(a) No person who resides within the City shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate is attached thereto as provided herein.
(b) Application for a bicycle license and license plate shall be made upon a form provided by the City and shall be made to the City Manager. An annual license fee of fifty cents (50¢) shall be paid to the City before each license or renewal thereof is granted. The application must be endorsed with the approval of the Chief of Police before such license or renewal thereof is granted.
(c) The City Manager, upon receiving proper application therefor, is authorized to issue a bicycle license which shall be effective until the next succeeding July 1.
(d) The City Manager, upon issuing a bicycle license, shall also issue a license plate bearing the license number assigned to the bicycle, the name of the City, the calendar year for which issued and the expiration date thereof.
(e) The owner of the bicycle shall cause such license plate to be firmly attached to the rear mudguard or frame of the bicycle for which issued in such position as to be plainly visible from the rear.
(f) No person shall remove a license plate from a bicycle during the period for which it is issued except upon a transfer of ownership or in the event the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any street in the City.
(g) Upon the expiration of any bicycle license, the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the same fee as upon an original application.
(h) The Chief of Police, or an officer assigned to such responsibility, shall inspect each bicycle before endorsing the application for license for the same, and shall refuse to approve the application for such license for any bicycle which he determines is in unsafe mechanical condition.
(i) No bicycle identification tag shall be transferable from bicycle to bicycle.
(Passed 9-18-62.)