No person who is a resident of the Village of Larchmont shall operate a bicycle on the public highways, streets, avenues, walks and public places within the Village of Larchmont unless such bicycle has been inspected and registered by the Chief of Police, and a certificate or tag of such inspection and registration, containing a distinctive identification number, shall be attached to such bicycle.
Application for bicycle registration and inspection and for a certificate or tag of registration and inspection shall be made upon a form provided by the village and shall be made to the Chief of Police. An annual registration fee of $0.25 shall be paid to the village before each registration or renewal thereof is granted.
A. 
The Chief of Police, upon receiving the proper application therefor, is authorized to issue a bicycle registration, which shall be effective until the next succeeding first day of June.
B. 
The Chief of Police shall not issue a registration for any bicycle to an applicant who is under 16 years of age. A registration obtained through false representation that the applicant is of the required age shall be null and void.
C. 
The Chief of Police shall not issue a registration for any bicycle in case he/she knows or has reasonable ground to believe that the applicant is not the owner of or not entitled to the possession of such bicycle.
The Chief of Police shall keep a record of the number of each registration, the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued, the number on the frame of the bicycle for which issued and the name of any child under 16 years, if any, for whose use the bicycle is being registered, and such other matters as the Chief of Police deems necessary in his/her discretion.
A. 
The Chief of Police, upon issuing a bicycle registration, shall also issue a registration certificate or tag bearing the registration number assigned to the bicycle for the calendar year for which issued and shall cause such certificate or tag to be attached to the bicycle.
B. 
No person shall remove, deface or obliterate a registration certificate or tag during the period for which issued except upon order of a Village Justice or Court or the Chief of Police or upon transfer of ownership or in the event that the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated in this village.
[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
The Chief of Police shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, each bicycle before licensing the same and shall refuse a license for any bicycle which he/she determines is in unsafe mechanical condition or which is not equipped in conformity with the requirements of law.
The Chief of Police shall not issue a registration for a bicycle until he/she knows or has reasonable ground to believe that the applicant, or any child under 16 years for whose use said bicycle is being registered, is familiar with the traffic regulations that apply to the operation or use of a bicycle. The Chief of Police may give, or cause to be given, reasonable tests to ascertain whether such applicant or such child is familiar with the traffic regulations applicable to bicycles and is capable of complying with them when operating a bicycle.
Upon the expiration of any bicycle registration, the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the same fee as upon an original application.
Upon the sale or other transfer of a registered bicycle, the registrant shall remove the registration certificate or tag and return the same to the Chief of Police.
Rental agents in the Village of Larchmont shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is registered and the registration certificate or tag or marking is attached thereto as provided herein and such bicycle is equipped as required by law.
Every person, partnership, association or corporation in the Village of Larchmont engaged in the business of buying or selling new or secondhand bicycles shall make a report to the Chief of Police for every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer, giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame number thereon and the number of the registration certificate or tag or marking, if any, found thereon.