No person under 18 years of age shall purchase, rent, lease or borrow a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle unless he or she has first obtained written consent from either of his or her parents or his or her legal guardian; and no such person under 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 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 or her duly authorized agent, to the effect that permission is granted for such minor to purchase a vehicle, or to rent, lease or borrow a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle from such renter, lessor or lender, and that such parent or guardian consents to such sale, renting, leasing or lending of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle to such minor, and assumes full legal responsibility for the acts or actions of such minor in the operation of any such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle then or thereafter sold, rented, leased or lent to such minor. Such responsibility and commitment of such parent or guardian shall continue until it is revoked in writing by either parent or by the guardian by written instrument delivered to such seller, lessor, renter or lender.
(2000 Code, § 73.04) (Ord. 817, passed 3-5-1973) Penalty, see § 73.999