As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A pedalcycle having two wheels with tires 16 inches or more
in diameter connected by a frame of metal or wood and arranged to
be propelled by human power. This definition does not apply to toy
bicycles or velocipedes.
No person residing in the Township shall ride or use a bicycle
without first obtaining from the Police Department a registration
therefor as prescribed in this article.
The Police Department is hereby authorized and directed to issue,
upon written application, to any resident of the Township a permanent
bicycle registration, which registration shall entitle the licensee
to operate the registered bicycle upon all the streets and public
highways of the Township. The Police Department shall keep a record
of the date of issuance of each registration.
The Police Department shall provide each bicycle with a reflective
registration sticker with registration number, indicating that the
registration was issued by the Township. The reflective license sticker
shall be attached to the lower end of the rear fender by or under
the direction of the Police Department at a location where it will
always be plainly visible and in such manner as will prevent its removal.
The issuance of the registration shall be after the collection of
the registration fee as provided by this article. Registration fees
shall be paid to the Township Treasurer by the Police Department.
The reflective license sticker shall remain attached to the bicycle
during the time of its use in the Township.
The Police Department shall collect a fee as set forth from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors for each bicycle
registered. Upon the loss of a registration sticker, and upon evidence
satisfactory of such loss, a new registration sticker shall be issued
upon payment of a fee as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors.
A.
It shall be the duty of any person who sells or transfers ownership
of any bicycle to report such sale or transfer by returning to the
Police Department the registration card issued to such person, together
with the name and address of the person to whom the bicycle was sold
or transferred. Such report shall be made within five days of the
date of the sale or transfer thereof.
B.
It shall be the duty of the purchaser or the transferee of such bicycle
to apply to the Police Department for registration thereof within
five days of the date of such sale or transfer.
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall willfully
or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the manufacturer's
number of any bicycle frame registered pursuant to this article or
remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any registration sticker, seal
or registration card. However, nothing in this article shall prohibit
the Police Department from stamping a number on the frame of bicycles
on which no serial number can be found or on which such number is
illegible for identification purposes. The Police Department may also
stamp upon the frame of any bicycle registered a number which shall
be the secret number of the Police Department, if so required in the
administration of this article to prevent bicycle larceny and to recover
stolen bicycles.
The Police Department shall inspect each bicycle offered for
registration, and if the applicant's bicycle is not in good ridable
condition and properly equipped, the registration of the applicant's
bicycle shall be withheld until all requirements of the Motor Vehicle
Code are met.
All persons, firms, partnerships or corporations engaged in
the business of buying used bicycles shall make regular reports to
the Police Department, on forms to be furnished by the Police Department,
giving a list of all purchases and sales made by such dealer, as well
as the names and addresses of all persons, firms, partnerships and
corporations from whom such bicycles are purchased and to whom sold,
and the number thereof, and in the case of a used bicycle bought from
an individual or taken in trade from a person buying a new bicycle
or a used bicycle from the dealer's stock, the number of the license
plate thereon, if any.
[Amended 8-17-1999 by Ord. No. 99-08]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates § 196-39 herein shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $300, together with costs of prosecution. Upon default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the county prison for not more than 10 days.
