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Township of Lower Oxford, PA
Chester County
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[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or to park a pedalcycle on the sidewalk along the following portions of the streets in the Township of Lower Oxford:
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(Reserved)
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
It shall be unlawful for any person who resides in the Township of Lower Oxford to ride a pedalcycle upon any street in the Township of Lower Oxford or upon any path in the Township of Lower Oxford that is set aside for the exclusive use of pedalcycles unless that pedalcycle has been licensed as provided in this Part 6 and unless a license plate for the current year is attached to the pedalcycle.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
1. 
Applications for licenses or for renewal of licenses shall be made on or after February 1 of each even-numbered year and the license shall be valid until April 1 of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
2. 
Before issuing a license, the Police Department shall inspect or cause to be inspected the pedalcycle for which the application is made, and it shall refuse to license any pedalcycle which is determined to be in unsafe mechanical condition or to lack required equipment in good working order.
3. 
Upon receipt of the license fee, which shall be for the use of the Township of Lower Oxford, and having ascertained by inspection that the pedalcycle is in safe mechanical condition and properly equipped, the Police Department shall issue the license, which shall be effective for the period provided in Subsection 1 of this section.
4. 
The Police Department shall keep a record of the number of each license, the name and address of the person to whom the license was issued, and the number on the frame of the pedalcycle for which the license was issued; and shall also keep a record of all pedalcycle license fees collected and turned over by the Department to the Township Treasurer.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
1. 
The Police Department, upon issuing a pedalcycle license, shall also issue a license plate bearing the license number assigned to the pedalcycle, the name of the Township of Lower Oxford, and the expiration date of the license.
2. 
The Police Department shall cause the license plate to be firmly attached to the rear mudguard or the frame of the pedalcycle for which it was issued, in a position so as to be plainly visible from the rear.
3. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a license plate from a pedalcycle at any time during the period for which the license was issued, except upon a transfer of ownership or when the pedalcycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any street or pedalcycle path in the Township of Lower Oxford.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
Upon the expiration of any pedalcycle license, the license shall be renewed by its holder upon following the same procedure and paying the same fee as prescribed in this Part 6 in the case of the application and issuance of the original license.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
Upon the sale or other transfer of ownership or the dismantling of a licensed pedalcycle, the holder of the license shall remove the license plate and surrender it to the Police Department. At the same time, if that license holder has acquired another pedalcycle, not previously licensed to him, that plate may be assigned by the Police Department to the replacement pedalcycle, without requirement for payment of an additional fee by the license holder.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
No rental agency, located in the Township of Lower Oxford, shall rent any pedalcycle or offer any pedalcycle for rent unless that pedalcycle has been registered and licensed for the current period as required by § 15-602 through § 15-606 of this Part 6.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
1. 
Any person who violates any provision of § 15-601 of this Part 6 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of §§ 15-602 through 15-607 of this Part 6 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.