373.12 REGISTRATION.

   (a)    All bicycles and motorized bicycles operated on the streets and public ways shall be registered and licensed with the Police Division, within forty-eight hours after the purchase of the same. The owner shall register the same and make application for a license which registration shall include the owner's name and address, the name of the manufacturer, its serial number, style and general description. In the event the owner is a minor, the parent, guardian or person having the care of such minor or with whom he lives shall register on behalf of the owner.

   (b)    Any person, firm, company or corporation selling a bicycle or motorized bicycle shall notify the Division of Police of such sale, to whom it was made, the date, the manufacturer, the style and serial number. (Ord. 79-182. Passed 6-5-79.)

   (c)   Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.