As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Includes a motorless vehicle having two tandem wheels, any
one of which shall be 20 inches or more in diameter, having handlebars
and a seat or seats and propelled by the feet acting on treadles connected
with cranks or levers.
No operator of any bicycle or motorcycle, when upon any street,
highway or thoroughfare in the Town of Brentwood, shall permit any
other person or persons to ride upon the handlebars, the frame or
any other place on such vehicle unless it is equipped with a tandem
arrangement or auxiliary seat, so constructed as to safely accommodate
each person carried thereon; and in such case, the upper half of the
rear wheel must be so enclosed as to completely shield said wheel
from all occupants or their clothing. Likewise, no person or persons
shall ride in or on any vehicle not designed or intended for the use
of passengers when the vehicle is in motion, except persons engaged
in the necessary execution of their duties.
No person traveling on any bicycle, motorcycle, sled, scooter,
toy wagon, roller skates or any toy vehicle shall cling to or attach
himself or his conveyance to any moving automobile or horse-drawn
vehicle on any of the streets or thoroughfares in the Town of Brentwood.
All bicycles owned by residents of the Town of Brentwood and
operated within the corporate limits of the Town shall be registered
and licensed. Application for such license shall be made with the
Department of Police, and such license shall be affixed to the bicycles
in a matter prescribed by the Chief of Police. The Department of Police
is hereby authorized to issue and keep records of all license tags.
No bicycle shall be licensed unless it is in good mechanical condition,
has adequate braking and signaling devices and has a serial or identifying
number stamped on the frame. Any bicycle which has no such serial
or identifying number shall be assigned such number by the Department
of Police, and such number shall be stamped permanently on the bicycle
by the Department. Payment of the original license fee shall be as
established by the Mayor and Council. The loss or defacement of license
tags shall be reported to the Department of Police within 48 hours
of the discovery of such loss or defacement, and new license tags
shall be obtained at an additional cost as established by the Mayor
and Council.
It shall be unlawful for any resident to operate a bicycle upon
the streets or roads within the corporate limits of the Town of Brentwood,
Maryland, unless such bicycle shall be registered and licensed in
accordance with the provisions of the Code. No person shall operate
a bicycle within the limits of a right-of-way or on a public highway
in the Town of Brentwood unless such bicycle is equipped with lamps,
reflectors and brakes in accordance with § 12-1207 of the
Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. A helmet
shall also be worn when required by §§ 12-1207.1 and
21-1207.2 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
The Director of Police shall have authority to suspend the registration
and remove the license tag from any bicycle operating contrary to
any of the provisions of this chapter, for a period of 10 days, in
addition to any other penalties hereinafter provided.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $5.
All bicycles shall be inspected during the month of June each
year by the Department of Police at specified locations as designated
by the Chief of Police.