[Ord. 1215, 8/11/1969, § 1]
A bicycle, as herein mentioned, is a device having two tandem
wheels of a diameter not less than 10 inches and propelled by human
power.
[Ord. 1215, 8/11/1969, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1735, 4/12/1993]
1.
A person who resides within the Borough shall not ride or operate
a bicycle upon any street or public place within this Borough unless
said bicycle has been properly registered and tagged in accordance
with the following regulations:
A.
Every owner or operator of any bicycle within the Borough of Pottstown
shall, within 10 days after publication of this Part, make application
for the registration of said bicycle with the Chief of Police on a
form provided for that purpose. No license shall be issued to a minor
without the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian.
B.
Registration of bicycles shall be serially numbered and kept on file
by the Chief of Police in his office as a public record.
C.
The Chief of Police, upon receiving proper registration of a bicycle,
shall affix, or cause to be affixed, to the rear frame of the bicycle,
an identification tag or plate, serially numbered to correspond with
the bicycle's registration. A registration card shall be issued
to the owner of each properly registered bicycle.
D.
A charge, in an amount as established from time to time by resolution
of Borough Council, shall be made for the registering and tagging
of any bicycle. A charge, also in an amount as established from time
to time by resolution, shall be made for the issuing of duplicate
registration cards.
F.
Bicycles registered under the provisions hereof shall be registered
on or before October 1, 1969, and biennially thereafter. The Chief
of Police shall affix a new identification tag or plate to each bicycle
at the time of such registration or re-registration.
G.
Within 10 days after the sale, transfer or dismantling of any registered
bicycle, such information shall be reported to the Chief of Police
by the person in whose name the bicycle was registered. Such person
may have the identification tag or plate of his former bicycle transferred
to another bicycle owned by him without payment of an additional fee
upon proper registration of such bicycle with the Chief of Police.
H.
A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless
the bicycle is properly registered and tagged and unless such bicycle
is provided with the equipment required under the terms of this Part.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to remove,
destroy, mutilate or alter the identification tag or plate, frame
number of the bicycle or the registration card issued to the owner
thereof.
[Ord. 1215, 8/11/1969, § 3]
The Chief of Police, or his duly authorized representative,
shall inspect each bicycle presented for registration and shall refuse
to register any bicycle found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition
or lacking the equipment specified as necessary under terms of this
Part. Every bicycle must be re-inspected every two years.
[Ord. 1215, 8/11/1969, § 6; as amended by Ord.
1735, 4/12/1993]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this part
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty of not more
than $600 or to removal of the license plate from his bicycle, and
detention thereof for not more than seven days for a first violation,
not more than 14 days for a second violation, or not more than 30
days for a third or subsequent violation, or to both fine and such
removal and detention of the license plate. In default of payment
of said fine and costs, said person shall be subject to imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 30 days.
