Mission Viejo Municipal Code Ch. 12.15 Bicycles

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Cross reference— Use regulations for parks and recreational facilities, ch. 13.04.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bicycle means 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 20 inches in diameter and a frame size of at least 14 inches.

Bicycle plate means the license tag or decal designated by the state in accordance with Vehicle Code § 39001 to be permanently affixed to the bicycle and which bears a unique number permanently assigned to that bicycle by the state.

Bicycle registration receipt means that ownership card issued by the registration agency or agent of the city upon receipt of the completed registration application.

Registration agency or agent means that party designated by the city council as the official registration agency or agent for bicycles in the city. For purposes of this chapter, the chief of police and his representatives shall be deemed the registration agency. The chief of police shall be given the authority to appoint person(s) to assist in the capacity of bicycle registration agents. Each registration agency or agent shall register bicycles for persons residing in the city only; all other bicycle registration applicants shall be referred to their respective city or jurisdiction of residency.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.010), 2-12-90)

Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1.01.170.

Any resident of the city shall be entitled to obtain a bicycle registration from the city upon filing the appropriate application with the registration agency or agent in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any registration so issued shall be for the identification of such bicycle in the event of loss or theft thereof. Fees for registration shall be set by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.020), 2-12-90)

At the time that any person registers a bicycle in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the registration agency or agent shall provide him with a registration receipt bearing the owner's name, address, telephone number, bicycle plate number, the bicycle manufacturer, type and frame number and any other descriptive material concerning the bicycle deemed necessary by the registration agency. The receipt shall also include a notice regarding the provisions for the transfer of ownership of the bicycle. At the time of licensing, the bicycle owner shall also be issued his permanent bicycle plate bearing the unique number permanently assigned to the bicycle by the state.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.030), 2-12-90)

Any bicycle registration or renewal issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall remain in effect until January 1 of the third year following the year of registration. Bicycle registrations may be renewed by applying for a renewal with the licensing agency or agent. Bicycle registrations may be renewed on January 1 of the third year following the year of registration, and each third year thereafter by applying on or before that date to the registration agency or agent. Renewal of the bicycle registration shall be indicated by a supplementary adhesive device affixed parallel to and above or below the bicycle plates with the expiration date shown.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.040), 2-12-90)

Whenever any person sells, trades, disposes of or transfers any bicycle registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, he shall endorse upon the registration receipt previously issued for the bicycle a written transfer thereof, setting forth the name, address, and telephone number of the transferee; the date of transfer; the signature of the transferer; and may deliver the registration receipt, so endorsed, to the registration agency at the time of transfer. Endorsement of the registration receipt is for the security and protection of the transferee. The transferee shall be entitled, within ten days after such transfer, to apply to such registration agency for a transfer of the registration receipt.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.050), 2-12-90)

Whenever any bicycle registrant changes his place of residence, he shall notify the registration agency of such change of address.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.060), 2-12-90)

If any registration receipt or bicycle plate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is lost or stolen, the bicycle registrant shall immediately notify the registration agency, and within ten days after such notification, shall apply to the registration agency for a duplicate registration receipt or replacement bicycle plate; whereupon, the registration agency shall issue to the registrant a duplicate registration receipt or bicycle plate.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.070), 2-12-90)

It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate or alter any registration receipt or bicycle plate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.080), 2-12-90)

(a) Riding in group. Persons operating bicycles within a bicycle lane or upon a bicycle path shall ride in single file except as provided for in Vehicle Code § 21202(a).

(b) Direction of travel. Persons riding or operating a bicycle on a bicycle trail or path may proceed in either direction except on those trails or paths designated for one-way traffic by appropriate markings or signs or defined by the direction of adjacent vehicular traffic.

(c) Walking bicycles. Bicycles may be walked subject to all provisions of law applicable to pedestrians.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 5(6-4-500), 6-27-88)

(a) Riding on sidewalks. Bicycles may be ridden on all sidewalks in the city at a speed not to exceed five miles per hour except upon sidewalks within a business district, upon sidewalks adjacent to any public school building when school is in session, recreation center when in use, church during services, over any pedestrian overcrossing or other sidewalk where prohibited by posted signs.

(b) Sidewalks designated as multi-use trail shared sidewalks MUTSS). Bicycles may be ridden on all MUTSS in the city at a speed not to exceed 12 miles per hour.

(c) Director to designate prohibitions. The director may designate and declare certain portions sidewalk to be prohibited to bicycle use.

(d) Director to post prohibitions. The director is authorized to erect and maintain signs adjacent to sidewalks designating limits of bicycle prohibitions.

(e) Yielding right-of-way. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield right-of-way to any and all pedestrians. A person riding a bicycle upon entering a roadway or driveway from a sidewalk shall yield to all traffic.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 5(6-4-501), 6-27-88; Ord. No. 19-334, § 1, 1-14-20)

(a) The chief of police and his representatives shall herewith be granted all authority to enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter pursuant to the provisions included in the Vehicle Code and all other laws of the state.

(b) Each violation of this chapter shall be an infraction subject to a fine not to exceed $10.00.

(Ord. No. 90-41, § 1(12.15.090), 2-12-90)