Bell Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Bicycle Licenses

No person shall operate a bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power upon any street of the city without first obtaining a license therefor.

(Prior code § 3300)

The city clerk or such other person as may be designated by the city council is authorized and directed to issue, upon written application therefor, bicycle licenses which will entitle such bicycle to be operated upon all the streets, exclusive of the sidewalks thereof, in the city.

(Prior code § 3301)

The license fees to be paid for each bicycle shall be paid in advance as follows:

A. For each new bicycle license and registration certificate, the sum of two dollars per calendar year or any portion thereof; and

B. For each transfer of registration certificate, the sum of one dollar; and

C. For each replacement of a bicycle license or registration certificate, the sum of one dollar; and

D. For each bicycle license renewal, the sum of one dollar per calendar year.

(Prior code § 3306)

The city shall provide bicycle license indicia (license plates) together with registration cards, such licenses and registration cards having numbers stamped thereon in numerical order. Such licenses shall be purchased from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles and are suitable for attachment upon the frames of bicycles, and the city clerk or such other person who may be designated by the city council shall attach one such license to the frame of each bicycle, and shall issue a corresponding registration card to the owner thereof upon the payment of the license fee provided for in Section 10.48.030. Such license shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The city clerk or other such person who may be designated by the city council shall also keep a record of the date of issue of each license, the number thereof, the name and address of the licensee, and the make, type and model of the licensed bicycle.

(Prior code § 3302)

All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles are required to make a weekly report to the city clerk or other such person who may be designated by the city council, giving the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle is purchased; year, make and serial number of bicycle, general description of bicycle; and the number of the license found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles are required to make a weekly report to the city clerk, giving a list of all sales made by such dealers, which list shall include the name and address of each person to whom sold; year, make and serial number of bicycle; general description of bicycle; and the number of the license attached thereto, if any.

(Prior code § 3303)

Every person who sells, or transfers ownership of, any bicycle, shall report such sale or transfer to the city clerk or such other person who may be designated by the city council the registration card issued to such person, together with the name and address of the person to whom such bicycle was sold or transferred, and such report shall be made and such registration card returned within 10 days of the date of such sale or transfer. The purchaser or transferee of such bicycle shall apply for a transfer or registration therefor, within 10 days of such sale or transfer, and a new registration card shall be issued to him or her.

(Prior code § 3304)

No person shall wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy or alter the number of the frame of any bicycle licensed pursuant to this chapter. No person shall remove, destroy or alter any license or registration card during the time in which such license or registration card is valid; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the city clerk or other such person who may be designated by the city council, 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.

(Prior code § 3305)