(A) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated within the city on the streets, alleys, highway, or sidewalk, except that such electric personal assistive mobility devices may not be operated on any transportation improvement project funded by federal grant(s) or initiatives; or where bicycles are prohibited from being operated pursuant to § 73.02.
(B) All electric personal assistive mobility devices must be registered with the Police Department. An application for registration shall be made by the owner in writing to the Police Department on forms furnished by the Police Department. The application shall include the name of the applicant, the applicant’s address, a description of the electric personal assistive mobility device, and any other information as the Police Department may require. The Police Department shall issue a registration certificate for an electric personal assistive mobility device when such device satisfactorily complies with the inspection test provided. The Police Department shall inspect each electric personal assistive mobility device for registration, and shall refuse to issue a registration certificate and number plate for any electric personal assistive mobility device found to be in unsafe mechanical condition. All registration certificates and number plates issued shall be effective as long as the owner owns the electric personal assistive mobility device; provided, the certificates and number plates may be issued for a lesser period of time if requested by the owner, or if the Police Department determines the circumstances warrant a shorter registration period.
(C) The Police Department may provide a registration number plate corresponding to the number appearing on the registration certificate, which number plate shall be attached to the electric personal assistive mobility device under the supervision of the Police Department, and shall remain attached to the electric personal assistive mobility device for as long as the owner owns the device. The records shall be kept by the Police Department reflecting the issuance of registration certificates and date of issuance, to whom issued, the number thereof, a description of the electric personal assistive mobility device, and the manufacturer’s serial number on the device.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon any street or public way without having a registration number plate issued therefore under the direction of the Police Department displayed upon the frame of such electric personal assistive mobility device to be plainly visible.
(E) It shall be the duty of any person who sells or transfers ownership of any electric personal assistive mobility device to report within five days of the date of sale or transfer such sale or transfer by returning to the Police Department the registration certificate therefor, together with the name and address of the person to whom such electric personal assistive mobility device was sold or transferred. It shall be the duty of a purchaser or transferee of such electric personal assistive mobility device to apply for a new registration within five days of the sale or transfer.
(F) An electric personal assistive mobility device that is registered in another city or jurisdiction and is operated in the city does not have to be registered with the Police Department. The registration certificate and numbered license plates or stickers shall be proof that the device has been properly registered with the agency of jurisdiction where the owner lives.
(Prior Code, § 73.51) (Ord. 1946, passed 11-14-2011) Penalty, see § 73.99