No person shall operate or use a bicycle or motorized bicycle
upon any of the streets or ways of the city without first registering
the same and obtaining from the chief of police a license therefor.
The term "bicycle" means and includes such vehicles propelled by human
power as defined or referred to in the Vehicle Code, but not required
to be registered thereunder, and shall be given its ordinary application
and meaning. The term "motorized bicycle" means and includes such
vehicles having fully operative pedals for propulsion and an automatic
transmission with an engine which produces less than two gross brake
horsepower as defined or referred to in the Vehicle Code, but not
required to be registered thereunder, and shall be given its ordinary
application and meaning. The provisions of this chapter shall apply
to all persons residing in the city, and to such others who may commonly
operate bicycles or motorized bicycles upon its public ways.
(Prior code § 3314)
The chief of police is authorized and directed to register all
such bicycles and motorized bicycles and issue licenses upon written
application therefor, and in each instance the license shall be effective
for three years commencing January 1, 1979. Thereafter, in every instance,
the license shall be subject to renewal every three years that the
bicycle or motorized bicycle is used upon the streets and ways of
the city. The fee for the registration shall be set by council resolution
from time to time.
(Prior code § 3314.01)
All license fees shall be paid in advance, and such license
may be transferred when the ownership of the bicycle has transferred,
and a fee as set forth by council resolution shall be paid for the
registration of any bicycle transfer. Upon the sale or other transfer
of any bicycle, the parties thereto are required to register the facts
of such transfer with the chief of police within 10 days of the sale
or transfer, and thereupon the original registration card shall be
cancelled and a new registration issued to the new owner. All persons
engaged in the retail sale of new or secondhand bicycles in the city
are directed to supply to each purchaser a record of the following
information: name of retailer, year and make of bicycle, and serial
number of bicycle. After December 31, 1974, no bicycle retailer shall
sell any new bicycle in this city unless such bicycle has permanently
stamped or cast on its frame a serial number unique to the particular
bicycle of each manufacturer. Serial numbers shall be stamped or cast
in the head of the frame, either side shall be stamped or cast in
the head of the frame, either side of the seat down post tube, or
the bottom sprocket bracket.
(Prior code § 3314.02)
The chief of police is also authorized and directed to make
and issue appropriate rules and regulations pertaining to bicycles
and the use thereof upon the public streets and ways of the city other
than such rules and regulations as are required by the Vehicle Code
of the state of California. Failure to reasonably observe the rules
and regulations issued by the chief of police shall be sufficient
cause for cancellation of the license, in the good judgment and discretion
of the chief of police.
(Prior code § 3314.03)
The control and supervision of the registration and licensing of bicycles in the city is placed in the chief of police, and he or she is authorized and directed to secure appropriate license plates, together with registration cards, application blanks and any and all other necessary or convenient things that may be required in the due enforcement hereof. A license plate shall be attached to each bicycle, and the chief of police shall cause to be issued a corresponding registration card to each licensee upon the payment of the original license fee as above provided. Such license plate shall remain attached during the continuance of such licensing. The chief of police shall keep a record of the date of the issuing of each license, the number thereof, the name and address to whom issued, the serial number of the bicycle frame, and the make, type and model of the bicycle, and the chief of police is also fully authorized and empowered to take any and all necessary or convenient steps in connection with the registration and licensing of bicycles. If no serial number can be found upon any registered bicycle, or if the same is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes, the chief of police is authorized and directed to stamp a permanent distinguishing number thereon as provided by Section 10.64.030, as amended by Ordinance No. 1046.
(Prior code § 3314.04)
