Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.50 Bicycle Registration

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Editor's note— ORD-11-0007, § 1, adopted Feb. 15, 2011, amended Ch. 10.50, in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 10.50, §§ 10.50.010—10.50.110, was entitled "Bicycle Registration", and derived from: Prior Code, §§ 6100.230—6100.240; ORD-06-0039, § 3, 2006; and ORD-10-0014, §§ 17, 18, 2010.

State Law reference— Provisions on the regulation of bicycles by local authorities, Veh. C. § 21206.

"Bicycle" means and includes any device upon which a person may ride which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears and which has wheels at least twenty inches (20") in diameter and a frame size of at least fourteen inches (14").

(ORD-11-0007, § 1, 2011)

No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the serial number on any bicycle, except in the event that the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any streets in this City; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Police or Fire Chief from numbering frames or bicycles on which no serial number is legible or which serial number is insufficient for identification purposes.

(ORD-11-0007, § 1, 2011)

Every person engaged in the business of buying, trading or selling secondhand bicycles shall daily make a written report to the Chief of Police, upon forms provided for that purpose by the Police Department, of every bicycle purchased, traded or sold by such dealer during the past twenty-four (24) hours, giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or traded, or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name and make, and the frame number thereof.

(ORD-11-0007, § 1, 2011)

The Chief of Police and his or her representatives and the licensing agency are granted all authority to enforce and carry out the provisions of this Chapter pursuant to the provisions included in the California Vehicle Code and all other laws of the State.

(ORD-11-0007, § 1, 2011)