Redwood City Municipal Code Art. I In General

"Bicycle," for the purposes of this Chapter, means any device upon which a person may ride, which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears having either two (2) or three (3) wheels (one of which is at least 20″ in diameter in tandem or tricycle arrangement) or having a frame size of at least fourteen inches (14″).

(Ord. No. 418, § 8; Ord. No. 1667, § 1, 3-8-76)

Bicycles as described in this Chapter shall not carry more than one person, except bicycles constructed for more than one person.

(Ord. No. 418, § 8)

It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to drive or propel any bicycle upon the streets of the City without having attached thereto a gong, bell or horn, in good working order and of proper size and character sufficient to give warning of the approach of such bicycle to pedestrians and to riders and drivers of other vehicles. The gong, bell or horn shall be of such size only as may be necessary to give such warning and shall not be sounded except when necessary to give such warning. All such bicycles, when being operated between one-half (½) hour after sunset and sunrise of the next day, shall be equipped with a white headlight and a red taillight or luminous reflector or red reflex mirror of sufficient size so that the same may be readily seen by persons approaching such vehicle from either direction.

(Ord. No. 320, § 1)

State Law reference— Lamps required on bicycles, Veh. C., § 25652.

It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to ride or propel any bicycle upon any sidewalk of any street within the City.

(Ord. No. 320, § 2)

All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a daily report to the Police Department, giving the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle is purchased, the description of each bicycle purchased, the frame number thereof and the number of the metallic license plate found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a daily report to the Police Department, 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 kind of bicycle sold, together with a description and frame number thereof, and the number of the metallic license plate attached thereto, if any.

(Ord. No. 418, § 4)

It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle to report such sale or transfer by returning to the Fire Department the registration card issued to such person as licensee thereof, together with the name and address of the person to whom the bicycle was sold or transferred. Such report shall be made within ten (10) days of the date of the sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of registration therefor from the Fire Department within ten (10) days of the sale or transfer.

(Ord. No. 418, § 5; Ord. No. 1667, § 2, 3-8-76)

It shall be unlawful to park, stand or leave a bicycle on the sidewalk or street at any place within a business district of the City, as such business district is established by the Zoning Ordinance, except when any such bicycle is placed in a bicycle rack or stand provided for such purpose at various places within the business district.

(Ord. No. 500, § 1)

Cross reference— Stopping, standing and parking generally, § 20.83 et seq.

Any bicycle found to be parked or left in violation of the preceding section is subject to seizure and impounding thereof by the Police Department as a public nuisance, and any bicycle so seized or impounded shall not be released until the person guilty of violation of the preceding section personally reports to the Chief of Police and is warned against further violations hereof. The Police Department shall keep a record of such warnings with the license number, if any, of each bicycle so seized, the name and address of the registered owner thereof, name and address of the rider or user thereof at the time of the violation, the names and addresses of the parents, if such user or rider is a minor, and the date and approximate time of such violation, and shall notify one of the parents of any minor of such violation. After one such warning any person violating any provision of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In case the violation is by a minor, such minor shall be committed to the Juvenile Probation Officer of the County for disposition and correction. Any bicycle seized or impounded for a second or subsequent violation hereof by a minor shall be released only to one of the parents of such minor, and upon the written authority from the Juvenile Probation Officer; however, for a second or subsequent violation hereof by an adult any bicycle so seized or impounded shall not be released until the fine is paid or the imprisonment is served.

(Ord. No. 500, § 2)