[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Burlington
1-5-1988 by Ord. No. 1203(25) as §§ 12.10 and 12.30 of the
1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Required. No resident shall operate, propel or ride a
bicycle upon any public street, highway, roadway or alley in the City unless
such bicycle is registered and has attached to it a proper registration tag
as herein provided.
B.
Procedure; fee; expiration.
(1)
Application for registration shall be made by filing
with the Police Department the name, address and age of the owner, together
with a complete description of the bicycle, on forms provided by the Department.
(2)
There is no registration fee. The registration plate
issued does not expire and is valid for the life of the bicycle.
C.
Tag required. Upon such registration the Police Department
shall cause a registration tag to be issued to the applicant, which tag shall
be promptly affixed to the registered bicycle. Such tag shall bear the same
serial number as the number shown on the applicant's registration card number
in the Police Department files. Such tag shall remain affixed to the bicycle,
and no person shall willfully remove, deface or destroy any such registration
tag. In case of theft or loss, a new tag shall be issued.
D.
Suspension of registration. The Chief of Police may suspend
the registration of any bicycle which is being operated contrary to any state
law or provision of this chapter or in an unsafe or careless manner or while
in unsafe mechanical condition. Such suspension shall be in addition to any
other penalties hereinafter provided and continue for a period not to exceed
10 days, provided that such registration shall not be reinstated while such
bicycle is in unsafe mechanical condition.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 12.10(2), Conditions of registration,
which immediately followed this subsection, as amended 4-4-1990 by Ord. No.
1299(41), was repealed 11-19-2002 by Ord. No. 1703(17).
Within 10 days after any bicycle registered hereunder shall have changed
ownership or shall have been dismantled or taken out of operation, the person
in whose name the bicycle has been registered shall report such information
to the Police Department. In case of change of ownership, the bicycle shall
thereupon be reregistered in the name of the new owner. In case of dismantling
and taking out of operation, the registration shall be canceled.
A.
Every person engaged in the business of selling and buying
new or secondhand bicycles shall make a report within five days to the Police
Department of any sale and purchase of every new bicycle sold and of every
secondhand bicycle purchased or sold stating the name and address of the person
to whom sold or from whom purchased together with a complete description of
the bicycle and the registration tag number thereof, if any.
B.
No person shall rent or offer for rent any bicycle unless
such bicycle is properly equipped, registered and tagged as herein provided.
The Police Department shall enforce and execute the provisions of this
chapter and promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary thereto.
In addition to any forfeiture for any violation as herein provided,
or in lieu thereof, the registration of any bicycle shall be subject to revocation
for 30 days.
