[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Carneys Point 3-28-1979 as Ord. No. 327. Section
51-6 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any resident of Carneys
Point Township to operate or cause to be operated a bicycle upon any
street or other public area within the limits of Carneys Point Township
unless said bicycle is registered and marked as herein provided.
Registration shall be made by the owner within
90 days after the effective date of this chapter or within 90 days
after acquisition by the owner by filing with the Police Department
the name and address of the owner, together with a complete description,
on forms provided by said Department. Such registration shall be valid
as long as the person retains ownership of the bicycle. Each registration
shall be serially numbered and kept on file in the Police Department
as a public record. Upon such registration, said Department shall
cause a permanent identification mark to be affixed to the registered
bicycle in a place to be determined by said Department, and each identification
mark shall be serially numbered to correspond with the registration
number. At the time of registration, in order to secure same, the
owner shall make a satisfactory showing that the bicycle is in a safe
mechanical condition.
No person shall willfully deface or destroy
any identification mark or registration certificate other than the
Police Department in compliance herewith.
A.
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 new owner shall cause the registration to
be changed to show the name of the new owner.
B.
In case of dismantling and taking out of operation,
the registration shall be canceled.
A registration fee of $0.50 shall be paid for
the initial registration of each bicycle under this chapter. Upon
a change of ownership in each bicycle, reregistration by a new owner
of the bicycle shall be without fee, except that should there be more
than one reregistration of a bicycle, a fee of $0.50 shall be charged
for every second reregistration thereof.
[Amended 5-20-1985 by Ord. No. 393]
Any person who shall violate any section of
this chapter shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $1,000
or be imprisoned in the County jail or in any place provided by the
municipality for the detention of prisoners not to exceed 90 days,
or both.
