Originally Posted by
Helmet Head
As private property owners they certainly have the right to prohibit bikes... or blue mini-vans... on their property. Your recourse is not the legal system, but the free market, as has been demonstrated so far.
See if you can get them to remove the "no bikes" wording on the sign.
In some cities there are ordinances requiring property owners to provide adequate parking for the expected demand; tables of these required spaces based on land use and square footage appear in the development ordinances.
Cary, NC recently modified its table of required parking spaces to require bike parking for most land uses such as retail, office, and institutions. (This applies at site plan time when properties are developed or upgraded.) Cary also prohibits, by law, signs prohibiting the operation of bicycles in the vehicular portion of such driveways and parking lots at such destinations. Numerous private signs in Cary that once said "no bicycles on property" now say "no bicycling on sidewalks." Removal of required bike parking or erection of signs that prohibit bicycle travel are punishable by a fine.
I played a small role in the development of this ordinance
