It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated a motorcycle or motor driven cycle upon any street within the corporate limits of the village except in compliance with the following:
A. Driver's License Required: The operator of such vehicle shall have upon his possession a valid driver's license issued by the state of Illinois (or if such operator is a nonresident, such operator shall have upon his possession evidence of a nonresident's operating privilege) and which has not been suspended, limited or canceled.
B. Condition Of Vehicle: Such vehicle shall, at such time of operation, be capable of performing in accordance with the standards then fixed by the motor vehicle laws of the state of Illinois and by the ordinances of the village.
C. Compliance With Vehicle Laws: The operator shall operate said vehicle in accordance with the motor vehicle laws of the state and ordinances of the village.
D. Noise Control; Muffler; Exhaust System: Such vehicle shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order, sufficient to prevent excessive or unusual noises; and no such vehicle shall be equipped with any muffler cutout, removable exhaust pipe cover, or any bypass in a muffler, or any muffler from which the baffle plates, screens, or other original internal parts have been removed or altered; nor shall any such vehicle be equipped with an exhaust system which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the exhaust system originally installed on the vehicle; nor shall such vehicle be equipped with an exhaust system which has been modified or altered in any way from that furnished by the vehicle manufacturer; provided, however, that equipment equivalent to that originally installed may be substituted when parts are replaced.
E. Ability To Operate: Before operating a motorcycle or motor driven cycle upon a public street, the operator thereof shall have first become sufficiently proficient in the operation thereof to control said vehicle without unreasonable danger to others; and if said vehicle is rented, leased or borrowed from another, said operator shall first have demonstrated to the lessor, renter or lender of such equipment that he is sufficiently proficient to operate such vehicle upon a public street without unreasonable danger to others.
F. Minors: No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall purchase, rent, lease or borrow a motorcycle or motor driven cycle unless he has first obtained written consent from either of his parents, or his legal guardian; and no such person under eighteen (18) years of age shall take possession of and operate any motorcycle or motor driven cycle unless, on the occasion of such purchasing, or on the first occasion of such renting, leasing or borrowing of such motorcycle or motor driven cycle, such person under eighteen (18) years of age obtains and files with such seller, renter, lessor or lender an acknowledgment in writing, signed by either parent of such minor or such minor's legal guardian, in the presence of and witnessed by such lessor, renter or lender or his duly authorized agent, to the effect that permission is granted for such child to purchase a vehicle, or to rent or borrow a motorcycle or motor driven cycle from such renter, lessor or lender, and that such parent or guardian consents to such sale, and/or consents to the renting, leasing or lending of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle to such child, and assumes full legal responsibility for acts or actions of such child in the operation of any such motorcycle or motor driven cycle then or thereafter sold, rented, leased or lent to such child; and such responsibility and commitment of such parent or guardian shall continue until it is revoked in writing by either parent or by said guardian by written instrument delivered to such seller, lessor, renter or lender.
G. Passengers: No motorcycle or motor driven cycle shall be operated in such a manner that it carries more than one passenger in addition to the operator, nor shall it be operated in any manner that places a passenger in front of the operator.
H. Side By Side Operation: Not more than two (2) motorcycles or motor driven cycles shall be operated side by side in any one lane of traffic upon any street.
I. Prohibited, Dangerous Operations:
1. No motorcycle or motor driven cycle shall be operated in any manner so as to cause a disturbance in any area of the village. Touring, stunting, or racing of motors are prohibited in any hospital or nursing home area and in residential areas.
2. No operator of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle shall engage in maneuvers, stunting or other operations dangerous to himself or his passenger or to the persons or property of others; and except, when done for the better control of a vehicle, in emergencies or to maneuver rough passages of a street, an operator must at all times keep body contact with the saddle or seat of such vehicle. (1965 Code § 10-15-2)
J. Handgrips: No person shall operate a motorcycle or motor driven cycle having handgrips higher than the height of the shoulder of the operator when the operator is seated in the normal driving position astride that portion of the seat or saddle occupied by the operator. (1965 Code § 10-15-2; amd. 2009 Code)