§ 75.12. Bicycle licensing.

A.

License required—Impoundment.

1.

No person shall operate or use a bicycle on any street, sidewalk, driveway, playground, or any other city-owned property without first obtaining from the City License Clerk a tag therefor as provided in this section.

2.

When a bicycle is found on any City street, sidewalk, driveway, playground, or any other city-owned property, not properly licensed, such bicycle may be impounded by local authorities until proper license has been purchased by the owner.

B.

Issuance—Term. The City License Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to issue bicycle licenses upon written application. As of April 1, 1988, such licenses shall be Issued once and shall be valid during the period of time that the licensee owns the bicycle. A bicycle license shall entitle the licensee to operate the bicycle for which the license is issued on all streets and public street or highways within the city.

C.

Fee. The license fee to be paid for each bicycle licensed under this section shall be one dollar payable in advance for all licenses issued by the License Division and $1.25 for licenses issued at one of the Deputy Registrars.

D.

Tags. The City License Clerk shall provide metallic tags or reflective decals having the registration number stamped thereon, in numerical order commencing with number one, and suitable for attachment upon the frame of each bicycle. Also, such tag or decal shall be attached to and sealed upon the frame of each bicycle and shall remain attached at all tines during the existence and validity of the license.

E.

Registration Record. The City License Clerk shall keep a record of the date of issuance of each license, the name and address of the owner of the bicycle, the names of the parents of the owner if the owner is a minor under the age of eighteen years, and the make and the manufacturer's number of each bicycle registered. The City License Clerk shall issue an exact copy of such registration record to each applicant.

F.

Designation of Registrar and Deputy Registrars. The City License Clerk is hereby designated registrar and authorized to designate responsible dealers in bicycles or bicycle parts and responsible representatives of civic groups as deputy registrars for the sale and issuance of bicycle licenses and the registration of bicycles.

G.

It shall be lawful for deputy registrars to act by and through their agents and employees in issuing licenses and registering bicycles.

H.

Delivery of Licenses to Registrar. The City License Clerk shall distribute licenses and supplies to the registrar in lots not to exceed two hundred and full payment of the license fees shall be made and certificates of registration returned to such License Clerk before he shall issue additional licenses and supplies to such deputy registrars.

I.

Registrar's Fees. Each deputy registrar appointed by the City License Clerk Is authorized to charge a fee of $.25 for each license issued in accordance with this section. Penalty, see § 70.99.

(Ord. 728-1987; Ord. 220-1978; Ord. 171-1978; Ord. 993-1977)