All persons operating a bicycle, tricycle or other similar vehicle upon
any of the public highways, streets, avenues, walks, parks, or public places
in the City, or upon private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic and
upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, shall at all times
observe and carry out such laws, rules and regulations as are established
by the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
Residents of the City of Troy may register one or more bicycles with
the Commissioner of Public Safety for an annual fee of $0.25 per bicycle.
For each such registration, the Commissioner shall issue a unique bicycle
registration number and a City of Troy bicycle registration sticker that shall
bear such number and be permanently affixed to the bicycle so registered.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall provide for the creation of
a centralized bicycle registry into which information about each registered
bicycle shall be entered and maintained. Said registry shall contain such
information deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Public Safety so as to
enable the ready and convenient identification of the owner of a registered
bicycle. The Commissioner shall cause such registry to be updated regularly.
The Commissioner shall cause the appraisal of lost bicycles and the
estimation of the net amount likely to be realized by sale of such at public
auction by a qualified person prior to disposition of such bicycles. Further,
the Commissioner shall maintain a record of such appraisal or estimations
for each lost bicycle.
Once the Commissioner has complied with the provisions of Article 7-B of the Personal Property Law and §§
133-5 through
133-7 of this chapter, title to such unclaimed, lost or abandoned bicycles shall vest in the City. The Commissioner may then determine whether such bicycles shall be sold at public auction, used for public purposes that are in the best interests of the City or provided to agencies that will use them for charitable or public purpose.