(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power on any of the streets, alleys, or public highways of the city without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Chief of Police and having attached to the bicycle a registration number.
(B) The city shall provide registration seals together with registration cards, the registration seals and registration cards to be numbered in numerical order beginning with number one, the design and identification lettering thereon to be approved by the Chief of Police. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to attach one of the registration seals to the frame of each bicycle and to issue the corresponding registration card to the owner of the bicycle on the payment of the registration fee required. The registration seal shall remain attached to the bicycle for which it was issued during the period for which it is registered. The Chief of Police shall keep a permanent register in which shall be entered the name, address, and age of the owner of each registered bicycle, the date of registration, and sufficient information to identify the bicycle.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or transfer ownership of any bicycle without reporting to the Chief of Police within 48 hours from the time thereof, full and complete information relative to the transfer so that the bicycle may be registered in the name of the transferee. The purchaser or transferee of any bicycle shall apply for a transfer of registration therefor within five days from the time the bicycle is acquired by him.
(D) All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles are hereby required to report to the Chief of Police within 48 hours after acquiring any secondhand bicycle or parts thereof, the report to include the registration number of the bicycle, a description of each bicycle acquired, the frame number thereof, together with the name and address of the person from whom it was acquired. In the case of the purchase of any part of a bicycle, the report shall describe each part and give the name and address of the person from whom it was acquired. All dealers in new bicycles in the city shall report their sales to the Chief of Police on blanks furnished for that purpose, within 48 hours thereafter, giving all the information required herein for secondhand bicycles.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the number of any bicycle frame registered pursuant to this section. It shall also be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any registration plate or registration card is.
(F) Any bicycle operated by the owner or other person lawfully having custody thereof, in violation of this section, may be impounded by the Chief of Police for a period not exceeding 30 days.
(G) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
('58 Code, § ) (Am. Ord. 22- 01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99