§ 18-11. "Bike-safe" grates required.

(a) Bike-safe grate defined.

For purposes of this section "bike-safe grate" means a drainage grate that:

(1) has bars running perpendicular to the flow of traffic;

(2) consists of a grating composed of intersecting bars; or

(3) uses another design that both the City and the State Departments of Transportation have approved as meeting bicycle safety design criteria as well as engineering and structural design demands.

(b) City contracts

No contracts may be made by the City that include paving or repaving any street, avenue, lane, or alley within the City limits unless the contract requires that all drainage grates in the affected area that are not bike-safe grates be replaced with bike-safe grates.

No permit may be issued by the Department of Transportation for a paving or repaving project on any street, avenue, lane, or alley within the City, and no paving or repaving project may be undertaken by the City, unless the project plan requires that all drainage grates in the affected area that are not bike-safe grates are replaced with bike-safe grates.

(d) Exception for emergency resurfacing due to utility failure.

This section does not apply to emergency resurfacing work that is:

(1) required due to a utility failure; and

(2) done in accordance with State law.