[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 1]
No person shall ride or use a bicycle upon any public street
in the Borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, unless the same shall
be licensed and registered as hereinafter[2] provided.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 2]
Every owner of a bicycle, upon the effective date of this ordinance,
shall list and register with the Police Department of the Borough
of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, at Police Headquarters, his name and
address, and name of the manufacturer of the bicycle, its number,
style and general description. In the event that the owner of a bicycle
is a minor under the age of 21 years, then the parent or guardian
or person having the care of such minor or with whom he or she lives
shall make such listing and registration on behalf of such minor owner.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 3]
The Chief of Police shall from time to time provide, at the
expense of the Borough, stickers, which stickers shall have numbers
stamped thereon in numerical order. Such stickers shall be suitable
for attachment upon the bicycle. It shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police to issue to the owner of each bicycle, who shall make application
therefor and pay the required fee as hereinafter[1] provided, one sticker, which shall be attached to the
rear of the bicycle, in a position to be seen clearly from the rear
such sticker shall remain attached to the bicycle for which it is
issued for the duration of such license period. The Chief of Police
shall also keep a record of such registration.
[1]
Editor's Note: In Section 8 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 4]
It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers
ownership of any bicycle to report such sale or transfer to the Police
Department of the Borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, at Police
Headquarters, and if such person has had his bicycle licensed and
registered, he shall also return to the Chief of Police the license
sticker, and furnish said Chief of Police with the name and address
of the person to whom said bicycle was sold or transferred, and such
report shall be made by the person selling or transferring within
three days of the date of said sale or transfer. It shall be the duty
of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply immediately
for a license sticker.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 5]
It shall be the duty of every person who dismantles, reduces
to junk or takes out of operation any bicycle, whether same be registered
or not registered, to report the same to said Chief of Police at Police
Headquarters.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 6]
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully or maliciously
remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate
or alter such license sticker during the time in which such license
sticker is operative; provided, however, that if any bicycle does
not have a serial number stamped on the frame, or if such number is
illegible then the Chief of Police shall stamp an identification number
on such frame of the bicycle.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 7]
In case of loss or destruction of a license sticker, a duplicate
sticker shall be issued to the registered owner for a fee hereinafter[1] set forth; provided such owner gives satisfactory proof
of same either by affidavit or otherwise, to the Chief of Police.
[1]
Editor's Note: In Section 8 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 8]
The license fee for the sticker shall be $0.50 for each bicycle,
and shall be paid to the Chief of Police at Police Headquarters at
the time of application. Said sticker shall be subject to a yearly
check by the Chief of Police. Upon application for a duplicate sticker
in accordance with Section 7 of the said ordinance,[1] such owner shall pay to the Chief of Police a fee of $0.25
for such duplicate sticker.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 7 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 9, as amended by
Ordinance 287, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
If any bicycle is found on any street in the Borough without
a license identification sticker as above set forth, or with a mutilated
or altered serial number, or with no serial number stamped on the
frame of the bicycle, it shall be prima-facie evidence that such bicycle
is being operated without proper registration, and such bicycle shall
be taken and impounded by the Police Department of the Borough, and
shall be held by the Police Department until ownership is proven.
Any such bicycle held for six months or longer, and not claimed by
the owner thereof, may be disposed of by the Borough in the manner
prescribed and allowed by law.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 10]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle when upon
the street to ride with both hands off the handlebars, or in any other
reckless manner or to carry any other person upon the handlebars,
frame or fender of any such bicycle, or for any person to so ride
upon any such bicycle.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 11]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
the streets of the Borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, without having
thereon a bell or horn, light in front and rear reflectors; provided,
however, that it shall be unlawful to have thereon or use a siren
of any kind.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 12]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle in
such a manner as to interfere with any pedestrian who is exercising
due care, or allow a bicycle to obstruct pedestrian traffic.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 13]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle to violate
any provision of any ordinance of the Borough applicable to vehicular
traffic, and for any such violation the operator of a bicycle shall
be subject to the penalty prescribed in such traffic ordinances.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 14, as amended
by Ordinance 287, July 21, 1970, Section 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
any sidewalk in the Borough, but it shall be lawful for persons to
push bicycles by hand upon or across any sidewalk.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 15]
The Police Department of the Borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania,
may at any time require the delivery of any bicycle to it for the
purpose of making inspections of brakes and other parts, and shall
refuse to license or register any bicycle found to be mechanically
imperfect.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 16]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a bicycle upon any
street of the Borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, to propel same
abreast or to the left of any other person so propelling a bicycle,
except in passing such other bicycle.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 17]
The word "streets," as used in this ordinance,[1] shall include public highways, boulevards and alleys.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 19 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 18, as amended
by Ordinance 287, July 21, 1970, Section 3]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance,[1] except Sections 4, 5, and 6,[2] shall, for the first offense, receive a warning letter,
and for the second or subsequent offenses, have said bicycle impounded
by the Borough for a period of from one to two weeks, and/or pay a
fine of not more than $2 and costs of prosecution, or both, at the
discretion of the hearing officer. Any person who violates Section
4, 5 or 6, shall, in summary conviction before a Justice of the Peace
be fined no less than $1 or more than $10, and costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of fine and costs to imprisonment for not
more than 10 days.
[Ordinance 241, October 20, 1964, Section 19]
The sections and parts of sections included in the ordinance[1] are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts
of sections. If any such section or part of section shall be held
invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this ordinance,
nor the context in which such part of section so held invalid may
appear.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 19 of this chapter.
