see adults on bi-
cycles on sidewalks in our
town,” he said. “I’m cer-
tainly open to a lot of con-
cessions on that, but that,
to me, is just a risky ven-
ture. I would prefer not to
go down that road.”
Councilor
Solesbee,
meanwhile, stated that
downtown traffi c was her
main concern.
“Living down here,
working down here,
we’ve seen a lot of close
calls,” she said.
Mayor Jeff Gowing
also noted that he has seen
the need for cyclists to
use sidewalks in certain
Cottage Grove neighbor-
hoods when there is auto-
mobile traffi c.
While Councilor Boone
queried whether it was
safer to keep people on
the streets or allow them
to use the sidewalk, Coun-
cilor Ervin responded that
he felt it was safer to al-
low riders the option.
“There are just enough
areas in town that it makes
more sense, if there’s an
available sidewalk, to use
it,” Ervin said. “Let’s let
people make that judge-
ment for themselves.”
Councilor Fleck, mean-
while, remained torn be-
cause “I really see risk
either way we do this,” he
said. “I will yield to what
the group says, but I do
want us to follow this and
if it does become an issue,
I want us to absolutely
take another look at it.”
Following a motion by
Councilor Ervin to amend
that the ordinance prohib-
it the personal transporta-
tion devices only within
the downtown area, the
council voted unanimous-
ly to pass the new city
code.
The downtown district
is defi ned by the ordi-
nance as the area between
and including the south
side of Washington Av-
enue to the north side of
Whiteaker Avenue and
between and including the
east side of Ninth Street
(Highway 99) to the east
bank of the Coast Fork
Willamette River.
In closing remarks on
the issue, Ervin comment-
ed that an education cam-
paign in regard to the new
rules would be helpful.
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