An applicant for a license for a bicycle shall, before making application to the City Clerk, personally present his bicycle to the Police Department for inspection. If the Police Department finds the bicycle in a safe mechanical condition and the applicant qualified to operate the same, its findings in these particulars shall be noted in writing upon the application form. The City Clerk shall refuse to issue licenses for bicycles found by the Police Department to be in an unsafe mechanical condition or the applicant not qualified to operate the same.
('71 Code, § 371.03)