No person shall wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the serial number of any bicycle licensed and registered under this chapter, or remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any bicycle license or registration form while the same is in effect as such, except in the event that the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any streets in this city; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the licensing agent from numbering frames of bicycles on which no serial number is legible or which serial number is insufficient for identification purposes.
(Ord. 77-8-772 § 1 (part): prior code § 11.52.120)