[Amended 9-14-1988 by Ord. No. 484]
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
a pedalcycle on the streets or sidewalks within an area bounded by
Fourth Street on the north, East Street on the east, Oak Street on
the south, and West Street on the west at any time. Pedalcycles shall
be allowed to operate upon the streets of the Borough of Coudersport
so long as they comply with all applicable regulations which govern
motor vehicles including but not limited to obeying traffic control
signs and lights.
It shall be unlawful for any person who resides
in the Borough to ride a pedalcycle upon any street in the Borough
or upon any path in the Borough that is set aside for the exclusive
use of pedalcycles unless that pedalcycle has been licensed as provided
in this chapter and unless a license plate for the current year is
attached to the pedalcycle.
Application for a pedalcycle license and license
plate shall be made to the Police Department on a form provided by
the Borough. A license fee of $1 shall be paid to the Borough before
any license is issued or renewed.
A.
Applications for licenses or for renewal of licenses
shall be made on or after February 1 of each even-numbered year and
the license shall be valid until April 1 of the next succeeding even-numbered
year.
B.
Before issuing a license, the Police Department shall
inspect or cause to be inspected the pedalcycle for which the application
is made, and it shall refuse to license any pedalcycle which is determined
to be in unsafe mechanical condition or to lack required equipment
in good working order.
C.
Upon receipt of the license fee, which shall be for the use of the Borough, and having ascertained by inspection that the pedalcycle is in safe mechanical condition and properly equipped, the Police Department shall issue the license, which shall be effective for the period provided in Subsection A of this section.
D.
The Police Department shall keep a record of the number
of each license, the name and address of the person to whom the license
was issued, and the number on the frame of the pedalcycle for which
the license was issued; and shall also keep a record of all pedalcycle
license fees collected and turned over by the Department to the Borough
Treasurer.
A.
The Police Department, upon issuing a pedalcycle license,
shall also issue a license plate bearing the license number assigned
to the pedalcycle, the name of the Borough, and the expiration date
of the license.
B.
The Police Department shall cause the license plate
to be firmly attached to the rear mudguard or the frame of the pedalcycle
for which it was issued, in a position so as to be plainly visible
from the rear.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a license
plate from a pedalcycle at any time during the period for which the
license was issued, except upon a transfer of ownership or when the
pedalcycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any street or
pedalcycle path in the Borough.
Upon the expiration of any pedalcycle license,
the license shall be renewed by its holder upon following the same
procedure and paying the same fee as prescribed in this chapter in
the case of the application and issuance of the original license.
Upon the sale or other transfer of ownership
or the dismantling of a licensed pedalcycle, the holder of the license
shall remove the license plate and surrender it to the Police Department.
At the same time, if that license holder has acquired another pedalcycle,
not previously licensed to him, that plate may be assigned by the
Police Department to the replacement pedalcycle, without requirement
for payment of an additional fee by the license holder.
No rental agency, located in the Borough, shall rent any pedalcycle or offer any pedalcycle for rent unless that pedalcycle has been registered and licensed for the current period as required by §§ 415-67 through 71 of this chapter.
