[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Black Earth
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Licenses and permits — See Ch. 179.
[Adopted 5-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-O-7
as Ch. 26 of the 1990 Code]
No bicycle shall be allowed to proceed in any street in the Village
by inertia or momentum with the feet of the rider removed from the bicycle
pedals. No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handlebars
or practice any trick or fancy riding in any street in the Village, nor shall
any bicycle rider carry or ride any other person so that two persons are on
the bicycle at one time, unless a seat is provided for a second person.
No person shall operate a bicycle upon a highway during the hours of
darkness unless equipped as required in § 347.489, Wis. Stats.
No person shall leave a bicycle at such a place or in such a way as
to create a hazard to pedestrians, automobile operators or anyone else.
Persons riding or using bicycles or other similar vehicles along or
upon any public street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public road, ground
or way within the Village shall not ride more than two abreast except in a
general parade or public demonstration.
The provisions of Ch. 346, Wis. Stats., shall be applicable to the operation
of bicycles where appropriate.
[Adopted 5-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-O-7
as Ch. § 10.05 of the 1990 Code]
No person shall operate a bicycle upon any street, sidewalk, public
property, bicycle pathway or public highway within the Village unless said
bicycle shall first have been properly registered and an identification tag
attached as hereinafter provided. Persons found in violation of this section
shall be subject to a forfeiture of $10. Citations issued under this chapter
shall be issued on uniform municipal citations.
A.
Identification. Every owner of a bicycle shall list and
register the bicycle with the Dane County Sheriff's Department on a form
as provided by the Department or Village Clerk-Treasurer.
B.
Period of registration. The license period shall be indefinite
as long as the registrant owns the bicycle.
C.
Owner to register. The licensing authority shall not
register any bicycle which it knows or has reasonable grounds to believe is
not owned by or lawfully in the possession of the applicant.
D.
License to be attached to bicycle. All licenses shall
be attached to bicycles upon issuance of said license and shall remain with
that bicycle for the life of that cycle. All bicycles must be registered with
the Dane County Sheriff's Department. The license issued is good for
as long as said bicycle is in the possession of registrant. Upon sale of a
bicycle within the Village of Black Earth, re-registration is required. The
purchaser of the bicycle is held responsible for seeking re-registration from
the Dane County Sheriff's Department. Bicycles registered during the
Bicycle Safety and Registration Program may be registered for a reduced fee.
E.
Tag. On receipt of payment of the registration fee herein
provided for, the Dane County Sheriff's Department shall provide a suitable
identifying license decal tag or plate, serially numbered to correspond with
the registration number. The owner shall affix said license decal or plate
to a location as specified by the Dane County Sheriff's Department on
the frame of the bicycle for which the license decal or plate is issued.
The Dane County Sheriff's Department shall keep at its office a
suitable book and duplicate record of applications and registrations. A complete
report shall be made to the Clerk-Treasurer by the Dane County Sheriff of
funds received for bicycle registration fees, and all such fees shall be paid
to the Clerk-Treasurer for deposit as Village revenues.
No bicycle shall be registered which is in an unsafe mechanical condition.
The Dane County Sheriff shall have authority to suspend the registration of
and remove the identification tag from any bicycle or to impound any bicycle
operated contrary to any state law or Village ordinance or operated in an
unsafe mechanical condition. Such suspension and removal or impounding shall
continue for a period not to exceed 10 days, but the registration shall not
be reinstated or identification tag replaced while such bicycle is in unsafe
condition. Such suspension and removal shall be in addition to other penalties
provided for in this article.
Bicycle licenses shall not be transferable. If a licensed bicycle is
sold, transferred, or given away, the holder of the existing bicycle license
must notify the Dane County Sheriff or Village Clerk-Treasurer of such sale
or other transfer in writing within seven days of the sale or other transfer.
Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle, the new owner of the
bicycle shall obtain a new bicycle license within 30 days from the date of
sale or transfer, provided that the new owner is a resident of the Village.
The identification tag issued under this article shall be affixed to
the registered bicycle so as to be plainly seen and read and shall remain
so affixed until ordered removed by the Dane County Sheriff's Department
for cause or until expiration of the registration.
Any nonresident may operate a bicycle in the Village which is duly registered
in another municipality without obtaining Village registration if a valid
unexpired identification tag of such other municipality is attached thereto
or such other municipality does not require registration.
A.
Removal prohibited. No person shall remove an identification
tag from a bicycle during the period for which issued except upon a transfer
of ownership or when the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon
any street or highway within the Village.
