(a) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for under Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen years of age or older and holds either a valid operator's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for under Ohio R.C. 4511.521, except that if a person is sixteen years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, he is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in this section;
(2) The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety and is in proper working condition;
(3) The person, if he is under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on his head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror;
(4) The person operates the motorized bicycle when practicable within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles; and
(5) The motorized bicycle displays on the rear of such bicycle the current license plate or validation sticker furnished by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under Ohio R.C. 4503.191.
(b) A motorized bicycle license issued under this section expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth year after the date it is issued.
(c) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
(d) Subsections (a) (1) and (2) hereof shall not take effect until January 1, 1985. Subsection (a) (5) hereof is not effective until the end of the first month of the registration period in 1985 to which the motorized bicycle is assigned by the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.101. Subsections (a)(3), (a)(4), (b) and (c) hereof shall take effect immediately upon passage of this section.
(Ord. 615-84. Passed 8-14-84.)