Ordinance 3179 - Laserfiche WebLink

V. • bicycle before licensing the same and shall r efuse a license for any bicycle which he determines is in unsafe mechanical condition. Section 6: RENEi,AL OF LICENSE Upon the expiration of any bicycle license the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the same fee as upon an original application. Section 7: TRANSFER OF OViNERSHIP Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle the licensee shall remove the license plate and shall either surrender the same to the chief of police or may, upon proper application but without payment of additional fee, have said plate assigned to another bicycle owned by the applicant. Section 8: RENTAL AGENCIES A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is licensed and a license plate is attached thereto as provided herein and such bicycle is equipped with the lamps and other equipment required in this article . Section 9: BICYCF,F DEALERS Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling new or second-hand bicycles shall make a report to the chief of police of every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer, giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame number thereof, and the number of license plate, if any, found thereon. Section 10: TRAFFIC LPWS APPLY TO PERSONS RIDING BICYCLES Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehic;e by the laws of this State declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of this city applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to special regulations in this article and except as to those pro- visions of laws and ordinances which by their nature can have no application. Section 11: OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES (a) Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic-control signals, signs, and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Whenever authorized signs aye erected indicating that no right or left or U turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. Section 12: RIDING ON BICYCLES (a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto. (b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designated and equipped. -2-