[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Sharon
Hill 5-13-1969 by Ord. No. 981 (Ch. 43 of the 1972 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person
may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is more than 16
inches in diameter.
No person who resides in the Borough of Sharon Hill shall ride
or propel a bicycle on any street unless such bicycle shall have been
licensed and a license sticker shall have been attached thereto, as
provided herein.
No person not a resident of the Borough of Sharon Hill shall
ride or propel a bicycle ordinarily kept within the limits of the
said Borough on any street, unless such bicycle shall have been licensed
and a license sticker shall have been attached thereto, as provided
herein.
A.
Every owner of a bicycle shall, on or before the first day of June
in each and every year, make application to the Chief of Police for
a bicycle license and license sticker, such application to be made
on a form provided by the Borough.
B.
When any person first makes application for a bicycle license, he
shall be given an operator's test and, upon successful completion
of such test, shall be granted an operator's license.
The Police Department shall provide in each year, at the expense
of the Borough, license stickers, together with registration cards,
which tags and cards shall have numbers stamped thereon in numerical
order, beginning with number one and indicating the name of the Borough
and the year for which the same are issued. Such tags shall be suitable
for attachment to the rear mudguard or the frame of the bicycle for
which issued, in such a position as to be plainly visible. Such tag
shall be attached to the bicycle by the Police Department or persons
designated by the Police Department at the time of issuing the license
and shall remain attached to the bicycle for which it is issued for
so long as such license shall remain in effect. The Chief of Police
or persons designated by him shall also keep a record of such registration.
Upon issuance of a license and attachment of a tag to the bicycle,
the Police Department or persons designated by the Police Department
shall also furnish to the owner of such bicycle the corresponding
registration card. The operator of a bicycle shall display his registration
card or produce satisfactory proof that the owner has such registration
card upon the demand of any officer of the Sharon Hill Police Department.
The Chief of Police or persons designated by him shall inspect
each bicycle before licensing the same and shall refuse a license
for any bicycle which he deems to be in an unsafe condition.
Upon the expiration of any bicycle license, the same may be
renewed upon application to and inspection by the Chief of Police
or persons designated by him.
It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers
ownership of any bicycle within the Borough of Sharon Hill to report
such sale to the Chief of Police. If such bicycle is licensed and
registered, such person shall, at the same time, return to the Chief
of Police the registration card and license sticker. Such person shall
furnish the Chief of Police with the name and address of the person
to whom such bicycle is sold or transferred. Such report and return
of the registration card and license sticker 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 any person who purchases or otherwise
acquires a bicycle to apply immediately for a registration card and
license sticker, which shall be valid until the first day of June
following the issuance thereof.
It shall be the duty of every person who dismantles, reduces
to junk or takes out of operation any bicycle, whether the same is
registered or not registered, to report the same to the Chief of Police
and to turn in the registration card and license sticker if such bicycle
is registered.
It shall be unlawful for any person, willfully or maliciously, to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number on any bicycle frame; and it shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy or alter any license sticker or registration card during the time when such license sticker or registration card is valid, except as provided in §§ 118-8 and 118-10 hereof; provided, however, that if any bicycle does not have a serial number stamped on the frame thereof, or if such number is illegible, then the Chief of Police shall stamp an identification number on the frame of such bicycle.
[Amended 5-24-2012 by Ord. No. 1359]
In case of loss or destruction of any license sticker and/or
registration card and/or operator's license, a duplicate sticker
and/or card shall be issued to the registered owner of such bicycle
upon payment of a fee as set by Borough Council for each sticker or
card required, provided such owner gives satisfactory proof of such
ownership and loss or destruction of such card and/or sticker, by
affidavit or otherwise, to the Chief of Police.
If any bicycle shall be found on any street or alley in the
Borough of Sharon Hill without a license sticker, as above set forth,
or with a mutilated serial number or 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.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
any street or public alley in the Borough of Sharon Hill in violation
of any traffic ordinances of the Borough which are applicable to motor
vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
any sidewalk in a business district or place of public gathering in
the Borough of Sharon Hill.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle, when upon
any street, to ride with both hands off the handlebars, or to ride
other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached
thereto, or to carry any other person upon such bicycle other than
upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon. Nor shall any person
ride upon a bicycle other than as above provided.
No person shall operate a bicycle upon any street unless such
bicycle is equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving
a signal audible for at least 100 feet, except that no bicycle shall
be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, any siren
or whistle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle upon
any street in such a manner as to interfere with any pedestrian who
is exercising due care thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a bicycle upon
any street in the Borough of Sharon Hill to propel such bicycle abreast
of any other person so propelling a bicycle, except in passing such
bicycle.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or
building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending
across any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching
on said sidewalk or sidewalk area and, upon entering the roadway,
shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said roadway.
When necessary to park bicycles on a street or sidewalk, bicycles
must be parked in an upright position and in a manner not to obstruct
pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon determination by the Chief of Police, have his operator's
license revoked for a period not to exceed seven days.
