[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Carthage 2-6-1967
as Chapter 6 of the 1967 Code of the Village of Carthage. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
No bicycle shall be ridden within the Village of Carthage
by any resident thereof unless the owner or person having control or custody
thereof shall first have registered said bicycle with the Clerk of the said
Village and shall have procured from the said Clerk a sticker that shall be
placed upon the frame of the bicycle, under the seat.
[Amended 10-21-1985 by L.L. No. 10-1985]
B.
Upon such registration, a fee of $0.25 shall be paid
to the said Village Clerk.
C.
With respect to bicycles owned by minors, the parent
or guardian of the said minor shall be and he hereby is made responsible for
such registration.
In the event of change of ownership of a registered bicycle, the existing
registration is terminated and the new owner shall procure a new registration.
[Amended 10-21-1985 by L.L. No. 10-1985]
Registrations applied for and stickers issued on such application shall
expire on the 31st of December of each year. Registration shall be renewed
annually in the same manner and upon payment of the annual fee as above provided
to take effect on the first of January in each year; provided, however, that
in order to give ample opportunity for registration, any registration in effect
on the last of December may be used during the month of January following
for the operation of the bicycle for which it was issued.
No person shall ride or propel any bicycle upon any sidewalk in such
a manner as to interfere with any pedestrian thereon. No person over 10 years
of age shall ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk in said Village.
No person shall ride or propel upon any public highway a bicycle unless
it has adequate brakes, horn, bell or other warning device and approved front
and rear reflector and a head light visible 500 feet, if such bicycle is ridden
after dusk. ("Dusk" means the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour
before sunrise.) All bicycles must be equipped as provided for by Article
5A, § 79, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Article 5A, § 79, of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law was repealed and replaced by L. 1957, c. 698. See now § 1236
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
No person operating or propelling a bicycle upon the public streets
of said Village shall carry any other person on said bicycle, and no person,
while riding or propelling a bicycle, shall hold on to any moving bus, truck
or other vehicle.
All persons riding or propelling bicycles shall observe all traffic
signs, stop at all stop signs and shall further observe all traffic rules
and regulations applicable thereto and shall turn only at intersections, signal
for all turns, ride to the right-hand side of the street or highway, pass
to the left when passing overtaken vehicles that are slower moving and shall
pass to the right when meeting another vehicle.
No bicycle may be left standing or lying in any manner on any part of
the public highway or sidewalk within the Village of Carthage, New York.
[Amended 10-21-1985 by L.L. No. 10-1985]
In addition to any penalties otherwise described in this chapter, the
Chief of Police of the Village of Carthage shall have sole authority, in his
discretion, to inflict the following penalty for the violation of any part
of this chapter: the bicycle of the offending person, adult or minor may be
taken and held by the Police Department for a period of from three to 30 days,
depending upon the circumstances of the violation and the number of previous
violations, if any.
[Added 10-21-1985 by L.L. No. 10-1985; 8-5-1991
by L.L. No. 2-1991]
Any person over 16 years of age committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 5 of this Code.
