[Amended 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
No person shall drive or move, nor shall any
person, being the owner of a vehicle, knowingly permit to be driven
or moved upon any street any vehicle, of a type required to be registered,
which is not registered and for which current registration plates
have not been issued as provided pursuant to the laws of Delaware
or pursuant to the laws of the home state or country of the owner,
or for which the appropriate fees have not been paid when as required
for a vehicle, the same may be operated temporarily pending complete
registration upon displaying a duplicate application duly verified
or other evidence of such application or otherwise under rules and
regulations promulgated by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or other
vehicle shall, within 60 days after taking up residence in the State
of Delaware, apply to the Secretary and obtain registration for the
vehicle.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
The registration card issued for a vehicle required
to be registered under 21 Del. C., shall at all times, while the vehicle
is being operated upon a street within this City, be in the possession
of the operator thereof or carried in the vehicle and subject to inspection
by any peace officer. However, an operator shall be allowed 24 hours
to produce the registration card before a conviction can be obtained
under this provision, such registration having been legally issued
at a time prior to such operator's arrest.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
No person shall:
A.
Operate or, being the owner of any motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer; knowingly permit the operation upon a highway
of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is not registered
or which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the
number plate or unexpired registration plate or plates, subject to
the exemptions allowed in 21 Del. C., or under temporary or limited
permits as otherwise provide by 21 Del. C.
B.
Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have
in possession any registration card, number plate or registration
plate, knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been cancelled,
revoked, suspended or altered.
C.
Lend to, or knowingly permit the use by, one not entitled
thereto any registration card, number plate or registration plate
issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
D.
Fail or refuse to surrender to the Department of Motor
Vehicles upon demand any registration card, number plate or registration
plate which has been suspended, cancelled or revoked as provided in
21 Del. C.
E.
Drive or move or, being the owner, cause or knowingly
permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or combination
of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person
or which is equipped in any manner in violation of 21 Del. C.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
No owner of a motor vehicle required to be registered
in Delaware, other than a self-insurer pursuant to 21 Del. C. § 2904,
shall operate or authorize any other person to operate such vehicle
unless the owner has insurance on such motor vehicle.
B.
The insurance identification card issued for a vehicle
required to be registered under 21 Del. C., shall at all times, while
the vehicle is being operated upon a street within this City, be in
the possession of the operator thereof or carried in the vehicle and
shall be produced upon the request of a police officer or alderman
or any other party involved in an accident with the insured.
C.
Any person who violates this section shall, for the
first offense, be fined not less than $1,500 nor more than $2,000.
Concurrently with, or subsequent to, any violation of this section,
the Delaware Department of Transportation may suspend the offender’s
driving license and/or privileges pursuant to 21 Del. C. § 2118.
For each subsequent offense occurring within three years of a former
offense, that person shall be fined not less than $3,000 nor more
than $4,000.
[Added 3-28-2009 by Ord. No. 0309-02; 2-16-2024 by Ord. No. 0224-03]
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
The number plate assigned to a motor vehicle shall at all times be attached to the rear of the motor vehicle, except truck tractors attached to trailers or semitrailers, whether coupled or uncoupled, shall display the number plate on the front of the vehicle in such a manner as to be easily identified. Such number plates shall meet the requirements of Subsection B of this section. Special license plates may be displayed on the front or rear of the vehicle. The regular numbered plate assigned to the vehicle or a duplicate special license plate furnished under 21 Del. C. § 2121(h) must be displayed on the vehicle rear when the special plate is displayed on the front of the vehicle.
B.
Every number plate shall at all times be securely
fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned so as to prevent the
plate from swinging and at a height not less than 12 inches from the
ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a place and position
to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from foreign materials
and in a condition to be clearly legible.
C.
No number plate, or any portion thereof, shall be
covered with any tinted material, nor shall any other material be
placed on or around a number plate which would conceal and/or obscure
any information contained thereon, including the registration expiration
sticker. Plate frames that do not conceal and/or obscure any information
contained on the plate, including the registration expiration sticker,
are not prohibited by this section.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
No person shall insert any false information upon
the face of a temporary registration plate.
B.
No person shall operate any vehicle bearing a temporary
registration plate which is invalid or expired.
C.
Upon the expiration of a temporary registration plate
the holder thereof shall immediately destroy the same.
[Amended 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon any street
within the corporate limits of the City without having been licensed
as an operator pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware or pursuant
to the laws of the home state or country of the operator. Any person
who violates this section shall, for the first offense, be fined $50
and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For each subsequent violation
of this section, the person shall be fined $100 and shall pay the
costs of prosecution. A subsequent violation, before being punishable
as such, shall have been committed within 24 months after the commission
of the prior offense.
[Amended 3-28-2009 by Ord. No. 0309-02]
B.
No person whose operator's license or driving privileges
have been suspended or revoked pursuant to the laws of the State of
Delaware shall drive any motor vehicle upon any street within the
corporate limits of the City during the period of suspension or revocation.
Any person who violates this subsection shall, for the first offense,
be fined $250 and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For each subsequent
violation of this subsection, the person shall be fined $500 and shall
pay the costs of prosecution. A subsequent violation, before being
punishable as such, shall have been committed within 24 months after
the commission of the prior offense.
[Amended 3-28-2009 by Ord. No. 0309-02]
C.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a public
street of this City after serving a period of suspension, revocation
or license denial, without first having obtained a valid license through
proper reinstatement procedures as prescribed by 21 Del. C. Any person
who violates this section shall, for the first offense, be fined $50
and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For each subsequent violation
of this section, the person shall be fined $100 and shall pay the
costs of prosecution. A subsequent violation, before being punishable
as such, shall have been committed within 24 months after the commission
of the prior offense.
[Amended 3-28-2009 by Ord. No. 0309-02]
D.
Any person whose license and/or driving privileges
has been suspended/revoked or disqualified shall pay a fee established
by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the end of such suspension/revocation
or disqualification for the return of the person's license and/or
the reinstatement of the person's driving privileges.
E.
No person shall drive on a public street of this City,
a motor vehicle of a class or type for which the person has not been
duly licensed.
F.
Every person desiring to operate a motor vehicle on
a public street of this City shall, within 60 days after taking up
residence in Delaware, apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles and
obtain the proper license.
G.
No person whose license has expired shall drive a
motor vehicle on a public street of the City.
H.
Every person licensed as an operator shall write the
person's usual signature with pen and ink in the spaces provided for
that purpose on the license certificate and such license shall not
be valid until the certificate is so signed.
I.
The licensee shall have such license in the licensee's
immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle and
shall display the same upon demand of a uniformed police officer,
alderman, or motor vehicle inspector.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
No person shall operate a motorcycle, motorbike,
or other two-wheeled, motor-driven vehicle upon a street of this City
without having been properly licensed and having passed, to the satisfaction
of the Department of Motor Vehicles, an examination testing the person's
ability to operate such vehicle safely.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
No person shall drive any taxicab upon any street
of this City unless such person, upon application, has been licensed
as a taxicab operator by the Department of Motor Vehicles under 21
Del. C.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
A person shall not possess or display, cause or permit
to be displayed, any revoked or suspended license.
B.
A person shall not possess or display, cause or permit
to be displayed, any fictitious license or identification card.
C.
A person shall not possess or display, cause or permit
to be displayed, any altered license or identification card.
D.
A person shall not lend that person's license to any
other person or permit the use of that license by another.
E.
A person shall not display or represent as that person's
own any license or identification card not issued to that person.
