HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 494 ORDINanCE N0.~NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING
OF BICYCLES, REGULATING THEIR USE, AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT 0RDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF Tiie CITY 0ij BAI~ESFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1. License Required.
No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any street
or other public highway, or upon any part thereof, within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Bakersfield without having first
secured and attached to such bicycle a proper license tag as herein-
after provided.
SECTION 2. Procedure.
Application for the.registration of all bicycles shall be
made to the Police Department upon a form to be approved by the City
Manager. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty (50)
cents, to be paid into the City Treasury upon the granting of a lic-
ense. Upon receipt of such fee and the application in proper form
the City License Collector shall provide, at the expense of the City,
a proper tag which shall be attached to the frame of the bicycle in
a substantial manner. The removal of any such tag, except by the
proper authority, shall be a violation of this ordinance. Upon
change of ownership, notice of such change of ownership shall be
given to the Police Department within ten (lO) days thereafter. The
above mentioned license tag shall be valid only for the year or that
remaining portion of the year in which it has been issued. All such
license tags shall be voided the 15th day of September of each year.
SECTION 3. Conditions of License.
Every license issued hereunder shall be deemed to be
granted subject to the following conditions:
(a) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on a street
or other public high~vay of the City when such bicycle is occupied by
anyone other than the operator of such bicycle.
(b) No bicycle shall be ridden faster than is reasonable
and proper, but every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable
regard to the safety of the operator and other persons upon the
sidewalks, streets and other public highways of the City.
(c) Persons riding bicycles shall observe all traffic
signs and stop at all boulevard stop signs.
(d) No bicycle shall be permitted on any sidewalk, street
or other public highway of the City between thirty minutes after
sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise, without a headlight visible
under noH~al atmospheric conditions from the front thereof a distance
of not less than three hundred (300) feet, indicating the approach
or presence of the bicycle, fiHaly attached to such bicycle and
properly lighted, or without a red light or reflector attached to
the rear thereof and visible for a distance of not less than two
hundred (200) feet.to the rear thereof. The said headlight shall
give a.clear white light.
(e) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any
street or other public high~vay in the city abreast of more than
one other person riding or propelling a bicycle.
(f) Every person riding or propelling a bicycle upon any
street or other public highway in the city shall observe all traffic
rules and regulations applicable thereto, and shall turn only at
intersections, signal for all turns, ride at the right hand side of
the sidewalk, street or highway, pass to the left when passing over-
taken vehicles and individuals, and shall pass vehicles to the right
when meeting.
(g) No person shall ride any bicycle upon any sidewalk
within any business district, as defined in Section 89 of the
California Vehicle Code.
(h) Every person riding or propelling a bicycle upon the
sidewalk in a residential section, as defined in Section 90 of the
California Vehicle Code~ shall yield the free use of said sidewalk
to any pedestrian using such sidewalk.
SECTION 4. DefacinE License Number - Taking Bicycle Without Permission.
No person shall alter, deface or mutilate or remove a lic-
ense tag placed upon any bicycle, nor shall any person take any bicycle
for the purpose of riding or propelling the same upon the street or
other public highway without the consent of the owner, or with the
intent to deprive the said owner of the lawful possession of said
bicycle.
SECTION 8. Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars,
or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed fifty
days; provided that in case of any violations of the provisions of
Section 3 the Court may, in lieu of, or in addition to the penalty
provided herein, suspend the license of any person, granted hereunder,
for a period of not more than ten (10) days for the first offense,
and for any subsequent conviction for not less than thirty (30) days,
nor more than one hundred and eighty (180) days; or, at the discretion
of the Court, the bicycle of any violator, upon conviction, may be
impounded for a period of not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180)
days. Any violator having his bicycle so impounded shall not ride
any other bicycle during such period of impoundment.
SECTION 8. RepealinE Ordinances.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby expressly repealed.
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I HEREBY CERTI~ that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof, held on the~~day of January, 193V, by the
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following vote:
ADigHT,
City ~~lerk of
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me this.~f~ay of January,
~~~C~~ofBakersfield.
1937.
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