§ 82-259. Registration of bicycles.

(a)

Required. No person who resides within the village shall operate or propel a bicycle upon any public highway, bicycle way or bicycle path in the village which has not been duly registered and an identification tag attached thereto as provided in this article.

(b)

Procedure; contents of form. Registration shall be made by filing with the village police department, on forms provided by the village, giving the name, address and age of the owner and a complete description of the bicycle, including the name of the manufacturer, style, model, frame number and color.

(c)

Fee. The fee for registration of a bicycle shall be calculated and paid as required by the most current village board fee schedule resolution.

(d)

Identification tag. The registering employee or officer shall issue to the registrant a registration slip and an identification tag. The identification tag shall be immediately affixed to the registered bicycle, be serially numbered to correspond with the registration number, shall be firmly attached to the bicycle for which issued, and kept visible and clean at all times.

(e)

Unsafe bicycles. No bicycle shall be registered which is in an unsafe mechanical condition.

(f)

Record. A duplicate registration slip shall be filed with the police department clerk as a public record. In the event of theft or loss of an identification tag, a duplicate tag shall be issued for a fee as set forth in the most current village board fee schedule resolution.

(g)

Period of validity. All bicycle registrations shall be issued for a period of 12 months and shall expire on December 31 each year.

(h)

Owner's responsibility. The licensing authority shall not register any bicycle which it knows or has reasonable grounds to believe is not owned by or lawfully in the possession of the applicant.

(i)

Change of ownership. All bicycles must be registered within ten days of purchase. Within ten days after any bicycle registered is sold or transferred to a new owner or dismantled and taken out of operation, the person in whose name the bicycle is registered shall report such information to the village police department. The village police department shall thereupon cancel the registration of the bicycle, and the new owner, if any, shall be responsible for obtaining a new registration. In the case of dismantling or taking out of operation, the owner shall return the identification tag to the village police department.

(Code 1966, § 4.25(2); Ord. No. 767, § XVI, 10-18-05; Ord. No. 888, § I, 12-16-14)