(a) It shall be unlawful for a pedicab business to operate or authorize the operation of, or for a pedicab driver to operate, a pedicab unless:
(1) It has been inspected by the Police Department;
(2) It has been issued a registration plate that indicates on such plate, or by a replaceable registration tag or decal, the expiration date of the current registration; and
(3) Such registration is in effect.
(b) The registration shall be valid for a period no longer than one year and the expiration date of such registration plate or replaceable registration tag or decal shall be April 15 of the year after it was issued.
(c) If the Chief of Police determines after such inspection that a pedicab is equipped with the features set forth in division (a) of this section, upon payment of the registration fee provided by Section 858.01 of the Village Ordinances, the Chief of Police shall issue a registration plate or replaceable registration tag or decal to the pedicab business that leased or otherwise authorized the operation of such pedicab.
(d) Such registration plate shall be securely affixed by the owner to a conspicuous and indispensable part of each pedicab.
(e) The registration plate may, in the discretion of the Chief of Police, be of a permanent nature with a replaceable registration tag or decal attached thereto, indicating the expiration date of the current registration tag or decal.
(f) The registration plate and the replaceable registration tag or decal shall be of such material, form, design and dimension and set forth such distinguishing number or other identification marks as the Chief of Police shall prescribe.
(g) A pedicab business shall pay an additional thirty-five dollars ($35.00) as the re-inspection fee for any pedicab that is determined upon inspection not to meet the requirements of this section and such business re-applies for a registration plate or replaceable registration tag or decal.
(Ord. 1009-11. Passed 4-11-11.)