Title 8 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND SAFETY›Chapter 8-2 — BICYCLES
Article 6 — Business Regulations
Lafayette Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Lafayette
8-251 - Dealer's report of purchase.¶
(a)
Report Required. Every dealer shall make a weekly report to the police chief, on forms furnished by him, giving the true name and address of every person from whom each bicycle or bicycle frame is purchased, with a description of each bicycle or part, its serial or frame number, and the number of its license, tab or plat. This report shall be made in triplicate; the original shall be mailed or delivered to the police chief, the duplicate given to the seller, and the triplicate retained by the purchasing dealer. The dealer's copies must be maintained for one year and shall be subject to examination upon request by any authorized representative of the city during normal business hours.
(b)
Exception. This section does not apply to new bicycles or new bicycle parts purchased from a wholesaler.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-252 - Dealer's report of sale.¶
Every dealer shall make a weekly report to the police chief, on forms furnished by him, giving the true name and address of every person to whom a bicycle or frame is sold, with its make and frame number, if any. This report shall be made in triplicate; the original shall be mailed or delivered to the police chief, the duplicate given to the purchaser, and the triplicate retained by the selling dealer for one year. The dealer's copy shall be subject to examination upon request by any authorized representative of the city during normal business hours.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-253 - Transmittal of dealer's reports.¶
Every dealer shall, every Monday, mail or deliver to the police chief his original reports, for the week Saturday through Friday of the previous week.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-254 - Prohibited transactions.¶
No dealer shall take or receive any bicycle or part from any person under the age of 18 years without written parental consent, or from any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-255 - Disposition of purchased bicycles.¶
No dealer or his employee shall alter, repair or dispose of any secondhand bicycle or bicycle frame taken or received until for ten days he has kept it separate from other bicycles and parts and subject to inspection at any time during normal business hours by any peace officer.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-256 - Rental-bicycle licenses.¶
No person shall rent out any bicycle not licensed under this chapter.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
8-257 - Dismantling or junking of bicycles.¶
Any person dismantling, or disposing of as junk or scrap, a bicycle licensed under this chapter shall give the police chief written notice thereof.
(Ord. 79 § 1 (part), 1972)
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