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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-08 05-08 CCO r. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES AND TO REGULATE THE OPERATION THEREOF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 23-501. LICENSES REQUIRED. No person shall ride or use a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard or alley in the Village of Brooklyn Center unless the bicycle shall be registered and licensed in the name of the actual owner as herein provided. Section 23-502. INFORMATION REQUIRED. Every owner of a bicycle shall register with the Village Clerk his name and address, the name of the manufacturer of his bicycle, its number, style and general description. The Village Council can deputize other persons to issue licenses in receipt for payment of the license fees on behalf of the Clerk. Section 23-503- FORM OF LICENSE. (a) The Village Clerk shall maintain at the Village Hall suitable records of registrations under this • ordinance. on receipt of the license fee herein provided for, he shall provide a suitable metallic identification plate upon which shall be stamped suitable distinguishing letters or numbers. The owner shall affix and keep affixed to the rear of the seat of the bicycle for which the plate is issued, the original metallic plate, and shall keep such plate clean and visible at all times. The Village Clerk may in addition,, cause to be imprinted or stamped on the bicycle a suitable registration number, and it shall be un- lawful to remove or deface such number. (b) No bicycle shall be registered which is in unsafe mechanical condition. The Village Clerk shall have authority., upon the recommendation of the Juvenile Court of Hennepin County,, to suspend the registration of, and remove the identification tag from, any bicycle operated contrary to any state law or village ordinance or operated while in unsafe mechanical condi- tion, such suspension and removal to continue for a period not to exceed ten (10) days, provided that such registration shall not be reinstated or such identification tag be replaced while such bicycle is in unsafe condition. Such suspension and removal shall be in addition to other penalties provided hereunder. Section 23-504. FEE. The biennial license fee is seventy-five (750) cents,, and shall be,paid on or before the lst day of July in each even numbered year. Upon change of ownership, the license plate shall be registered in the name of the new owner upon payment by the new owner of a fee of twenty-five (250) cents. All receipts from license and transfer applications shall be remitted by the Village Clerk to the Village Treasurer. Section 23-505- LOSS OF LICENSE PLATES. Plates shall not be trans- ferred from one bicycle to another and no person shall attach to any bicycle a plate which was not issued for such bicycle. Upon the loss of a license plate, the Village Clerk upon satisfactory evidence of such loss and pay- ment of a fee of twenty-five (250) cents shall issue an appropriate new plate. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove or de- stroy a license Plate on a bicycle. Section 23-506. OPERATION OF BICYCLES. (a) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any public street, highway, boulevard., sidewalk or alley except in a careful and prudent manner. A person propelling a bicy- cle shall not ride other than astride a permanent or regular seat attached thereto. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed or equipped. No person riding upon any bicycle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway. (b) No bicycle shall be ridden upon any public street, highway, boulevard., sidewalk or alley at a speed faster than is reasonable and proper under traffic conditions at the time,, and every bicycle shall be operated with due regard to the safety of the operator and other persons upon the streets., highways., boulevards, sidewalks, and alleys of the village. (c) No bicycle shall be operated on any street, highway, boulevard, sidewalk or alley during any period of time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise without a headlight in good working condition. Such headlight shall display a white light of sufficient illuminating power under normal atmospheric conditions to reveal any persons vehicles or sub- stantial objects fifty (50) feet ahead of headlight which headlight shall • be firmly attached to said bicycle and properly lighted.. nor shall any bicy- cle be so operated or parked without an adequate lighted red tail light or in lieu thereof an adequate reflector attached to and visible from the rear of such bicycle from a distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet. (d) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet, except that a bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any persons use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle. (e) No person shall operate a bicycle upon any public street., high- way, boulevard,, sidewalk or alley unless the bicycle is in good mechanical condition and equipped with adequate brakes. Section 23-507. BICYCLE RENTALS. A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is licensed and a license plate is attached thereto as provided herein and such bicycle is equipped with the lamps and other equipment required in this ordinance. Section 23-508. PENALTY. Any persons who shall violate the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or ninety (90) days.in the County Jail of Hennepin County. The Court may also after conviction remove and detain the license plate from the bicycle owned by the person convicted for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or may both remove and detain said plate for a per- iod not to exceed thirty (30) days and impound said bicycle for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. f ' I . ` I Section 23 -509. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. Passed by the Village Council this day of ,�f(,� z, 1956• t/ Mayor Attest: Clerk ( Seal)