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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TRENTON OHIO
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DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
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CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TRENTON, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
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PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
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474.13 FEE FPR REGISTRATION AND TAG.
   The license fee for the registration and tag shall be fifty cents ($0.50) for each bicycle and shall be paid to the Chief of Police at the time of registration. A license fee of fifty cents ($0.50) shall likewise be paid for each license issued pursuant to Sections 474.16 and 474.17.
474.14 DISMANTLING TO BE REPORTED.
   No person who dismantles, reduces to junk or takes out of operation any bicycle, whether the same is registered or not, shall fail to report the same to the Chief of Police.
474.15 ALTERATION OF SERIAL NUMBER OR TAGS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number on any bicycle frame, and no person shall remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license tag or registration card during the time in which such license tag or registration card is operative, provided, however, that if any bicycle does not have a serial number stamped on the frame, or if such number is illegible, then the Chief of Police shall stamp an identification number on such frame of the bicycle.
474.16 OBTAINING DUPLICATE TAG.
   In case of loss or destruction of a license tag or registration card, a new tag or registration card shall be issued for the fee set forth in Section 474.13, to the registered owner, provided that such owner gives satisfactory proof of the same either by affidavit or otherwise to the Chief of Police.
474.17 PROCEDURE UPON SALE OR TRANSFER.
   (a)   No person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle shall fail to report such sale or transfer to the Chief of Police, and if such person has had his bicycle licensed and registered, he shall also return to the Chief the registration card and license tag, and furnish the Chief with the name and address of the person to whom such bicycle was sold or transferred, and such report shall be made by the person selling or transferring within five days of the date of such sale or transfer.
   (b)   No purchaser or transferee of such bicycle shall fail to apply immediately for a registration card and license tag.
474.18 IMPOUNDING FOR IMPROPER REGISTRATION.
   If any bicycle is found in a street or alley in the City without a license identification tag as required in this chapter, or with a mutilated or altered serial number, or no serial number stamped on the frame of the bicycle, it shall be prima-facie evidence that such bicycle is being operated without proper registration and the bicycle shall be impounded, as provided in this chapter.
474.19 OPERATION OF MOTORIZED BICYCLES.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a 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 14 or 15 years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in this section, or the person is 16 years of age or older and holds either a valid commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506 or a driver'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 in this section, except that if a person is 16 years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, the person is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in this section.
      (2)   The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with the rules adopted under division (b) of this section and is in proper working order.
      (3)   The person, if under 18 years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on the person's head with the chin strap properly fastened and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rearview 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.
   (b)   The Director of Public Safety, subject to Ohio R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt and promulgate rules concerning protective helmets, the equipment of motorized bicycles, and the testing and qualifications of persons who do not hold a valid driver's or commercial driver's license. The test shall be as near as practicable to the examination required for a motorcycle operator's endorsement under Ohio R.C. 4507.11. The test shall also require the operator to give an actual demonstration of the operator's ability to operate and control a motorized bicycle by driving one under the supervision of an examining officer.
   (c)   Every motorized bicycle license expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth or eighth year after the date it is issued, based on the period of renewal requested by the applicant. No motorized bicycle license shall be issued for a period longer than eight years. A person who is 65 years of age or older may only apply for a motorized bicycle license that expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth year after the date it is issued.
   (d)   No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
   (e)   The protective helmet and rearview mirror required by division (a)(3) of this section shall, on and after January 1, 1985, conform with rules adopted by the Director under division (b) of this section.
   (f)   Each probationary motorized bicycle license or motorized bicycle license shall be laminated with a transparent plastic material.
   (g)   Whoever violates division (a), (d), or (e) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4511.521)
Statutory reference:
   Suspension of probationary motorized bicycle license by the State, see Ohio R.C. 4510.34
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