[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Solvay as Ch. 12, Art. VI, of the 1975 Code. Section 52-7 amended
at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Other amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle consisting of an arrangement or combination of
two wheels, one following the other, supported by a frame, propelled
by the feet acting upon pedals.
Every bicycle operated or driven upon any of the streets, alleys
or public highways of the village shall be provided with adequate
brakes and a steering mechanism in good order and sufficient to control
such bicycle at all times when the same is in use; a suitable and
adequate horn, bell or other device, which shall produce a sound sufficiently
loud to serve as a danger warning but which shall not be used other
than as such warning or be unnecessarily loud or harsh; and a front
reflector and rear reflector, each of a type approved by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles of the state, to be applied and adjusted to the
bicycle in such manner as to be visible for at least 200 feet when
opposed by a motor vehicle displaying lawful dimmed headlights at
night and on an unlighted highway. Every bicycle which is operated
or driven on any of the streets, alleys or public highways of the
village during a period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before
sunrise shall display a lighted lamp on the front, which shall be
visible from a point 500 feet ahead of such bicycles and which shall
provide either a white or yellow light.
The operator or driver of a bicycle shall not carry another
person thereon.
The operator or driver of a bicycle shall not operate the same
on any sidewalk in the village.
The operator or driver of a bicycle shall operate the same only
on the extreme right-hand side of any street, alley or public highway
of the village.
A.
Required. Every person in the village owning a bicycle operated in
the village shall register the bicycle with the Chief of Police at
his office or such other convenient place or places in the village
as he shall provide, giving the type, manufacturer's name, name
and address of owner, type and number of lights and equipment showing
compliance with state laws and such other identifying data as the
Chief of Police shall reasonably require. This registration shall
be without expense to the registrant.
B.
Time limit in register. Every person in the village who acquires
or becomes the owner of a bicycle operated or to be operated in the
village, whether as donee, assignee, transferee, purchaser or otherwise,
shall, within 10 days thereafter register the same with the Chief
of Police, as above provided, without expense to the registrant.
C.
Evidence of registration. The Chief of Police shall issue to every
such registrant at the time of registering, without charge, a registration
tag or plate bearing the registration number of the bicycle and such
other identifying data as the Chief of Police shall reasonably deem
advisable, and the registrant shall affix such tag or plate to the
bicycle so registered in a conspicuous place and keep the same affixed
thereto at all times. The Chief shall also issue to every such registrant
at the time of registry, without charge, a registration
card showing proper registration in such form as the Chief of Police
shall determine, and such card shall be shown to any police officer
of the village on demand.
D.
Exceptions to provisions. This provision shall not apply to manufacturers
or merchants in the business of selling bicycles with reference to
unregistered bicycles owned and held by them for sale as a part of
their bona fide stock in trade.
