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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
A. "Bicycle" means and includes any device upon which a person may ride and which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears and which has wheels at least twenty inches in diameter and a frame size of at least fourteen inches. "Bicycle" as used in this chapter also includes mopeds.
B. "Bicycle license" means and includes the license tag or decal designated by the State of California in accordance with Section 39001 of the California Vehicle Code to be permanently assigned to the bicycle by the state.
C. "Bicycle registration form" means and includes that ownership certificate issued by the licensing agency or agent of the city upon receipt of the designated license fee.
D. "Licensing agency" or "agent" means the police department, the police chief and/or his designated representative. The agency or agent shall license bicycles for persons residing in the city; all other bicycle license applicants shall be referred to their respective city of residence.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.030)
It is unlawful for anyone to ride a bicycle on Hill Street between Obispo Avenue and Temple Avenue, or on Cherry Avenue between 21st Street and 25th Street in the city.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): Ord. 75-2-736 § 1: Ord. 69-4-641 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.010)
10.52.030 Penalty for violation of Section 10.52.020.
The penalty for the violation of Section 10.52.020 shall be as described in Chapter 1.16.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): Ord. 69-4-641 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.020)
No person shall ride or propel any bicycle upon any street, alley, park, or bicycle path or other public place in the city which is not registered, or for which the appropriate fee has not been paid or which does not bear a bicycle license as required by the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.040)
A. The licensing agent shall inspect or cause to be inspected each bicycle before registering the same and shall refuse to register or license any bicycle which he determines is in an unsafe mechanical condition.
B. At the time that any person registers a bicycle and pays the appropriate license fee in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the licensing agency or agent shall provide him with a bicycle registration form bearing the owner's name, address, telephone number, bicycle license number, the bicycle manufacturer, type and model number, and any other descriptive information concerning the bicycle deemed necessary by the licensing agency, and provisions for the transfer of ownership of the bicycle. In addition, also at the time of registration, the bicycle owner shall be issued his permanent bicycle license bearing the unique number permanently assigned to that bicycle by the state.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.050)
Whenever any person sells, trades, disposes of, or transfers any bicycle licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, he shall endorse upon the registration form previously issued for such bicycle a written transfer of same, setting forth the name, address, and telephone number of the transferee, the date of transfer, the signature of the transferer, and shall deliver such registration form, so endorsed, to the licensing agency at the time of transfer. The transferee shall, within ten days after such transfer, apply to the licensing agency for a transfer of license registration. A fee of one dollar shall be charged for the transfer of ownership.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.070)
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