(a) The purpose of licensing and registration is to have available reasonable information to assist the Police Department in the recovery of lost or stolen bicycles and tricycles and the identification of the same.
(b) All bicycles and tricycles shall be registered with the Clinton Township Police Department and a license for the same shall be issued upon such registration in accordance with the following procedure.
(1) Each bicycle and tricycle shall be presented to the Police Department for registration, and the said Department shall issue a license to be attached or affixed to the rear of the bicycle so that it is visible upon reasonable observation. The registration shall contain the serial number of the bicycle or tricycle. In the event that it does not have a serial number, the Police Department shall issue a serial number for that bicycle or tricycle which shall be incorporated in the registration thereof.
(2) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for the initial registration of each bicycle and tricycle. Upon sale or other disposition of the bicycle or tricycle, the person acquiring the same shall immediately present it to the Police Department for re-registration under his or her name and pay a re-registration fee of fifty cents (50).
(3) All moneys paid to the Police Department pursuant to this section shall be receipted by said department and immediately paid over to the Treasurer of the Township of Clinton with an appropriate record or other listing of the number of registrations and re-registrations for which the moneys have been received.
(c) The Township Police Department shall make an effort to immediately initiate a public information program to explain the licensing requirements and, to the extent deemed feasible by the Department, to set up dates for mass registration at public places prior to the effective date of this section.
(d) The registration and licensing requirements herein shall become effective on July 20, 1974.
(Ord. 235. Passed 6-11-74.)