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Therefore, a sidewalk is considered part of the highway and bicyclists may ride on the sidewalk. Moreover, the California Legislature created a provision, which allows local authorities to enact ordinances regulating the riding of bikes on sidewalks. Section 21100 states that, "Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution re- garding the following matters... (h) operation of bicycles... on the public side- walks. " The City's ordinances do allow bicycles to be ridden on the sidewalk. Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) section 11.52.060 provides, "No person shall park, let stand or leave unattended a bicycle upon a public side- walk of the City so as to block or interfere with the use of the sidewalk by any pe- destrian. " Pleasanton Municipal Code section 11.52.070 provides, "No person riding or operating a bicycle upon a public street, sidewalk or any other area open to the public shall participate in any race. " Because the Pleasanton Municipal Code addresses actions that may not be taken when riding a bicycle upon a public sidewalk, this implies that the City permits bicycles to be ridden on the public sidewalks, so long as the rider does not engage in the prohibited conduct. Therefore, per California State Law and the Pleasanton Municipal Code, persons may ride their bicycles on the City's public sidewalks, which would include the sidewalk on Cameron Avenue. Closing Cameron Avenue at the West Project Boundary Representatives of the Pleasanton Police Department and the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire De- partment have commented by email that Cameron Avenue must remain open to through traffic for emergency response concerns and response times. Their emails are attached. The past bar- rier on Cameron Avenue referenced by a neighbor may have been a construction barrier to pre- vent unauthorized construction traffic of the Kamp DriveIPalmer Drive construction sites from using Cameron Avenue. Such a temporary construction barrier reflects City practice and has been used previously. Site Design Street Alignment Street "A" will be a public street with two intersections on Cameron Drive. The west intersec- tion will be aligned with Equestrian Drive forming a four-way intersection. The alignment of the east intersection will be offset from Courtney Avenue by I70-feet, measured centerline to Item 6.e., PUD-50 Page 17 of 29 June 28. 2006