For the purpose of this chapter, "bicycle" means any device
upon which a person may ride which is propelled by human power through
a system of belts, chains or gears and which has either two or three
wheels (one of which is at least twenty inches in diameter, in tandem
or tricycle arrangement) or a frame size of at least fourteen inches.
For the purposes of this section motorized bicycles as defined
by Section 406 of the California
Vehicle Code shall be included within
the terms "motor vehicle" as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle
Code and as used in Section 21663 of the
Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 1067 § 2, 2011)
This chapter shall not apply to any of the following:
A. The
use of human or motor-propelled devices on any sidewalk, street, public
right-of-way, or upon any land, property, or facility owned or controlled
by the city of Pico Rivera by any person who is disabled or handicapped,
or whose ability to walk is impaired as shown by medical evidence;
B. Any
device designated, intended and used solely for the transportation
of infants; or
C. The
transportation of goods or merchandise to and from the place of purchase
or storage.
(Ord. 1067 § 2, 2011)
No person shall ride or coast upon, or use to ride or coast
upon any bicycle or rollerskates, or ride in or by means of any coaster,
toy vehicle or similar device upon any overhead pedestrian crossing
or pedestrian tunnel within the city.
(Prior code § 3335.1)
No operator of any bicycle shall carry any other person upon
the bar, handlebars, carrier racks, fenders, or any other portion
of such bicycle, and no person shall so ride upon any such bicycle
other than the operator thereof.
(Prior code § 3336)
No person traveling upon any bicycle, coaster, rollerskates,
motorcycle or any toy vehicle shall cling to or attach him or her
or herself or his or her vehicle to any other moving vehicle or streetcar.
(Prior code § 3338)
It shall be the duty of any person residing within the incorporated
territory of the city, who sells or transfers ownership of any such
bicycle, to report such sale or transfer by returning to the sheriff
or city clerk the registration card issued to such person, firm or
corporation as licensee thereof, together with the name and address
of the person to whom such bicycle was sold or transferred, and such
report shall be made within five days of the date of such sale or
transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such
bicycle to apply for a transfer of registration therefor within such
five days of the date of such sale or transfer. It is unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to refuse, fail or neglect to conform
to any provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 3402)
Any person residing within the city who has heretofore during
the calendar year registered such bicycle as provided for herein and
procured a county license for this year, good until December 31, 1958,
shall not be required to comply with the sections of this chapter,
except upon the sale or transfer or ownership of title, until January
1, 1959.
(Prior code § 3406)