As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
A device having two tandem wheels of a diameter not less
than 10 inches and propelled by human power.
STREET
Includes all public highways, boulevards, streets, lanes,
alleys and all public places within the City of Oil City.
No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any public street
within the City of Oil City unless said bicycle has been properly
registered, tagged and licensed as hereinafter provided.
A. Every owner of a bicycle residing within the City of Oil City shall
list and register said bicycle with the Police Department of the City
of Oil City at police headquarters and shall make application for
such registration to the Chief of Police on a form provided for that
purpose. If the owner is a minor under the age of 18 years, then his
parents, or one of them, or if said minor does not reside with his
parents, or either of them, then the adult person having care of said
minor or the adult person with whom said minor resides, shall make
such listing and registration and the application therefor on behalf
of said minor owner.
[Amended 9-8-1986 by Ord. No. 2450]
B. Registrations of bicycles shall be serially numbered and kept on
file by the Chief of Police in his office as a public record.
C. The Chief of Police, upon receiving proper registration of a bicycle,
shall affix, or cause to be affixed, to the rear mudguard, frame or
other rear portion of the bicycle, an identification tag or plate
serially numbered to correspond to the bicycle registration in such
position as to be plainly visible from the rear. A registration card
shall be issued to the owner of each properly registered bicycle.
D. No charge for the registering and tagging of bicycles shall be made.
However, a charge of $0.25 shall be made for the issuance of duplicate
registration cards and/or plates. Such charges for duplicate registrations
shall be paid to the Chief of Police at the time of issuance of duplicate
registration.
E. It shall be the duty of the owner to see that such tag or plate is
attached to the bicycle for which it is issued and that it remains
attached thereto during the existence of such license.
F. The Chief of Police shall keep a record of the following:
(1) The number of each registration.
(3) The name and address of the person to whom issued.
(4) The make and number of each bicycle frame.
(5) A record of all bicycle registration fees collected.
G. Bicycles registered under the provisions of this chapter shall be
registered on or before June 1, 1950, and on or before the 30th day
of April of each year thereafter. The Chief of Police shall affix,
or cause to be affixed, a new identification tag or plate to each
bicycle at the time of such registration.
H. Within 10 days after the sale, transfer or dismantling of any registered
bicycle, such information shall be reported to the Chief of Police
by the person in whose name the bicycle was registered. Such person
may have the identification tag or plate of his former bicycle transferred
to another bicycle owned by him without payment of an additional fee
upon proper registration of such bicycle with the Chief of Police.
I. It shall be the duty of any purchaser or transferee of any registered
bicycle to make application for new registration of such bicycle and
for new tag or plate.
J. Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling new or
secondhand bicycles shall make a report within five days to the Chief
of Police of the following:
(1) Of every bicycle purchased or sold by said dealer, giving the name
and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold.
(2) A description of such bicycle by name or make.
(3) The frame number thereof.
(4) The number of the identification plate, if any, found thereon.
K. A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless
the bicycle is properly registered and tagged and unless such bicycle
is provided with the equipment required under the terms of this chapter.
L. It shall be unlawful for any person, willfully or maliciously, to
remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the identification tag or plate,
frame number of the bicycle or the registration card issued to the
owner thereof.
M. All license cards and registration cards shall expire on the 30th
day of April following the date of issue, and all bicycles shall be
reregistered and retagged annually and with the same payment as provided
for originally.
The Chief of Police, or his duly authorized representative,
shall inspect each bicycle presented for registration and shall refuse
to license any bicycle found to be in an unsafe condition mechanically
or lacking the equipment specified as necessary under the terms of
this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a bicycle to violate
any traffic rules or ordinances of the City of Oil City or of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that are applicable to bicycles or to
motor vehicles.
Any bicycle owned and operated by a nonresident of the City
of Oil City shall not be required to be registered under the provisions
of this chapter but shall be subject to all other provisions of this
chapter.