[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Geneva as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-3-1968 as Ch. 65, Art. VIII and § 65-100B,
of the 1968 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any device propelled by human power which any person may ride having
two tandem wheels, either of which is 20 inches in diameter or more.
[Amended by Ord. No. 73-5, eff. 3-7-1973]
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street or upon any public
path unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate has been attached
thereto as provided herein.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord. No. 82-22]
Application for a bicycle license and license plate shall be made upon
a form provided by the City and the City Clerk shall have the authority to
issue upon the application, in the manner indicated herein, bicycle licenses
and license plates. The license fee of 25¢ for each year applied proportionately
for a total of 75¢ shall be paid to the City Clerk before each bicycle
license is granted.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord. No. 82-22]
All bicycle licenses shall be dated January 1 of the year of issue,
and all bicycle licenses and license plates shall expire on December 31 of
the third year as indicated on the license.
The City Clerk shall not issue a license or license plate for any bicycle
when he knows or has reasonable ground to believe that the applicant is not
the owner of or entitled to possession of such bicycle.
The owner of the bicycle or the person in charge thereof shall cause
the license plate to be firmly attached to the rear mud guard of the frame
of the bicycle for which issued, in such a position as to be plainly visible
from the rear, and such license plate shall not be removed from the bicycle
during the period for which it is issued, except upon a transfer of ownership
or in the event the bicycle is dismantled.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord. No. 82-22]
Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee
shall destroy the license plate and may upon proper application, but without
the payment of an additional fee, have said plate assigned to another bicycle
owned by the applicant.
[Amended by Ord. No. 86-5, eff. 9-3-1986]
A.
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk. This
provision shall not apply, however, to children 12 years of age or under or
to handicapped persons who cannot walk.
B.
No person, except handicapped persons, as indicated in
the above subsection, shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk in the Downtown
Business District, specifically Exchange Street between Seneca to Lewis Street;
Main Street between Seneca and Castle Street; Seneca Street; Castle Street
between Main Street to the railroad tracks on E. Castle Street; Linden Street.
[Amended by Ord. No. 72-16, eff. 7-5-1972]
The violation of any provision of this article shall be punishable by
a fine not exceeding the sum of $5 for each violation or by imprisonment not
exceeding five days, or both said fine and imprisonment. In lieu of the foregoing
fine or imprisonment, the punishment for the first violation may, and in the
discretion of the City Judge, be a reprimand, and for the second violation
by the offender a deprivation of the issue of a bicycle for one week, and
for a third violation by the offender a deprivation of the use of a bicycle
for one month.
[Adopted 8-4-1971]
Any person who finds a lost bicycle shall within 10 days after the finding
or acquisition of possession thereof, either return it to the owner or report
such finding or acquisition of possession and deposit such bicycle in a police
station or police headquarters of the City of Geneva where the finding occurred
or possession was acquired.
The police with whom a found bicycle is deposited shall accept and retain
custody of the bicycle and shall give to the person depositing it a receipt
identifying the transaction of the deposit and identifying the bicycle.
Such bicycle shall be transmitted, together with the report of the person
who deposited it with the police, to the police officer or other official
designated to hold such bicycle, who shall make entry in his records of such
deposit and the report of the person depositing such bicycle with the police.
A.
If the report of the person who deposited the bicycle
shows that the bicycle was found in a place other than a public street or
highway, the police with whom it is deposited shall give notice of the finding
and deposit, including the location of the office to which the bicycle is
transmitted, to the occupant of the premises where the bicycle was found or
to the person in charge of such premises.
B.
The police with whom a bicycle is deposited shall give
notice of the deposit to each person whose name and address appears upon the
bicycle or whose name so appears and whose address is known to the police.
A.
Upon the expiration of six months from the date of the
acceptance and retention of the bicycle by the Police Department, or upon
the expiration of six months from the date of possession of the bicycle by
the Police Department, the police may sell at public auction to the highest
bidder after publishing in the Geneva Times a notice of sale, once, and not
less than seven days before the date of sale upon due notice of such public
sale; such notice of sale being made pursuant to a motion by City Council
of the City of Geneva, New York.
B.
If no bids are received at public sale, and the bicycle
has no value, it may be destroyed by the police or if it has salvage value
only, it may be sold by the police in such manner as may be reasonable in
the circumstances.
If the bicycle is sold at public auction, then the moneys received therefrom
shall be retained in a special fund for a period of six months and if no claim
made thereon during such period, then at the end of such period, all moneys
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City of Geneva, New York.
