(1) No person shall travel on a trail at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with others who are complying with the law and using reasonable care.

(2) No person shall travel on a trail in a negligent manner. Every person traveling on a trail shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with applicable laws unless otherwise directed by a police officer.

(3) Regional trails, local trail corridors, and paved pathways are open to all nonmotorized users unless otherwise designated and posted. Pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians are permitted on all maintained soft surface trails unless otherwise posted and designated. Trail restrictions may be posted at park entrances, trailheads or, in some cases, individual trails. Trail use designations will be based on the park master plan, resource conservation, trail use conflicts, maintenance issues, and safety hazards.

(4) Every person who shall use or travel on a trail shall obey the trail use policy designated in the Covington Policies and Procedures Manual.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or otherwise cause or suffer to be located any structure, device, or natural or artificial thing that threatens or endangers any portion of a trail owned or maintained by the City, or that tends to endanger persons traveling thereon, obstructs or tends to obstruct or constitutes a hazard to persons traveling thereon. This section shall not apply to employees of the City in the performance of their duties or to persons acting pursuant to written direction of the City.

(6) A violation of this section is a Class 2 civil infraction. (Ord. 09-10; Ord. 18-02 § 1. Formerly 8.40.090)