No person who has not yet attained the age of eleven years shall operate a bicycle upon the roadway portion of any street of the Municipality if a sidewalk is available parallel thereto except as otherwise provided or required in Section 474.06. A police officer having reason to believe that the operator of a bicycle is under the age of eleven years, whether because of the appearance of the operator or other information known to the officer, shall have the authority to stop such operator and request proper identification and proof of age. In the event that the operator is unable to provide such proof to the reasonable satisfaction of the police officer, the officer shall treat the case by applying one or more of the following alternatives:
(a) The officer may transport such operator and his or her bicycle to his or her place of residence if it is within the Municipality, or such other place within the Municipality as the operator may request for the purpose of establishing such identification, provided that if the child is proven to be eleven years of age or older the police officer shall return the operator and bicycle to the original location or to such other reasonable convenient location as the operator may request;
(b) The officer may release the operator forthwith;
(c) The officer mav require the operator to comply with the terms of this section unless and until the Police Department is furnished with proof of such identification and age, to its reasonable satisfaction. Upon the furnishing of such proof, the Police Department shall provide to the individual, without charge, a convenient certification form which may thereafter be carried by the person and which shall thereafter be deemed to be conclusive;
(d) The officer may contact the parent or parents, guardian or other person in charge of such person for the purpose of establishing identification or age; or
(e) The officer may issue a citation if, after confronting the operator, from all the circumstances known to him or her, he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated this section.
(Ord. 65-73. Passed 12-11-73.)