(a) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street or public way in the Village, or upon any part thereto, unless that bicycle has been provided with the proper license tag as required herein.
(b) Application for a license plate or tag shall be made to the Chief of Police, upon a form to be provided by him, and shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00). If the Chief of Police approves the application, he shall so indicate in writing thereon and deliver same, together with the fee, to the Mayor. If the Chief of Police does not approve the application, he shall return the fee to the applicant.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62; Ord. 1139. Passed 11-17-75.)
(c) The Chief of Police or any police officer shall inspect each bicycle presented to him for licensing and shall have the authority to refuse to approve the application for a license for any bicycle found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition.
(d) The Mayor shall have the authority to issue, upon written application approved by the Chief of Police, bicycle licenses or tags which shall be effective until surrendered as hereinafter provided. Every license plate or tag shall have displayed upon it, the registration number of the bicycle to which it is issued, and the name of the Village. The Mayor and the Chief of Police shall each keep a record of the issuance of each license, to whom it is issued, the number thereof, and the number and make of the bicycle frame. The Mayor shall also keep a record of all fees collected for issuance of such licenses. (Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62.)
(e) No owner or operator of a bicycle shall for any reason be entitled to a refund of any part of any license fee or a renewal fee.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62; Ord. 1139. Passed 11-17-75; Ord. 00-12. Passed 7-17-00.)
(f) Upon the sale or transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee thereof, within five days from the sale or transfer, shall remove and surrender to the Mayor, the attached license plate or tag, or may have the Mayor assign that plate to another bicycle owned or operated by the licensee, without charge.
(g) Upon the issuance of a license, the licensee shall affix to the bicycle a proper plate or tag to be furnished by the Village, which he shall cause to be firmly attached to the rear fender of the bicycle, in such a position as to be plainly visible from the rear. The removal of any such plate or tag, except by proper authority or upon transfer of ownership, shall be a violation of this section.
(h) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this section. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license plate or tag, seal, or registration card during the time in which the license plate or tag, seal, or registration card is operative. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the Police Department from stamping numbers on the frames of bicycles on which no serial number can be found, or in which the number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.
(Ord. 758. Passed 9-17-62.)
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.