It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
any street in the Village of Rothschild unless said bicycle is registered
and tagged as herein provided.
[Amended 2-8-1982; 1-9-1984]
Registration shall be made by filing with the Police Department
the name and address of the owner, together with a complete description
of the bicycle, on forms provided by said Department and paying a
registration fee set by the Village Board. Registration shall be serially
numbered and kept on file in said Department as a public record. Upon
such registration, said Department shall cause an identification tag
to be affixed to the bicycle registered, serially numbered to correspond
to the registration number. Such tag shall remain affixed to the bicycle
unless removed by said Department for cause. In case of theft or loss,
a duplicate tag shall be issued for a fee of set by the Village Board.
[Amended 1-9-1984]
The identification tag shall remain with the bicycle upon any
transfer by the registered owner. Upon transfer, if the new owner
is a resident of the Village of Rothschild, the bicycle shall be reregistered
for a fee set by the Village Board.
No bicycle shall be registered which is in unsafe mechanical
condition. The Village Chief of Police shall have the authority to
suspend the registration of and remove the identification tag from
any bicycle operated contrary to any state law or Village ordinance
or operated while in an unsafe mechanical condition, such suspension
and removal to continue for a period not to exceed 10 days, provided
that such registration shall not be reinstated or such identification
tag be replaced while such bicycle is in an unsafe mechanical condition.
Such suspension and removal shall be in addition to the other penalties
provided hereunder.
No person shall willfully remove, deface or destroy any such
identification tag.
Within 10 days after any bicycle registered hereunder shall
have changed ownership or been dismantled and taken out of operation,
the person in whose name the bicycle has been registered shall report
such information to the Police Department. In case of change of ownership,
the registration shall thereupon be changed to show the name of the
new owner. In case of dismantling and taking out of operation, the
registration shall be cancelled and identification returned to the
Police Department.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to §
1-2 of this Code.