[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild 11-13-1967 as Sec. 6.12 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 524.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon any street in the Village of Rothschild unless said bicycle is registered and tagged as herein provided.
[Amended 2-8-1982; 1-9-1984]
Registration shall be made by filing with the Police Department the name and address of the owner, together with a complete description of the bicycle, on forms provided by said Department and paying a registration fee set by the Village Board. Registration shall be serially numbered and kept on file in said Department as a public record. Upon such registration, said Department shall cause an identification tag to be affixed to the bicycle registered, serially numbered to correspond to the registration number. Such tag shall remain affixed to the bicycle unless removed by said Department for cause. In case of theft or loss, a duplicate tag shall be issued for a fee of set by the Village Board.
[Amended 1-9-1984]
The identification tag shall remain with the bicycle upon any transfer by the registered owner. Upon transfer, if the new owner is a resident of the Village of Rothschild, the bicycle shall be reregistered for a fee set by the Village Board.
No bicycle shall be registered which is in unsafe mechanical condition. The Village Chief of Police shall have the authority to suspend the registration of and remove the identification tag from any bicycle operated contrary to any state law or Village ordinance or operated while in an unsafe mechanical condition, such suspension and removal to continue for a period not to exceed 10 days, provided that such registration shall not be reinstated or such identification tag be replaced while such bicycle is in an unsafe mechanical condition. Such suspension and removal shall be in addition to the other penalties provided hereunder.
No person shall willfully remove, deface or destroy any such identification tag.
Within 10 days after any bicycle registered hereunder shall have changed ownership or been dismantled and taken out of operation, the person in whose name the bicycle has been registered shall report such information to the Police Department. In case of change of ownership, the registration shall thereupon be changed to show the name of the new owner. In case of dismantling and taking out of operation, the registration shall be cancelled and identification returned to the Police Department.
A. 
No person shall ride or propel any bicycle upon any public sidewalk or thoroughfare of the Village set apart for pedestrians, except within the Village limits immediately adjacent to U. S. Business 51 where bicycles may be ridden on the sidewalk. No person shall ride or propel any bicycle upon any public street, alley, boulevard or sidewalk of the Village in such manner as to interfere with the rights of other persons using such street, alley, boulevard, or sidewalk.
[Amended 7-8-1974; 8-28-2017]
B. 
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard, sidewalk, or alley except in a careful and prudent manner, nor shall any person propel or operate a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard, sidewalk, or alley while carrying thereon more persons upon such bicycle than it is designed and equipped to seat safely.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
C. 
No bicycle shall be ridden upon any public street, highway, boulevard or alley at a speed faster than is reasonable and proper under traffic conditions at the time, and every bicycle shall be operated with due regard to the safety of the operator and other persons upon the streets, highways and alleys of the Village.
D. 
Persons riding or propelling bicycles shall observe all traffic signs and signals and stop when and as required by such signals and signs.
E. 
Every bicycle operated upon a public highway during any of the time between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front, exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front, and with a lamp on the rear, exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that pursuant to § 347.489(1), Wis. Stats., a red reflector that has a diameter of at least two inches of surface area and is visible from all distances from 50 to 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle may be used in lieu of a rear light.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
F. 
No person shall operate a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard or alley abreast of or to the left of another person operating a bicycle except while passing such bicycle.
G. 
Every person riding a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard or alley shall observe all traffic rules and regulations of the Village and shall turn only at intersections as permitted by such rules and regulations, signal for all turns and stops, ride at the right-hand side of the street or highway as near as may be to the street curb, and pass to the left when passing vehicles or bicycles that are slower moving and on the right side when meeting. It shall be unlawful to do any trick riding on any street, highway, boulevard or alley or to operate a bicycle without both hands on the handlebars.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to § 1-2 of this Code.