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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0479 , . , " \ ' \. . \' \1 ORDINANCE NO. 479. AN ORDIHANCE OF THE CITY COIDWIL OF TIrE CITY OFARCAbIA PllOVIDING FOR THE REGIS'l'RATIOH OF BICYCL::S n: T1'E CITY OF ARCi>DIA. Tm: CITY C::>IDrcIL OF THE CITY OI" ARC,illIll. DOBS ORDAII1 AD ::'OLLO::S: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for the ormer of any bic.cle propelled wholly or in part by L1Uscular pOrler, to o~erate or use such bicycle, or to cause o~ pe~it such bicycle to be operated or used upon any public street, alley, hi}hway, park or other public place in the City of Arcadia, without first obtaining from the Chief of Police of the City of Arcadia a re[5iEltratian certificate therefor; and it shall be unlaYlful for any person not the owner thereof, to operate or use any such bicycle, upon any public strcet,alley, hi3hway, park or other pUblic place in the City of Arcudia unless such bic~Tcle has been reGistered in accordance \lith the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation desirinG to obtain such bicycle re~istration certificate shall make ap,lication to tho Chief of police upon forms provided by the City of Arcadia, settinG forth the name and address of the applicant, the make, serial number and color of =: the bicycle, tOGether with such information or description as may be require~~ by the Chief of Police sufficient to identify the same. Upon receipt of AMrnotn such aplJlicat10n and upon the. payment of the re.sistration fee l1ereinafter ORD. N.o, .}'(~ . O~ --&~. '(,.~'F required, the Chief of Police shall issue a reGistration certificate and a metallic or fibre plate for the bicycle to be registered, which shall expire on the 30th day cf June following the issuance thereof. . SECTION 3. Said me tallic or fibre plates and such rec;istration certificates shall be numbered and shall indicate the year for which the Dame \.lere issued, and shall bear the name "ARCADIA. 11 Such metallic or fi::Jre platoD shall. be suitable for attachment to the frame of a bicycle and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police immediately upon the issuance thereof, to AMBIDm attach said plate to the frame of the bicycle for \lhich it was issued. SuchrnID.No. V-I~ metallic or fibre plate ,gllall be maintained so att::>ched during the term of such license. The Chief of Police shall retain upon file in his office all applications for bic~cle licenses, and shall also keep and main- tain a record of the datE' o~ issue or each license, the person to nhom issued, and the number thereof. -1- :~ tJd f71 SEC~'ION 4. All persons enja.:,;ed in the business of buyinc; secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a daily report of purchases to the Chief of P~]ice , ~ivinG the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle is purchased, the description of each bicycle purchased, tQe framo number thereof, and the number of the metallic license plate found thereof, if any. All persons enggged in the business of selling ne~ or secondhand bicycles are hereby required to make a daily ~eport of sales and purchases to ';he Chief of Police , Givin~ a list of all salas made by such .dealors,. \"lhich list shall include the name and address of each person to \"lhom sold, the kind of bicycle sold, tOGether \Vi th a description and frame number thereof, and the nur.lber of the metallic or fibre license plate attached tbereto, if any. SECTION 5. It shall be.the duty of every person who sells or transfers oTInership of any bicycle, to report such sale or transfer, ~ithln five (5) days thereafter, by delivering to t.he r.hiA~ n~ Pn1ice the registration certificate issued to such person for said bicycle, to- Gether with the nrol\e and address of the persOn to uhom said bicycle \Jas sold or transferred.. It shaJ 1 be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of. any bicycle to T1ake application to the Chi<!.Lof Pol tce for a transfer of ree;istration thereof, within five (5) days after said sale or transfer. SECTICH 6. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliCiously to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame reGisteved pursuant to this Ordinance. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license plate, seal or registration certificate durinG the time in which such license .plate, seal or reGistration certificate is operative; prOVided, however, tnatnotl1in3 in this Ordinance shall prohibit The Chief of PnlicA from stumping letters or numbers on the frame of bicycles (::!\n on \7hich no sel' ial number eameli11:a found, or onU which said nur.lber is illegi~le or insufficient for identification purposes. SECTION 7. The annual registration fee to be paid for eaoh bicycle shall be Twenty-five Cents (~0.25) and shall be paid in advance, MAEtloED ORO.Ko.and the alli~llal fee fJr the renewal of any registration previously issued ..r, f- shall be TVlenty-five Cents ((0.25) and shall be paid in -2- l"~ advance; and ad ~7'y pursuant to Section S of this Ordinance, such re(5istration may be ~\,,\amB>> __,j Ma. transferred \'Iheri the o,mership of said bicycle is tr::msferred, and a fee v" ~V. of T~enty-five Cents (00.25) shall be paid for the tr::msfer of each reGistration, ::met a new re3istration certificate shall be issued. All re3istration fee~ collected under this Ordinance shall be paid into the Gnneral Fund of the City of Arcadia. SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corporation violatinB any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not exceod~nc TrtRE~ RUHDRED (0300.00) DOLLfu1S, or by imprisonment in the City Jail of said City of Arcadia, or in the County Jail of said County of Los An3eles, State of Californ:la, at the discretion of the Connni ttinc I,Ia3istrate, for a period notexceodinG three (3) months, or by both sucl1 fine and imprison- L1ent; and each su<:h person, firm or corporation shall be deemed Cluilty of a se~mte offense for each -day durinG any portion of which the violation of or f€~lure, neGlect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of t~is Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted. SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be pUblished once in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia Ne~s, a ne~spaper of (5eneral circulation, published and circ'J.lated in the City of Arcadia, ~i thin fifteen (IS) days after the dato of its passage, and said Ordinance shall become effective, and in full force and effect, on and after July I, 1942. I her€lby certify that the foreGoing Ordinance \/as adopted at a re~ular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 21stday of _April least three Councilmen, to-TIit: AYES: Councilmen, Adcock, Jones, Nugent and Ormsby. , 1942, by the affirmative vote of at NOBS: Councilman Leeper ':"8SE~:T: None ~~ . c~ty C 131' _. Signed and approved this 21Rt day of ApT'll , 1942. ~.~ :.Jayor ' ~7&f - ~ ' City -- -:\- !~ Cle rk. 04 L/7J?