(a) The
parent of any child or guardian of any ward shall not authorize or
knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter.
(b) Regulations
applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated
upon any street within the City or upon any path therein set aside
for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to the exceptions stated
therein.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1001, 1980)
The licensing of bicycles shall be at the option of bicycle
owners within the City.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1002, 1980)
Application for a bicycle license shall be made upon a form
provided by the City and shall be made with the Fire Department. A
license fee as prescribed by the City Council shall be paid before
each license or renewal thereof is granted.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1003, 1980)
(a) Upon
receiving an application, the Fire Department is authorized to issue
a bicycle license.
(b) Licenses
shall be effective for one calendar year from date of issuance.
(c) A
license shall not be issued when reasonable grounds exist to believe
that the applicant is not the owner of or entitled to the possession
of such bicycle.
(d) A
record shall be kept of the number of each license, the date issued,
the name and address of the person to whom issued, and a record of
all bicycle license fees collected.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1004, 1980)
(a) Licenses
shall be affixed to the front of the seat tube of the bicycle frame.
(b) No
person shall remove a current license from a bicycle except upon a
transfer of ownership or in the event the bicycle is dismantled and
no longer operated upon any street or bicycle path in the City.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1005, 1980)
No person shall ride a bicycle upon or along a sidewalk, or
in violation of any of the provisions of the
Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1006, 1980)
A person shall not park a bicycle on a roadway or on a public
sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct the movement of a legally
parked motor vehicle.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.1007, 1980)
(a) It is unlawful for any person on a skateboard, roller skates or similar device to go on any public or privately owned sidewalk, parking lot or pedestrian walkway that is generally held open for public use to serve a facility which serves the public, including, but not limited to, shopping centers, professional offices, malls, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, motels, retail stores, bowling alleys, other business establishments, school sites and administration building, parks and public buildings, if properly posted as set forth in subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) To be properly posted, as required by subsection
(a) of this section, the property must have signs, conspicuously posted and clearly visible in areas where skateboarding is prohibited in order to provide reasonable notice, which read as follows:
SKATEBOARDING AND SKATING
PROHIBITED
A.M.C. SECTION 4-2.1008
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(Ord. 276 § 1, 1994; Ord. 307 § 1, 1996)
Any device used in violation of any provision of this chapter
may be seized by the enforcing officers as evidence to be removed,
stored, forfeited, destroyed or reclaimed in accordance with the law.
(Ord. 307 § 2, 1996)
Violations of any provision of this chapter may be either an
infraction or misdemeanor in the discretion of the citing or prosecuting
authority.
(Ord. 307 § 3, 1996)