Avenal Municipal Code Ch. 1 Bicycles (CA)

Sections:

4-1.01 Licenses—Required.
4-1.02 Licenses—Issuance—Terms.
4-1.03 Fees—Supplemental regulations.
4-1.04 License plates and registration cards.
4-1.05 Bicycle dealers—Reports.
4-1.06 Transfer of ownership.
4-1.07 Tampering unlawful.
4-1.08 Riding on sidewalks and footpaths.
4-1.09 Impounding.
4-1.10 Notification of change of address.
4-1.11 Disposition of revenues from license fees.
Title 4 PUBLIC SAFETY
Avenal, California, Code of Ordinances
Page 2 4-1.01 Licenses—Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle propelled wholly, or in part, by muscular power upon any of the streets, alleys, or public highways of the City without first obtaining from the Police Department a license therefor. 4-1.02 Licenses—Issuance—Terms. Three (3) year license periods are hereby established. The Police Department is hereby authorized and directed to issue, upon applications therefor, bicycle licenses which shall be effective for periods of three (3) calendar years, or fraction thereof. Such licenses, when issued, shall entitle the licensees to operate such bicycles for which such licenses have been issued upon all the streets, alleys, and public highways, exclusive of sidewalks, in the City. 4-1.03 Fees—Supplemental regulations. The Council shall, by resolution, establish such fees and charges to be assessed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and adopt such regulations as the Council deems appropriate. 4-1.04 License plates and registration cards. The City shall provide license plates and registration cards as issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State. The license plates and registration cards and the bicycle frame shall have numbers stamped thereon in numerical order. Such license plates shall be suitable for attachment upon the frames of bicycles, and it shall be the duty of the Police Department to attach one such license plate to the frame of each bicycle and to issue a corresponding registration card to the licensee upon the payment of the license fee provided for in Section 4-1.03 of this chapter. Such license plate shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The Police Department shall also keep a record of the date of issuance of each license, the license number and serial number of the bicycle, the make, type, and model of the bicycle, and the name and address of the licensee. Such records shall be maintained by the Police Department during the period of the validity of the license or until notification that the bicycle is no longer to be operated. 4-1.05 Bicycle dealers—Reports. (a) Each bicycle retailer shall supply to each purchaser a record of the following information: the name of the retailer, the address of the retailer, the year and make of the bicycle, and the serial number of the bicycle. (b) All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles shall make monthly reports to the Police Department listing all sales made by such dealers, including the name and address of each person to whom a bicycle was sold, the kind of bicycle sold, the description and serial number, and the number of the license plate attached thereto, if any. (c) All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles shall make monthly reports to the Police Department giving the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle was purchased, a description of each bicycle purchased, the serial number, and the number of the license plate attached thereto, if any. (d) No bicycle retailer shall sell any new bicycle unless such bicycle has permanently stamped or cast on its frame a serial number placed there by the manufacturer. (e) No retailer shall sell any bicycle unless it is properly equipped as required by State law. (f) No person shall sell any bicycle unless it has a serial number or stamped identification number.

Title 4 PUBLIC SAFETY Avenal, California, Code of Ordinances Page 3 4-1.06 Transfer of ownership. It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers the ownership of any bicycle to report such sale or transfer by returning to the Police Department the registration card issued to such person as the licensee thereof, together with the name and address of the person to whom such bicycle was sold or transferred. Such report shall be made within ten (10) days after the date of the sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of the license to his or her name within ten (10) days after taking possession of such bicycle. 4-1.07 Tampering unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license plate or registration card during the time such license plate or registration card is operative. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the Police Department from stamping numbers on the frames of bicycles on which no serial number can be found or on which such number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes. 4-1.08 Riding on sidewalks and footpaths. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride any bicycle or tricycle on any sidewalk or footpath in the City. 4-1.09 Impounding. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as set forth in Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code. In addition, the Avenal Police Department or other entity charged with the duty of code enforcement for the City, may impound and retain the possession of any bicycle operated in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter until the violation is corrected to the satisfaction of such entity. Any bicycle so impounded and not redeemed by correction of the violation for a period of more than three (3) months shall be deemed to be unclaimed property subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 3 of this Code. (Ord. 90-04 (part), 1990) 4-1.10 Notification of change of address. Whenever the owner of a bicycle licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter changes his or her address, the Police Department shall be notified within ten (10) days thereafter of the old address and the new address. 4-1.11 Disposition of revenues from license fees. Revenues from bicycle license fees shall be retained by the City and shall be used for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or may be used to reimburse retailers for services rendered. In addition, bicycle license fees collected shall be used to improve bicycle safety programs and establish bicycle facilities, including bicycle paths and lanes within the City limits.