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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1940-678 Bicycles (Repealed by 895)678 ORDINANCE NO. C78 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY CALIFORNIA The City Council of the City of National City does ordain as fol- lows: Section 1—It is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the terms or provisions of this ordinance, or to use a bicycle in and upon any street, alley, park or other public place in the City of National City or upon any path or lane set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles within said City, without complying in all respects with the terms and provisions of this Ordinance. Section 2—It is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor for any parent or guardian of any child or of anyone who has the custody and control of any child in the City of National City to knowingly permit such child to use a bicycle in the City of Na- tional City in violation of the terms and provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3—A "bicycle," within the meaning of this Ordinance, is hereby defined to be every mechanical device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, which has two tandem wheels over nineteen (19) inches in diameter, designed to oper- ate with safety tires on said wheels. Section 4--It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle upon any of the streets, alleys, or highways in the City of National City, propelled wholly or in part by muscular power without first obtain- ing from the Police Department a li- cense therefor. Section 5—The Police Department is hereby authorized and directed to issue upon written application, bi- cycle licenses which shall be effective from the 1st day of January, 1941, to and including December 31, 1941, and thereafter said licenses shall be issued for the calendar year, commencing on the first day of January of each said calendar year and ending on the thirty-first day of December of each said calendar year. Said licenses when issued shall entitle the licensee to operate such bicycle for whieh said license has been issued, upon all the streets, alleys and public highways, exclusive of the sidewalks thereof, in the City of National City. Said li- censes shall be good for the calendar year in which the , said licenses are issued. Section 3—The City of National City shall provide each year metallic li- cense plates and seals, together with registration cards, said licenses plates and registration cards having num- bers stamped thereon in numerical order, beginning with Number 1, a.nd indicating the year for which the same are issued, and the letters NCBL stamped thereon; said metallic license plates shall be suitable for attachment upon the frames of bi- cycles, and it shall be the duty of the Police Department to attach one such metallic license plate to the frame of the bicycle and to issue correspond- ing registration card to the licensee upon payment of the license fee herein provided for. S'uch metallic license plate shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The Pollee Department shall also keep a record of the date of issue of each license, to whom issued, and the number thereof. Section 7---The annual license fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be 50c and shall be paid in advance and said license may be transferred when the ownership of such bicycle is trans- ferred, in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance, and a fee of 50c shall be paid for the registration of such transfer. All license fees col- lected under this Ordinance shall be paid into the General Fund of the City of National City. Section 8—It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle_, to report such sale or transfer by returning to the Police Department the registra- tion card issued to such person as li- censee thereof. together with ,the name and address of the person to whom said bicycle was sold or trans- ferred, and such report shall be made within five days of the date of said sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of regis- tration therefor within five days of said sale or transfer. Section 9—Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling of new or secondhand bicycles in the City of National City shall file with the Chief of Police a monthly report, giving the name and address of the person from whom or to whom a bi- cycle is purchased or sold, the des- cription thereof, the frame number thereof, and the number of the license plate, if any, attached to said bi- cycle. Section 10—It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within any business or resi- dential district of the City of National City, provided, that the City Council may, by resolution duly adopted, authorize the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks of such residen'ial dis- tricts or areas with such limitations as to hours and specific purposes as they may deem proper. Section 11---The Chief of Police of the City of National City shall also have authority, in the event that any juvenile or person under the age of twenty-one (21) years is found violat- ing any provision of this Ordinance, to take and impound the bicycle of such juvenile or minor so found vio- lating such Ordinance, and to hold the same for a period not to exceed Thirty (30) Days, during which said time the Chief of Police shall notify the parents or guardian or other per - sun having the custody and control of said juvenile or minor of such of- fense, and secure, 1f possible, the co- operation a.nd assistance of such par- ent or guardian or other person hav- ing the custody and control of such juvenile or minor, in preventing the recurrence of such offense by such ju- venile or minor. Section 12—Every person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than ten (10) days, or by removal or sus- pension of the license to operate a bicycle within said City for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by impounding the bicycle of the person convicted for a period not to exceed Thirty Days (30), or by any or all of said penalties or any combination thereof. Section 13—All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 14—This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect. on January 1, 1941, and in no event less than thirty (30) days from and after its final passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 17th day of Dec., 1940, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Cordingly, Fritz. Kilcrease, Warner, Thatcher. NAYS: Councilmen none. ABSENT: none. (Seal) Frederick J. Thatcher, Mayor of the City of National City, California. ATTEST: Dale Smith, City Clerk. I hereby approve the foregoing Or- dinance this 17th day of Dec., 1940. Frederick J. Thatcher, Mayor of the City of National City, California. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 67S of the Ordinances of the City of National City, Califor- nia, as adopted by the City Council of said City, and approved by the Mayor of said City, on the 17th day of Dec., 1940. (Seal) Dale Smith, City Clerk of the City of National City, California. By Helen G. Lamb, Chief Deputy. 1 insertion-12-27-40.