A. Registration: It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon any street within the city unless said bicycle shall first have been properly registered and tagged as hereinafter provided.
B. Application Requirements: Every owner or operator of any bicycle within the city shall, within ten (10) days after acquiring the same, file with the police department a complete description of such bicycle upon a blank form to be provided for the purpose, which shall constitute a registration of such bicycle for the purpose of this chapter. Such registration shall be serially numbered and shall be kept on file by the police department as a public record.
C. Registration Tag: Immediately upon the registration of a bicycle in its department, the police department shall issue an identification tag serially numbered to correspond with the registration of such bicycle. Such tags shall thereafter remain affixed to such bicycle unless removed by the police department for cause or removed for replacement with another tag upon reregistration. There shall be charged a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for registration, which includes the identification tag.
D. Duration Of Registration: Registration of bicycles under the provisions of this chapter shall be nonexpiring, unless such identification tag becomes illegible or change of ownership. The police department shall issue any identification tags for such bicycles at the time of such reregistration. Reregistration fee shall be two dollars ($2.00).
E. Inspection: The police department shall inspect the bicycles presented to them for registration and shall have the authority to refuse to register any of such bicycles found by them to be in an unsafe condition.
F. Revocation Of Registration: In addition to the penalties hereafter provided, the police department shall have the authority to cancel the registration of and remove the identification tag from any bicycle being operated upon the streets of the city in an unsafe manner, or in violation of any of the laws or local ordinances. (1975 Code Ch. 7 § XVIII)