American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 10.44 Bicycles

(A) No person operating a bicycle upon a highway shall ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.

(B) No operator shall allow a person riding as a passenger on a bicycle, and no person shall ride as a passenger on a bicycle, upon a highway other than upon or astride a separate seat attached thereto. If the passenger is a child, the seat shall have adequate provisions for retaining the child in place and for protecting the child from the moving parts of the bicycle.

Ord. 92-19 § 121, 1992

(A) All bicycles licensed pursuant to this chapter shall conform to all the equipment requirements specified by the Vehicle Code and this code.

(B) No person shall operate upon a highway a bicycle which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it in an upright position with at least one foot on the highway surface, and restarting it in a safe manner.

Ord. 92-19 § 122, 1992

(A) No person shall park a bicycle upon a street or against a building in such a manner as to obstruct pedestrian, bicycle, or motor vehicular traffic.

(B) No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk or park a bicycle on a sidewalk in a position that does not leave an adequate path for pedestrian traffic.

(C) Notwithstanding subsections A and B of this section, no person shall park a bicycle at any location which has been posted with signs prohibiting such parking.

Ord. 92-19 § 123, 1992

(A) No city resident shall ride, move, haul, or leave standing or allow to be ridden, moved, hauled, or left standing, any bicycle on any road, street, highway, or other public property unless such bicycle is licensed in accordance with this chapter.

(B) This section shall not apply to bicycle manufacturers or bicycle dealers transporting bicycles in the normal course of business.

The American Canyon fire protection district, a subsidiary district of the city,

shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and is authorized and directed to register and license bicycles upon a written application for a license and the payment of the required fee.

Ord. 92-19 § 125, 1992

(A) The name and address of the registered owner,

(B) The make, type and model of the bicycle,

(C) The serial number of the bicycle,

(D) The license number of the bicycle,

(E) The original date of sale,

(F) A place for the name and address of a new registered owner,

(G) A place for the signature of the registered owner,

(H) A place for the signature of the registered owner releasing his interest,

(I) A place for the signature of the new registered owner, and

(J) A place for the name of the licensing agency.

Ord. 92-19 § 126, 1992

(A) Bicycle licenses and registration forms shall be supplied to the licensing agency by the city.

(B) The license shall be permanently affixed to the bicycle by the licensing agency and the registration form completed at the time of the registration or sale, whichever occurs first.

(C) Records shall be maintained by each licensing agency during the period of validity of the license.

Ord. 92-19 § 127, 1992

Upon an application for registration and licensing, the fee

required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be five dollars for a five-year license.

Ord. 92-19 § 128, 1992

(A) For each bicycle registered and licensed by a bicycle dealer a fee of fifty cents out of the license fee received may be retained by the bicycle dealer for his services.

(B) Revenues from the registration, replacement, and renewal of the license shall be paid to the director of finance monthly, and shall be retained by the city in a separate account, and shall be used for the support of the bicycle licensing and registration programs, and to improve bicycle safety programs, and to establish bicycle facilities, including bicycle paths and lanes, within the incorporated city limits.

Ord. 92-19 § 129, 1992

The owner of a bicycle may have an expired bicycle license

renewed upon the presentation of the bicycle, the last issued registration form or its copy, and the payment of the fee prescribed.

Ord. 92-19 § 130, 1992

(A) Whenever the owner of the bicycle licensed pursuant to this chapter sells or otherwise disposes of a bicycle, he shall, within ten days, notify the licensing agency of such disposition.

(B) Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires the possession of a bicycle shall, within ten days of taking such possession, apply for the transfer of the license for such bicycle to his name.

Ord. 92-19 § 131, 1992

Whenever the owner of a registered bicycle licensed

pursuant to this chapter changes his address, he shall, within ten days, notify the licensing agency of the old and new address.

Ord. 92-19 § 132, 1992

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate, or alter any registration certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate, or in any way alter or tamper with any bicycle license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, alter, or mutilate the serial number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Ord. 92-19 § 133, 1992

The licensing agency shall have the right to impound and retain the

possession of any bicycle on which the manufacturer's identification numbers have been altered, defaced, removed or destroyed.

Ord. 92-19 § 134, 1992

A rental agency operating within the city shall not rent or offer any bicycle for

rent unless such bicycle is licensed as provided in this chapter.

Ord. 92-19 § 135, 1992

(A) For each impounding fee for bicycles found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter, there shall be paid a sum of five dollars.

(B) For each violation of the provisions of this article, there shall be a fine of five dollars.

(C) After a "mechanical warning ticket" is issued advising of the new bike license program, a fine of ten dollars or proof of correction shall be written in.

Ord. 92-19 § 137, 1992