Fairfield Municipal Code Ch. 4 Bicycles

This chapter is adopted pursuant to section 21206 of the Vehicle Code of the state and is intended to implement and supplement provisions of division 11, chapter 1 of such Code.

(Ord. No. 72-37)

Officers of the city police department, upon witnessing a violation of any terms of this chapter or the state Vehicle Code by a person under the age of eighteen, may impound and retain possession of any bicycle or pedal cycle. Such property impounded pursuant to this section may be released to the parent or guardian of the operator upon request; provided, that the parent or guardian acknowledge future compliance with this chapter and the state Vehicle Code.

(Ord. No. 72-37)

If a bicycle or pedal cycle is not reclaimed by the owner or operator of the bicycle or pedal cycle within ninety days of the date the bicycle was impounded or stored, the bicycle or pedal cycle may be sold pursuant to section 24-2.

(Ord. No. 72-37)

§ 4.7. and 4.7.1. Repealed by Ordinance No. 75-5, §§ 3, 4.

No person shall willfully remove, destroy or alter, or mutilate any bicycle or pedal cycle license issued pursuant to this chapter during which time the registration is valid and unexpired. The owner of a bicycle may have a valid license which has become mutilated, damaged, or destroyed, replaced by a licensed agent upon presentation of the bicycle and a fee of one dollar.

(Ord. No. 72-37)