[Adopted 6-23-1993 by Ord. No. 2679 as § 7.10 of the 1993 Code]
See §
630-1 of this Code. There are hereby adopted §§ 346.02(4), 346.77 to 346.804 and 347.489, Wis. Stats., relating to
bicycles and play vehicles.
The following terms have the meanings indicated:
BICYCLE Every device propelled by the feet acting upon pedals and having wheels, any two of which are more than 14 inches in diameter.
OPERATE The word "operate" or any form thereof shall mean and refer to the use, putting into action or causing to function a bicycle by a person mounted thereon.
RENTAL AGENCY Any person engaged in the business of offering for rental or offering rental of bicycles for hire by the public.
No person residing in the City shall operate a bicycle upon any street, sidewalk or other public place in the City without having first registered such bicycle and secured a license/sticker visible in the proper registration area on the bicycle.
A. Application. Application for registration and license for
bicycles shall be made by the owner, in writing, upon forms furnished by the City. Such application shall be signed by the owner. If the owner is a person under the age of 18 years, the signature shall be witnessed by a parent of the owner and, if no parent is living, then by the legal guardian of the owner. The application form shall be presented at the City/County Government Center or retail locations designated by the Chief of Police who shall promulgate rules for the issuance of licenses and collection of fees. Upon payment of the registration fee by the applicant, the City shall issue or cause to be issued a proper license plate/sticker. No further application or fee shall be required for use of such bicycle, unless ownership is transferred to a person not a member of the immediate family. The license/sticker will not be nonexpiring. Application for license shall be made within 10 days of the purchase or moving into the City of any bicycle.
[Amended 6-14-1995 by Ord. No. 2785]
B. Loss, sale or destruction of bicycle; surrender of license. When any bicycle which has been registered and licensed is sold, the seller shall retain the license and registration form and, if purchasing a new or different bicycle, notify the Police Department of the transfer of registration within 10 days. If a sticker is attached to a bicycle that is sold to somebody within the City, the new bicycle owner will have to pay a transfer fee for the transfer of that bicycle sticker registration number to his name so that the bicycle is properly registered to him. This may be done by obtaining a registration form from the City and stating on that form that this is a reregistration and paying the transfer fee. The purchaser of the previous owner's bicycle shall follow the procedure outlined in Subsection
A.
[Amended 6-14-1995 by Ord. No. 2785]
C. Loss of or illegible license plates. Licensee shall report immediately to the Police Department the loss of or the illegibility or destruction of license plates/stickers.
All operators of bicycles shall observe and obey all laws dealing with vehicular traffic and, in addition to the rules contained in this article, shall obey the following:
A. Every bicycle when operated upon a public roadway or trail shall be in good and safe mechanical condition.
B. No bicycle, excepting a tandem, shall be used to carry any person except the operator, unless equipped with a child seat, in which case the following conditions and regulations shall be observed:
(1) The operator shall be 16 years of age or older.
(2) The passenger shall be 40 pounds or less in weight.
(3) The child seat shall be fastened securely to the bicycle.
(4) Only one child seat shall be attached to the bicycle, except in the case of a tandem bicycle, in which case two seats may be attached.
(5) The child seat referred to means a seat manufactured and designed for the purpose of attaching to a bicycle and equipped safely to be used by children 40 pounds or less in weight.
C. Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall ride single file on all roadways.
D. No person operating a bicycle shall cling or attach himself or the bicycle to any other moving vehicle.
E. The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway, garage or private sidewalk shall stop the bicycle immediately prior to driving onto or across the public sidewalk or onto or across a public sidewalk line projected across an alley and shall exercise extreme care in making such movements.
F. No person shall operate a bicycle upon a highway, bicycle lane or bicycle way during hours of darkness, unless such bicycle is equipped with or the operator is wearing a lamp emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front of such bicycle. Such bicycle shall also be equipped with a red reflector that has a diameter of at least two inches of surface area on the rear, so mounted and maintained as to be visible from all distances from 50 feet to 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on motor vehicles. A lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition to, but not in lieu of, the red reflector.
G. Bicycles having wheels of a diameter of 20 inches or less may be operated on sidewalks, except where prohibited by official sign, but in single file only. Newspaper carriers, while making deliveries or collections, may ride a bicycle having wheels of a diameter of 20 inches on sidewalks. No bicycle shall be operated on the sidewalks of Main Street from Johnson Street to Western Avenue When approaching a pedestrian, a cyclist on the sidewalk shall reduce the speed of the cycle to that which is no greater than necessary to continue the safe operation of the cycle without the rider dismounting, and the speed shall not be increased until the pedestrian has been passed.
All bicycles when operated on roadways shall keep to the right and shall be operated as near as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway and, in the case of one-way streets, as near as practicable to either edge of the roadway.
No bicycle shall be operated at any time faster than the posted speed on the street or highway, and every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the rider and of other persons and property.
Every person operating a bicycle shall strictly observe all traffic signs and signals and all other traffic rules and regulations applicable thereto and shall obey the orders and directions of every officer of the City authorized to direct or regulate traffic.
No person shall, while operating a bicycle, indulge or engage in any kind of stunt or acrobatics on any public roadway or trail.
The operator of a bicycle on a roadway, when making a right turn, shall follow the right-hand edge of the roadway and the operator of a bicycle on a roadway, when making a left turn, shall approach the point of turning in the traffic lane nearest the center of the roadway. No operator of a bicycle shall slow down, stop or attempt to turn without first indicating such movement as provided by law.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code. The parent or guardian of a juvenile who violates this article may be charged under the provisions of § 346.77, Wis. Stats.
[Adopted 6-23-1993 by Ord. No. 2679 as §§ 7.14 and 7.15 of the 1993 Code; amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 2742]
No person shall operate, ride or propel a skateboard, in-line skates or roller skates within any portion of the right-of-way of Main Street from Johnson Street to Sixth Street. The penalty for violation of this section shall be as provided in §
1-4 of this Code.