[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of St. Francis
as §§ 12.04 and 12.25 of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall operate a bicycle customarily kept within the City thoroughfare
without every year obtaining a license therefor, as authorized by § 349.18,
Wis. Stats., from the Police Department.
Application for license shall be made to the Police Department of the
City of St. Francis upon blanks provided by said Department which shall be
signed in duplicate by the applicant and contain the name, date of birth,
and address of the owner, together with a complete description of the bicycle.
Upon proper application and payment of a license fee to the Police Department
of the City of St. Francis, said Department is hereby authorized to issue
upon written application therefor bicycle licenses which shall be effective
for one calendar year, which license, when issued, shall entitle the licensee
and authorized persons after a corresponding license card and license tag
have been secured to operate such bicycle for which said license has been
issued upon the streets, alleys and public highways thereof in the City of
St. Francis. The Police Department shall keep a record of the date of issuance
of each license, to whom issued, and the number thereof. Licenses shall be
serially numbered and kept on file in the Police Department's office.
The fee for a license for each bicycle shall be as provided by the current
fee schedule on file with the City Clerk. All license fees collected under
this section shall be paid into the general fund of the City. Duplicate licenses
shall not be issued when the original is lost, destroyed or stolen. A replacement
license shall have the same fee.
After payment of the required fee, the license tag shall be affixed
to the bicycle frame as directed by the Police Department and shall remain
so affixed until license renewal.
Bicycles under the provisions hereof shall be licensed on May 1 and
annually thereafter
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove,
destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle licensed pursuant to
this section. Within seven days after any bicycle licensed hereunder shall
change ownership or be dismantled and taken out of operation, the person in
whose name the bicycle has been licensed shall report such information to
the City Clerk, who shall immediately forward such information to the Police
Department. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate
or alter any license plate, seal or license card during the time in which
such license plate, seal, or license card shall operate.
Every license issued hereunder shall be deemed to be granted subject
to the following conditions:
A.
Every person propelling or riding a bicycle upon a public
roadway shall be subject to the provisions of all ordinances and state laws
applicable to the operator of any vehicle, except those provisions with reference
to equipment of vehicles and except those provisions which by their nature
would have no application.[1]
B.
Every bicycle operated upon the streets and public highways
of the City of St. Francis during any time between a half hour after sunset
and a half hour before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp firmly attached
or affixed on the front of such vehicle exhibiting a white light visible from
a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a lamp on the rear exhibiting
a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that a
red reflector approved by the Department of Commerce of the State of Wisconsin
may be used in lieu of a rear light.[2]
C.
Every bicycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped
with a brake adequate to control the movement of and to stop such vehicle
whenever necessary. Such brake shall be maintained in good working order at
all times.
D.
Every bicycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped
with a horn or bell in good working order, capable of emitting a sound audible
under normal conditions for a distance of not less than 100 feet, and it shall
be unlawful for any bicycle to be equipped with a siren or whistle or to use
any such bell or horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning to other users
of the highway.
E.
Every bicycle when operated on a highway shall be kept
as close to the right-hand curb as possible.
F.
Every person when operating a bicycle upon a highway
shall ride such bicycle in single file only, and at no time shall bicycles
be operated two or more abreast.
G.
It shall be unlawful for any person riding upon a bicycle
to cling or attach himself or his bicycle to any other moving vehicle or streetcar
upon a street or highway.
H.
The operator of a bicycle shall not carry another person
on the bicycle when operating such bicycle upon any highway in the City, nor
shall the operator of any such bicycle tow or draw any coaster, sled, any
person on roller skates, toy vehicle, or other similar vehicle on a public
highway.
I.
No person operating a bicycle upon a public highway shall
participate in any race or speed or endurance contests with any other vehicle.
J.
No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the
handlebars, or feet from the pedals, or practice any acrobatic or fancy riding
on any street.
K.
Every person operating a bicycle upon a public highway
shall stop for all arterial highways and automatic traffic signals.
The provisions of Ch. 346, Wis. Stats., pertaining to bicycles, shall
apply.
In addition to the suspension or revocation of a license issued under this chapter, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation, rule or order made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided by § 1-4 of this Code.
