[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Danville 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 379 (Ch. 48 of the 1975 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Skateboards — See Ch.
199.
Streets, sidewalks and driveways — See Ch.
216.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person
may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is 16 or more
inches in diameter.
Any person who resides in the Borough of Danville
and rides or propels a bicycle on any street may have such bicycle
licensed and a license sticker attached thereto, as provided herein.
Any person not a resident of the Borough of
Danville who rides or propels a bicycle, ordinarily kept within the
limits of the Borough, on any street, may have such a bicycle licensed
and a license sticker attached thereto, as provided herein.
A. Every owner of a bicycle may make application to the
Chief of Police for a bicycle license and license sticker, such application
is to be made on a form provided by the Borough.
B. Such licenses shall be issued for as long as the applicant
owns said bicycle.
The Police Department shall provide, at the
expense of the Borough, license stickers, together with registration
cards, which tags and cards shall have numbers stamped thereon in
numerical order, beginning with number one and indicating the name
of the Borough. Such tags shall be suitable for attachment to either
the rear mudguard or the frame of the bicycle for which issued, in
such a position as to be plainly visible. Such tag shall be attached
to the bicycle by the Police Department or persons designated by the
Police Department at the time of issuing the license and shall remain
attached to the bicycle for which it is issued. The Chief of Police
or persons designated by him shall also keep a record of such registration.
Upon issuance of a license and attachment of a tag to the bicycle,
the Police Department or persons designated by the Police Department
shall also furnish to the owner of such bicycle the corresponding
registration card.
It shall be the duty of every person who dismantles,
reduces to junk or takes out of operation any bicycle, whether the
same is registered or not registered, to report the same to the Chief
of Police and to turn in the registration card and license sticker
if such bicycle is registered.
It shall be unlawful for any person, willfully or maliciously, to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number on any bicycle frame; it shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy or alter any license sticker or registration card during the time when such license sticker or registration card is valid, except as provided in §
88-6 hereof; provided, however, that if any bicycle does not have a serial number stamped on the frame thereof, or if such number is illegible, then the Chief of Police shall stamp an identification number on the frame of such bicycle.
In case of loss or destruction of any license
sticker and/or registration card and/or operator's license, a duplicate
sticker and/or card may be issued to the registered owner of such
bicycle, provided that such owner gives satisfactory proof of such
ownership and loss or destruction of such card and/or sticker, by
affidavit or otherwise, to the Chief of Police.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any bicycle upon any street or public alley in the Borough of Danville
in violation of any traffic ordinances of the Borough which are applicable
to motor vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a bicycle upon any sidewalk in a business district or place of public
gathering in the Borough of Danville.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
bicycle, when upon any street, to ride with both hands off the handlebars,
or to ride other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat
attached thereto, or to carry any other person upon such bicycle other
than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon, nor shall any
person ride upon a bicycle other than as above provided.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a bicycle upon any street in such a manner as to interfere with any
pedestrian who is exercising due care thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating
a bicycle upon any street in the Borough of Danville to propel such
bicycle abreast of any other person so propelling a bicycle except
in passing such bicycle.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley,
driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all
pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk area, and, upon
entering the roadway, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching on said roadway.
When necessary to park bicycles on a street
or sidewalk, bicycles must be parked in an upright position and in
a manner not to obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
[Amended 4-10-2001 by Ord. No. 425]
Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this chapter shall, upon determination of the Chief of Police,
have his/her bicycle confiscated for a period of not to exceed seven
days, and or shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $25. The parent
or legal guardian having control or custody of a person under 12 years
of age whose conduct violates this chapter shall be jointly and severally
liable with the person for the amount of the fine imposed.