The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
of this article:
PEDALCYCLE
Any vehicle powered solely or primarily by human-powered
pedals, except a toy tricycle, toy car, big-wheel, or other like toy
used by toddlers or young children.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, organization,
corporation or other entity, and includes the parent, guardian or
other legal custodian of a minor, and includes a pedalcycle rental
agency and a dealer in secondhand or used pedalcycles.
REGISTRATION TAG
The device issued by the Police Department and imprinted
with a serial number, the name of the Borough and the current year;
the device which is to be displayed in a conspicuous place on a pedalcycle
as visible evidence that the pedalcycle has been registered with the
Police Department for the current year. The device may be a decal,
metal plate, plastic tag, or the like; and the choice of the device
to be used during a particular year shall be left to the Police Department.
It shall be unlawful for any person who resides in the Borough
of Lewistown and who owns a pedalcycle to ride, or to permit another
person to ride, the pedalcycle in the Borough unless that pedalcycle
has been registered with the Police Department for the current year
and the registration tag issued by the Police Department for the current
year is displayed in a conspicuous place on the pedalcycle.
Every person engaged in the Borough in the business of buying
or selling secondhand or used pedalcycles shall make a report to the
Police Department within seven days after each purchase or sale made
by the person of a secondhand or used pedalcycle, giving: a) the name
and address of the person from whom the pedalcycle was purchased or
to whom the pedalcycle was sold; b) a description of the pedalcycle
by make, model, style, color, wheel size, and frame number; and c)
the serial number of any registration tag found on the pedalcycle
and the name of the municipality which issued the registration tag.
Except for the removal or destruction of a registration tag
or registration card after the expiration of the current year for
which the tag or card was issued, it shall be unlawful for any person
to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter a frame
number on a pedalcycle or a registration tag or registration card
issued for a pedalcycle.