As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BICYCLE A vehicle propelled by the feet acting upon pedals and having two or three wheels.
CHILD SEAT A seat manufactured and designed for the purpose of attaching to a bicycle or motor bicycle and equipped with a safety belt, armrest, backrest, footrest, and spoke protector, to be used by children under the age of seven years.
MOTOR BICYCLE A. A bicycle to which a power unit not an integral part of the vehicle has been added to permit the vehicle to travel at the speed of not more than 30 miles per hour with a one-hundred-fifty-pound rider on a dry, level, hard surface with no wind and having a seat for the operator; or
B. A two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicle that has fully operative pedals for propulsion by a human power and an electric motor of less than 750 watts and that is capable, when powered solely by the motor, of a maximum speed of less than 20 miles per hour with a one-hundred-seventy-pound rider on a dry, level, hard surface with no wind.
OPERATOR Any person who drives, steers, pedals, or is in actual physical control of a bicycle or motor bicycle.
TANDEM BICYCLE A bicycle equipped with a seat, handlebars and a set of pedals for each operator where one operator sits behind another.
Any officer of the Police Department shall have the further authority to impound an unregistered bicycle or motor bicycle which is subject to the provisions of this chapter if located or being operated on any public street, sidewalk, alley, or grounds. Further, a registration holder hereunder shall be subject to the penalties provided for under §
207-9 of this chapter.
Within 10 days after any bicycle or motor bicycle registered hereunder shall have changed ownership, or been dismantled and taken out of operation, such information shall be reported to the Village Clerk by the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered.