(a) No resident of the Village who is the owner of a bicycle or motorized bicycle shall fail to list and register with the Police Department, his name, age, and address, the name of the manufacturer of the bicycle or motorized bicycle, and its number, style and general description. In the event that the owner of a bicycle or motorized bicycle is a minor under the age of eighteen years, the parent, guardian or person having care and custody of such minor, may, at his option, make such listing and registration on behalf of such minor.
(1) The Police Department shall provide license tags and registration cards, upon which tags and cards shall be stamped numbers, in numerical order.
(2) License tags shall be suitable for attachment upon the rear of the rear fender of the bicycle or motorized bicycle or upon the rear of the frame, if there is no rear fender.
(3) The Police Department shall issue to each owner one tag, which shall be attached by such owner as provided in subsection (c) hereof, and shall issue a corresponding registration card to such owner at no charge. Such tag shall remain attached to the bicycle or motorized bicycle for which it is issued in such condition as to be easily read.
(4) Applicants for bicycle registration cards and license tags shall pay to the Police Department the sum of fifty cents ($.50) for each bicycle registered pursuant to this chapter. Applicants for motorized bicycle registration cards and license tags shall pay the Police Department the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each motorized bicycle registered pursuant to this chapter. Proceeds arising from the issuance of registration cards and license tags shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Village.
(5) License tags and registration cards shall be valid so long as the bicycle or motorized bicycle is owned by the person identified in the registration certificate.
(6) The Police Department shall have the power to refuse to issue a license tag or a registration card to the owner of any bicycle or motorized bicycle which is mechanically unsafe for use upon the streets of the Village.
(Ord. 83-36. Passed 11-7-83.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.