"Matt B" <
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> Marz wrote:
>> Matt B wrote:
>>
>>>In certain US states _all_ pedal cycles have to display plates.
>>>
>> Name two!
>
> Take your pick:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/847tt
Section 6 seems a good idea..... registration, compulsory use of cycle
paths, trick cycling prohibited, etc.... cut'n'pasted here....
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Section 6.28. Registration.
(1) No bicycle shall be propelled or operated upon any of the public
streets,
sidewalks, avenues, lanes, alleys, parks, bridges or public places
within the city,
unless such bicycle is registered with the police department.
Application for such
registration shall be filed with the police department, stating the
owner's name,
residence address, the make and model of the bicycle, the serial
number of the
bicycle and such other information relative to the bicycle as the
chief of police or
his designated representative shall require. Such application shall
be made upon
blank forms furnished by the police department.
(2) The chief of police or his designated representative shall file all
applications for
registration of bicycles in the police department and keep a
complete and
accurate record of the facts appearing therein together with a
numerical list of the
license plate numbers assigned to each bicycle.
(3) The fee for the registration of a bicycle under this section shall
be $1.00. All
money derived from the registration of bicycles shall be paid by the
police
department into the general fund of the city.
(4) In the event of transfer of ownership of a bicycle registered under
this section,
the new owner shall, within ten days from such transfer, make
application on a
similar form for the transfer of registration to the new owner, and
shall
accompany such application with a transfer fee of $0.25.
(5) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.29. After section 6.28, add section 6.29 as follows:
Section 6.29. License number and plate generally.
(1) Upon receipt of the fee prescribed by section 6.28 and a
satisfactory application
pursuant to such section, the chief of police or his designated
representative
shall assign a number to each bicycle so registered and delivery to
the applicant
a license plate bearing the number so assigned. Such license plate
shall be
firmly attached to the rear of the bicycle and shall be valid for
that bicycle only
and shall not be transferred from one bicycle to another. Upon
assigning such
number and issuance of such plate, the number of such bicycle shall
be stamped
upon the framework of the bicycle so registered.
(2) All bicycle license plates shall remain the property of the city,
and the chief of
police or any of the policemen of the city are hereby authorized to
confiscate and
take possession and custody of any such plate attached to any such
bicycle for
which it was not issued, or when the person to whom the plate was
issued has
made or is making unlawful use thereof.
(3) In the event of the loss of a plate issued under this section, a
duplicate plate may
be obtained by paying the cost thereof to the city.
(4) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.30. After section 6.29, add section 6.30 as follows:
Section 6.30. Removal, alteration, etc., of license or frame number, license
plate, seal,
etc.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously
remove, destroy,
mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame registered
pursuant to the
article. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy,
mutilate or alter
any bicycle license plate, seal or registration card during the time
in which such
license plate, seal or registration card is operative. Nothing in
this section shall
prohibit the police department from stamping numbers on the frames
of bicycles
on which no serial number can be found, or on which such number is
illegible or
insufficient for identification purposes.
(2) The police department is herewith empowered and authorized to
impound any
unlicensed bicycle or any bicycle found with the license or frame
number
removed, destroyed, mutilated or altered until such time as the
person in
possession, or the owner of the bicycle, can prove ownership. In the
event proper
ownership is not proven within 60 days after the date of
impoundment, the
bicycle can be sold at public auction.
(3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.31. After section 6.30, add section 6.31 as follows:
Section 6.31. Riding prohibited on limited access or multilane roadway.
(1) No person shall ride any bicycle on Apple Avenue, Laketon Avenue,
Webster
Avenue, Muskegon Avenue, Sherman Boulevard, Seaway Drive, or any
other
limited access or multilane roadway within the city, where parking
has been
prohibited. Any person operating along these routes shall be
required to use the
pedestrian walkway adjacent thereto.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.32. After section 6.31, add section 6.32 as follows:
Section 6.32. Riding prohibited in specified areas.
Sec. 6.32 concerning riding prohibited in specified areas has been repealed.
(Ord. No. 2151, 5-24-05)
Section 6.33. After section 6.32, add section 6.33 as follows:
Section 6.33. Operation in dangerous districts.
(1) If the safety of the operator of a bicycle, the condition of the
sidewalk or highway,
the foot or vehicular traffic, including the safety of pedestrians,
is such in any
district as to require the operator of the bicycle to dismount and
push the vehicle
or to avoid such district in the exercise of ordinary caution and
prudence, it shall
be the duty of such operator of any bicycle to dismount and push the
same
through such dangerous district or to avoid the district entirely
while it is unsafe
for the operation of such bicycle.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.34. After section 6.33, add section 6.34 as follows:
Section 6.34. Pedal bicycle with helper motor not to be ridden on sidewalks.
(1) No person shall ride a pedal bicycle with helper motor on city
sidewalks.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.35. After section 6.34, add section 6.35 as follows:
Section 6.35. Racing and trick riding.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person riding a bicycle to race with
any other person
riding a bicycle, to ride without using both hands on handlebars, or
to indulge in
other trick riding upon any streets, sidewalks, avenues, lanes,
alleys, parks,
bridges or other public places within the city.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
Section 6.36. After section 6.35, add section 6.36 as follows:
Section 6.36. Riding abreast, curving to and fro.
(1) It shall be unlawful to ride abreast on bicycles upon any highway or
public street,
or to ride curving to and fro thereon. It shall be unlawful for
bicycles to be ridden
abreast on the sidewalks of the city, except when passing.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
State law reference(s)-- Riding abreast on highways, MCL 257.660(2).
Section 6.37. After section 6.36, add section 6.37 as follows:
Section 6.37. Riding on private property.
(1) No person riding a bicycle shall ride the same upon or across the
private property
of another person without the permission of the owner of such
property or the
person in rightful possession thereof.
(2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
