Biggs Municipal Code Ch. 8.45 Motorized Scooters

The term "motorized scooter" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the provisions of Sections 407.5(a) and (b) of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

No person shall operate a motorized scooter on any street, road or highway, or other public property within the city unless such scooter is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

(1) The chief of police shall issue a license plate or other appropriate decal to a motorized scooter license applicant, following the filing of an application for such by the applicant and payment of the license fee.

(2) The license plate or decal, together with the registration form, shall be numbered in numerical order, beginning with number "one" and indicating the year for which the same are issued. Each license plate or decal shall be suitable for attachment upon the frame of the scooter and the scooter owner shall immediately attach it to the frame of the scooter and it shall remain attached at all times until renewal.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

The chief of police shall maintain the records of each scooter registered. Such registration records shall include, but not be limited to, the license number, the serial number of the scooter, the make and type of the scooter and the name, address and telephone number of the licensee.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

(1) Whenever any person sells or otherwise disposes of a scooter, he or she shall endorse upon the registration certificate for such scooter a written transfer of same, setting forth the name, address and telephone number of the transferee, the date of the transfer and the signature of the transferrer, and shall deliver the registration certificate, so endorsed, to the city within 10 days of such transfer.

(2) Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires possession of a scooter shall, within 10 days of taking possession, apply for the transfer of the scooter license to his or her name.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

(1) It is unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate or alter any motorized scooter license or registration form, or to remove, alter or mutilate the serial number, or any identifying marks of the city on any scooter frame licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the chief of police from stamping numbers on the frames of scooters for which no serial number can be found, or on which said number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

In the event any scooter license or registration form issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is lost, stolen or mutilated, the licensee of such scooter shall immediately notify the chief of police, and within 10 days after such notification, shall apply for a duplicate license and/or registration form and pay the appropriate license fee. Thereupon, a replacement license and/or registration form shall be issued to such licensee.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

Whenever the owner of a scooter licensed pursuant to this chapter changes his or her address, he or she shall within 10 days notify the chief of police of such change.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

Fees for the initial issuance, transfer, replacement and renewal of motorized scooter licenses shall be established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

(1) The police department may impound and retain possession of any motorized scooter operated in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and retain possession of it until an impound fee has been paid and the violation or violations are corrected.

(2) The amount of the fee for impoundment shall be established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

Retail vendors that sell motorized scooters shall deliver to the person purchasing a scooter a document prepared by the chief of police setting forth the rules and regulations for the operation of motorized scooters as set forth in the California Vehicle Code and the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

(1) No person under the age of 16 years shall be allowed to operate a motorized scooter upon any street, road, highway or other public property within the city.

(2) Motorized scooters shall be operated at all times in compliance with the provisions relating to their operation as contained in the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)

All persons operating a motorized scooter shall wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.

(Ord. 353 § 1, 2005)