This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Bicycle Ordinance of the
Village of Owego, New York."
This chapter shall be effective in the entire area of the village as
bounded and defined by the corporate village lines and shall become effective
in any area which may, at any time hereafter, be incorporated within said
village lines.
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall, unless otherwise
expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires,
be deemed to mean and include as follows:
BICYCLE
Any vehicle which consists of an arrangement or combination of two
wheels, one following the other, supported by a frame and propelled by the
feet acting upon pedals.
PUBLIC STREET OR PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, alleyway, public place
for traffic, public driveway, public parking lot or any other public way,
boulevard or drive.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral lines
of a roadway and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians.
The Chief of Police shall provide and keep a record of the registration
of all bicycles.
In the event that ownership of a registered bicycle is transferred,
it must be reregistered by the new owner in the manner set forth in this chapter.
If any bicycle shall be operated on the streets of the village in an
unsafe manner or in violation of any statute or any provision of this chapter,
the Chief of Police shall be authorized, in his discretion, to cancel the
registration of such bicycle and remove the identification tag, if any thereon,
and he shall be authorized to impound such bicycle for a period not to exceed
30 days; such cancellation or impoundment shall be separate from and in addition
to any other penalty provided in such case.
All moneys received for the inspection and registration of bicycles
under the provisions of this chapter shall be accounted for by the Chief of
Police, who shall pay over the same to the Village Clerk-Treasurer at monthly
intervals.
The Chief of Police of the village is hereby empowered to procure application
blanks for the registration of bicycles and identification tags for bicycles
registered under this chapter, and the expense thereof, upon audit by the
Board of Trustees, shall be paid from the general fund.
No person shall throw, drop or place or cause or procure to be thrown,
dropped or placed in or upon any highway, street or public place in the village
any glass, tacks, nails or other material or substance which might injure
or damage a bicycle or tricycle or any person lawfully thereon.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a street or roadway shall be granted
all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver
of a vehicle by the laws of the state declaring rules of the road applicable
to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of the village applicable to the
driver of a vehicle, except as to special regulations in this chapter and
except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature
can have no application.
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than in an upright
position supported by a rack or its own standard; and if in the roadway, against
the curb; and if upon the sidewalk, at the curb or next to the inside edge
of said walk; and in any event, in such manner as to afford the least obstruction
to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable,
upon conviction, by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for not more
than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such violation,
and the court, in its discretion, may prohibit a person so convicted from
riding a bicycle for a period not to exceed three months and may order such
person's identification tag surrendered.