Cudahy Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Bicycles

No person shall operate or permit to be operated on any highway in the city any bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power, which bicycle is normally kept or stored within the city, unless and until such bicycle is registered with the director of finance, or such other person as may be designated by the council, as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.1).

No person shall operate or permit to be operated on any highway in the city any bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power, which bicycle is normally kept or stored within the city, unless the license plate issued therefor, as provided in this chapter, shall at all times be maintained on such bicycle. (Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.2).

The director of finance, or such other person as may be designated by the council, is hereby authorized and directed to issue, upon a written application therefor, bicycle licenses which shall be effective until December 31, 1978, and which shall be renewed as required by Division 16.7 of the Vehicle Code of the state, and which will entitle such bicycle to be operated upon all the streets, exclusive of the sidewalks thereof, in the city. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.3).

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 Department of Motor Vehicles of the state and shall be suitable for attachment upon the frames of bicycles, and the director of finance, or such other person as may be designated by the 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 this chapter. Such license shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The director of finance, or other such person as may be designated by the council, shall also keep a record of the date of issuance of each license, the number thereof, the name and address of the licensee, and the make, type, and model of the licensed bicycle. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.4).

All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a weekly report to the director of finance, or other such person as may be designated by the council, giving the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle is purchased; the year, make, and serial number of the bicycle; a general description of the bicycle; and the number of the license found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a weekly report to the director of finance giving a list of all sales made by such dealers, which list shall include the name and address of each person to whom sold; the year, make, and serial number of the bicycle; a general description of the bicycle; and the number of the license attached thereto, if any. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.5).

Every person who sells or transfers the ownership of any bicycle shall report such sale or transfer to the director of finance and return to the director of finance, or such other person as may be designated by the 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 after the date of such sale or transfer. The purchaser or transferee of such bicycle shall apply for a transfer within 10 days after such sale or transfer, and a new registration card shall be issued to him. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.6).

No person shall willfully 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 which such license or registration card is valid; provided, however, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the director of finance, or other such person as may be designated by the 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. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.7).

The licensing fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be $2.00 and shall be paid in advance. The fee to be paid for subsequent renewal stickers shall be $1.00 per year and shall be paid in advance. All license fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the bicycle safety and recreation fund of the city. (Ord. 244 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.8).

If the license plate is lost, stolen, or mutilated, the person owning such bicycle shall make an application to reregister such bicycle. The license replacement fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be $1.00 per year and shall be paid in advance. The director of finance, or such other person as may be designated by the council, shall cancel the registration of such bicycle and shall reregister such bicycle and provide a replacement bicycle license. (Ord. 396 § 1; Ord. 202 § 1. 2002 Code § 3-5.9).