Berkeley Municipal Code Ch. 14.68 Bicycles and Bicycle Establishments

Prior legislation: Ords. 6921-NS § 1, 6230-NS § 1, 5716-NS § 3, 5181-NS § 1.

* Editor’s Note: This chapter was editorially renumbered from 14.04 to 14.68 during 1999 recodification.

A. "Bicycle" means a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain or gears, and having either two or three wheels in a tandem or tricycle arrangement.

B. "Bicycle establishment" means and includes a business operated by any person, partnership, association or corporation, wherein new or used bicycles or bicycle parts are purchased, sold, dismantled or junked.

C. "Motorized bicycle" means any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor which produces less than two gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level ground.

D. "Motorized scooter" means any two-wheeled device that has handlebars, has a floorboard that is designed to be stood upon when riding and is powered by a motor. (Ord. 7997-NS § 1, 2026; Ord. 7786-NS § 3, 2021; Ord. 4957-NS §§ 1-3, 1976)