As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Includes any vehicle consisting of an arrangement or combination
of two wheels, 20 inches or more in diameter, one following the other,
supported by a frame propelled wholly or in part by the feet acting
upon pedals.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Police of the City.
PERSON
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations and joint-stock companies,
residing in or having a place of business in the City.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the
safety of bicycle riders on the streets of the City and to provide
a means of identifying the owners of said bicycles and the violators
of the chapter and statutes regulating the operation of bicycles in
the City.
Each applicant for said license shall apply
at police headquarters of the City. A form of application prescribed
by the Director shall be filled out at said headquarters, and the
completed application, with the required fee, shall be filed at police
headquarters.
The Director shall provide each applicant with a manual of instruction, which shall include those vehicle and traffic laws of the State of New Jersey and the City which are applicable to bicycles and upon which the applicant is to be examined. This manual shall also describe the condition and safety equipment as required by §
147-11K of this chapter.
The Director is hereby authorized and directed
to issue, upon application, bicycle licenses, which shall be effective
for the life of the bicycle. Any such license, when issued, shall
entitle the person to operate any bicycle for which said license has
been issued upon all the public streets and public places, exclusive
of the sidewalks, in the City. Such license need not be countersigned
by the City Clerk.
[Added 2-14-2005 by Ord. No. O-2-05;
amended 3-11-2019 by Ord. No. O-03-19]
A. The restriction contained in §
147-11.1 hereinabove shall not apply to those sections of sidewalks that have been or shall be designated as official authorized bikeways. Each sidewalk or section thereof that has been or shall be designated as an official authorized bikeway shall have signs posted along the bikeway route designed such as an official authorized bikeway.
B. The
streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XXVIII (§ 401-6.1),
attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated
as designated bikeways in the direction(s) indicated.
C. Class
I. Streets segments with a travel lane of 15 feet or greater shall
be considered acceptable for installation of Class I bicycle lanes
consisting of a five-foot-wide bicycle lane demarcated with solid
white line lane striping; and yellow striping bifurcating opposing
bicycle travel lanes, where necessary; these lanes shall include standard
bicycle symbols painted on the street and optional contrast coloring
within the bike lanes clearly indicating the space as a bicycle lane.
When a bikeway is designated within Class I, the bicycle lanes shall
be located on the right side of two-way streets and the left side
of one-way streets, between parking and travel lanes.
D. Class
II. Streets segments with a travel lane of less than 15 feet or with
traffic patterns that make Class I bicycle lanes impractical, shall
be considered acceptable for installation of Class II bicycle route
markings consisting of standard bicycle symbols and double chevrons,
also known as sharrows, painted on the street to communicate that
drivers shall share the road with bicyclists; these routes may also
include "Share the Road" posted signage. When a bikeway is designated
as Class II, the routes shall have offset markings to the right of
the travel lane center so that bicyclists are guided outside of the
door sweep area of parked cars.
E. Appropriate
striping, pavement markings, and/or signage shall be used at intersections
where streets transition between one-way and two-way traffic flow.
F. Street
designations and typical lane configurations are meant to be standard
guidelines; however, all final bicycle lane and route configurations
are subject to professional review and recommendation by the City
Engineer and/or Police Department Traffic Bureau and shall be included
in the City Code.
All persons, firms, partnerships or corporations
engaged in the business of buying or selling new or secondhand bicycles
are hereby required to make regular reports to the Police Department
on forms to be furnished by the Police Department, giving a list of
all purchases and sales made by said dealer, as well as the name and
address of all persons, firms, partnerships and corporations from
whom said bicycles are purchased and to whom sold, a description of
each bicycle purchased or sold and the serial number thereof and in
the case of a secondhand bicycle bought from an individual or taken
in trade from a person buying a new bicycle or a secondhand bicycle
taken from a dealer's stock, the number of the license thereon, if
any.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership
or corporation to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate
or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this
chapter. It shall also be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership
or corporation to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license tags,
seal or registration card during the time in which said license tags,
seal or registration card is operative; provided, however, that nothing
in this chapter shall prohibit the Police Department from stamping
on the frame of bicycles on which no serial number can be found or
on which said serial number is illegible for identification purposes.
The Police Department may also stamp upon the frame of any bicycle
registered a number which shall be the secret number of the Police
Department, if so required, in the administration of this chapter
to prevent bicycle larceny and recover stolen bicycles.
Any person who shall violate the provisions
of this chapter and who is subject to the jurisdiction of the Municipal
Court shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not more than
$10 or suffer the impoundment of the bicycle for not more than 30
days.