(A) Registration Mandatory: It shall be mandatory for all bicycle dealers dealing in the retail sale of bicycles within the City of East Moline, to register all bicycles size twenty inches (20") and over at the time of sale. The registration forms and bicycle license plates shall be made available to the businesses at no cost through the Police Department. The completed registration forms shall be picked up twice a month by a member of the Police Department. It shall be the responsibility of the business owner and/or manager to notify the Police Department if they are in need of additional registration forms and/or license plates.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of these ordinances relating to bicycle registration procedures shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(B) Operation Of A Bicycle Without A License: No person who resides within this City shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street, highway, road, etc., or upon any public way set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate is attached thereto as provided herein. In the event a bicycle has been purchased outside the corporate limits of the City of East Moline or was sold within the City and has not been processed for a license plate as set forth above, the bicycle shall be licensed through the procedure set forth below:
1. Registration Agency: Applications for registration should be issued by the Chief of Police.
2. Application Form: The application for a bicycle license shall be on a form provided by the City.
3. Proof Of Ownership: The Chief of Police shall refuse to issue a license where he has reason to believe the applicant is not the owner of, or entitled to possession of, the bicycle.
4. Inspection: The Chief of Police or an officer assigned such responsibility shall inspect each bicycle before licensing the same and shall refuse to issue a license for any bicycle which he determines is in unsafe mechanical condition.
5. Registration Plate Or Tag: Upon issuing a bicycle license, the Chief of Police must also issue a plate or tag, which shall be firmly attached to the bicycle in a manner as to be plainly visible from the rear.
6. Records: The Chief of Police shall keep a record of the number of each license, the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued and the number of the frame of the bicycle for which issued, and a record of all bicycle license fees collected by him.
7. Duration: A bicycle license shall have a duration for the ownership of the bicycle by the same owner.
8. Transfer Of Ownership: Upon sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall remove the license plate or tag and shall either surrender the same to the Chief of Police or may upon proper application, but without paying of additional fee, have the plate or tag assigned to another bicycle owned by the applicant.
9. Penalty: Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). In the event a person accused with a violation of this Section who does not wish to contest the allegation prior to the time that complaint is issued for said violation, said person may pay to the City at the East Moline Police Headquarters a penalty in the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for and in full satisfaction of said violation. In the event a person is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section a second or more time, he or she shall be fined in an amount equal the minimal fine. (Ord. 97-43, 10-20-1997)