Section
73.01 Scope
73.02 Obedience to traffic-control devices required
73.03 Parent’s responsibility
73.04 Traffic laws to apply
73.05 Riding on roadways and bikepaths
73.06 Registration and licensing of bicycle
73.07 Abandonment of bicycles
73.08 Riding on sidewalks
73.09 Weaving
73.10 Signal required upon overtaking, passing pedestrians
73.11 Trick riding
73.12 Speed
73.13 Parking restrictions
73.14 Number of riders
73.15 Required equipment
73.99 Penalty
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate bicycles, see IC 9-21-1-3
Bicycles, see IC 9-21-11
Operators of bicycles shall obey the directions and instructions of official traffic-control devices and signals applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
No parent or guardian shall authorize or knowingly permit his child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
(A) Bicycles shall be operated as close to the right-hand edge of the highway as is possible, and in single file when passing other vehicles, parked or moving, or any other considerable object in the highway.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
(B) Whenever a bikepath has been provided for the exclusive use of bicycles, bicycle operators shall use the bikepath. Penalty, see § 73.99
(A) Every bicycle either owned by a resident of the town or stored within the town (excepting bicycles held primarily for resale in the ordinary course of business) shall be registered and licensed. Every owner of such a bicycle shall register the same with the Department of Police and shall complete such registration forms as are adopted from time to time by the Clerk-Treasurer. The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a license to each applicant who has completed the registration form and paid the license fee, which license shall be affixed to and be maintained upon the bicycle registered for license.
(B) Every person who owns or stores a bicycle within the town on the effective date of this chapter shall register and license his bicycle within 60 days following the effective date; thereafter every person subject to this section shall register his bicycle and obtain a license within 30 days after becoming the owner of the bicycle or commencing the storage of the bicycle. A license shall expire on June 30 of the second year following the year of registration and issuance of license. Each bicycle shall be reregistered and relicensed on or before the expiration of any existing license and the renewal shall be for a like term not to exceed two years.
(C) Each person filing an application for registration and issuance of a license shall pay a fee of $1 for each bicycle so registered and licensed.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)
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