No person shall use or operate a bicycle upon
any of the public roadways, sidewalks, or upon any path set aside
for the exclusive use of bicycles, or upon or in any other public
places or places open to the public in the Township, except in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the parent of any minor
to fail to exercise reasonable parental control over the minor which
results in the minor violating any section of this chapter.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a public
sidewalk or roadway, or upon or in other public places or places open
to the public, shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject
to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle pursuant
to the traffic laws of the State of Michigan and the Township, except
as to special regulations set forth in this chapter and except as
to those provisions of said traffic laws which by their nature can
have no reasonable application to bicycle operation and use.
The Treasurer's office of the Township
is hereby authorized and directed to issue bicycle licenses which,
when issued, shall entitle the licensee, after securing a corresponding
registration card and a license sticker, to operate the bicycle for
which the license has been issued within the Township. The license
record shall be in three parts; one part to be filed with the Police
Department, one part to be given to the owner of the bicycle and one
part to be filed with the Township Treasurer's office. There
shall also be issued to the licensee a license sticker for the bicycle
which shall be numbered. The number shall correspond to the numbers
on the registration card and on the license. The Police Department
shall keep a register showing the date of issue, to whom issued, the
number of the sticker and any other pertinent information regarding
the bicycle licenses issued by the Township Treasurer's office.
The bicycle license sticker shall be attached upon the frame or rear
fender of the bicycle and the sticker shall remain in effect until
revoked. Whenever a sticker becomes illegible, it shall be replaced
by a new one. No person shall operate a bicycle within the Township
without a legible license sticker attached thereto.
It shall be the duty of every person who sells
or transfers ownership of any bicycle to report the sale or transfer
to the Police Department by returning the registration card to them
together with the name and address of the person or the persons to
whom the bicycle was sold or transferred within five days after such
sale or transfer. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the person
purchasing the bicycle or to whom a bicycle has been transferred to
apply for a new license of a bicycle within seven days after the sale
or transfer of the bicycle to said person.
No person shall willfully or maliciously remove,
destroy, mutilate or alter the number on the frame of any bicycle
license and no person shall remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any
license sticker or registration card during the time such sticker
or card is operative. The Police Department shall have the right to
stamp numbers upon the frames of bicycles upon which no number can
be found or on which the number is illegible or insufficient for the
purposes of identification of said bicycles.
The license fee for each bicycle license shall
be as established by the Township, a schedule of such fees being available
in the Township Treasurer's office.
[Added 7-22-2002]
Penalties for violation of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-3. The provisions of Chapter
1, Article
II, Municipal Civil Infractions, also apply to violations of this chapter.