This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Bicycle Law of the Village of Waterloo, New York."
As used in this chapter, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Every device propelled by human power which any person may
ride having two tandem wheels either of which is over 20 inches in
diameter.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on
any street or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use
of bicycles unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate
is attached thereto as provided herein.
Application for a bicycle license and license
sticker shall be made upon a form provided by the Village, and the
licensing officer is hereby authorized and directed to issue, upon
application in the manner indicated herein, bicycle licenses and license
stickers which shall be effective for three years, and such licenses
shall be dated January 1 of the year of issue. No fee shall be charged
for such license.
Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed
bicycle, the licensee shall remove the license sticker and shall advise
the Police Department of the sale or transfer of the same.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway
shall be subject to the provisions of the traffic laws of this Village
applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to special regulations
in this chapter and except as to those provisions of the local laws
which by their nature can have no application.
No person shall ride a bicycle upon any public sidewalk on any street in the Village, except that this provision shall not apply to handicapped persons unable to walk or to children 12 years of age or under, except in the General Business District as set forth in Chapter
245, Zoning.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than $25, and, in addition, upon conviction of any owner of a bicycle
of any such violation, he or she shall forfeit his or her license,
if any, and the license sticker shall be removed from the bicycle,
and such bicycle shall not be registered until the expiration of six
months from the date of such forfeiture.