A. Registration Recommended: The city of Hailey, as a matter of public policy, recommends that all residents of Hailey who own a bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle have such registered with and tagged by the Hailey police department or its designated agents. The purpose of the license is to assist the owner, the Hailey police department, or other public safety agencies in its recovery should it be stolen or otherwise misplaced.
B. Registration: A bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle may be registered by filing with the Hailey police department the name and address of the owner together with a complete description of it on forms provided by or made available to the Hailey police department. The fee for registration may be established by resolution of the Hailey city council. The registration fee applies for the entire period the license registrant owns the licensed bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle. Registration shall be serially numbered and kept on file by the Hailey police department. Upon such registration, the Hailey police department or its designee shall cause an identification tag to be affixed to the registered bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle, which shall be serially numbered to correspond with the registration number. Such tag shall remain affixed unless removed by the Hailey police department for cause or for re-tagging upon re-registration.
C. Destruction Of Tag: Any person who willfully removes, defaces or destroys any bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle identification tag issued by the city of Hailey on a bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle not owned by the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be sentenced to jail for not more than six (6) months or may be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or may be punished by both fine and imprisonment.
D. Transfer Or Nonuse: Within ten (10) days after any bicycle, e-bike, or alternative electric motored vehicle registered hereunder shall have changed ownership or have been dismantled or taken out of operation, the person in whose name it has been registered is encouraged to report such information to the Hailey police department. In case of change of ownership, upon payment of the registration fee and production of a bill of sale signed by the previous registered owner, the registration shall be changed to show the name of the new owner or registered with a new number and cancellation of the former. (Ord. 1307, 2022; Ord. 1123, 2013)