[Adopted 5-27-1975 by Ord. No. 75-14; amended in its entirety 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-45 (Ch. 72 of the 1992 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Includes any conveyance upon which a person may ride, propelled
wholly or in part by human muscular power and having two tandem wheels.
Registration decal requirements for operation shall be as follows:
A. No person residing in the Township shall operate a bicycle upon any
public street or other public place within the Township unless such
bicycle has been registered with the Police Department as evidenced
by a registration decal attached to such bicycle, as provided in this
article.
Each application for a bicycle registration decal shall be made
to the Police Department on a form approved by the Chief of Police
and shall be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee. Such
application shall set forth the name and address of the owner, a description
of the bicycle, and the serial number appearing on the frame of the
bicycle.
A fee of $4 shall be paid for each registration. No registration
decal shall be issued unless the registration fee has been paid, except
for bicycles owned by the Township of Cranford.
The registration decal shall be attached to the bicycle frame
in a conspicuous place.
Each person who sells, transfers ownership of or permanently
dismantles any bicycle registered pursuant to the provisions of this
article shall remove the registration decal.
The Police Department shall maintain an account with the National
Bicycle Registry which allows access to each registration decal issued,
the name of the person to whom issued and the name or make and the
serial number on the frame of the bicycle for which issued.
Whenever an issued registration decal is lost, stolen or mutilated,
a replacement decal shall be required by the Police Department.
Any person over the age of 18 years who violates any provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days, or both.
[Adopted 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 89-4 (Ch. 131 of the 1992 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HUMAN-POWERED LOCOMOTION DEVICE
Includes any skateboard, skates, sled, toboggan, skis, scooter,
big-wheel tricycle or any human-powered device designed to be ridden
by a person or persons, which has no steering device or mechanism
to steer or control the direction thereof while being used or ridden,
even though the direction thereof may be controlled to some degree
by shifting the feet or weight of the rider during such use.
No person shall use, operate or ride upon any human-powered
locomotion device within or on any public street, public parking lot,
public sidewalk or other public place within the Special Improvement
District of the Township of Cranford.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for
each offense. The Judge of the Municipal Court, in his or her discretion,
may, in lieu of the penalties herein set forth, confiscate the human-powered
locomotion device of the offender.