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Each bicycle licensed pursuant to this subchapter shall be maintained by the owner in such a manner that the safety equipment required by this chapter shall at all times be operational.
('74 Code, § 6-10) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70) Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be the duty of any police officer of the city to take into possession and to impound any bicycle found in any of the public thoroughfares of the city or being operated over any of the public thoroughfares of the city, when such bicycle does not have attached thereto a bicycle license plate as provided in this chapter. The Police Department shall keep such bicycle impounded until the owner shall have obtained the proper license for such bicycle as provided in this chapter. No impounding fee shall be charged for a bicycle which has been impounded for failure to have a license.
('74 Code, § 6-11) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70)
Any bicycle impounded by the Police Department which is unclaimed by its owner shall, after thirty (30) days, be sold by the Chief of Police or his designee at a public sale held at the police station. Notice of such sale shall be published in the local newspapers each day for three (3) consecutive days, seven (7) days prior to sale. Proceeds from such unclaimed, impounded bicycles shall be deposited in the general fund of the city.
('74 Code, § 6-12) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70)
(A) Bicycle licenses shall not be transferable from bicycle to bicycle, but shall be transferable from person to person, pursuant to a change in ownership of the bicycle and in accordance with a change in registration of such bicycle with the Police Department.
(B) Not later than seven (7) days after the sale or exchange of any bicycle within the city, the purchaser of such bicycle shall make application to the Police Department of the city for a change in the registration of such bicycle, furnishing the Police Department with the necessary information required by them to effect this change of registration. There shall be a fifty cent ($.50) charge for a change in registration of any bicycle.
('74 Code, § 6-13) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70) Penalty, see § 70.99
Each person engaged in the business of buying or selling new or secondhand bicycles within the city shall make a report to the Chief of Police each week of every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer, giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame number thereof and the number of the license plate, if any, found thereon.
('74 Code, § 6-14) (Ord. 41, passed 8-25-60) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
('74 Code, § 6-15) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70) Penalty, see § 70.99
No operator of a bicycle shall tow or draw any coaster, sled, person on roller skates, wagon, toy vehicle or other similar vehicle on any public road, sidewalk or public place.
('74 Code, § 6-16) (Ord. 70-3, passed 4-2-70) Penalty, see § 70.99