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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 839 ORDINANCE NO. 839 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BICYCLES. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Article III of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Chapter 6 reading as follows: "CHAPTER 6 - BICYCLES SECTION 3600. LICENSE REQUIRED. Every owner or person in charge or control of a bicycle, excepting dealers thereof, within the City, shall, within ninety days from and after the 1st day of January, 1966, and every year thereafter, register the bicycle with the City Fire Department and obtain a license therefor as herein provided. SECTION 3601. APPLICATION CONTENTS. The application for registration shall state the name and address of the owner or person in charge or control of such bicycle, the make and kind of bicycle, the factory number thereof, the name of the person from whom the same was purchased and such other description and information relative thereto as may, in the judgment of the City Fire Department be necessary and proper for the identification thereof. SECTION 3602. FEE. IDENTIFICATION PLATE. The Fire Department shall, upon the payment of the appli- cant of a fee of fifty cents, issue to such applicant an identi- fication plate having thereon, in figures and letters, the year and license number, which identification shall be immediately placed and securely attached by such owner or person in charge or control of such bicycle upon the front upright bar of such bicycle, and at or just below the handle bars, or under the seat of such vehicle so that the same may be plainly seen, and which identifi- cation shall at all times during the current year remain on said bicycle and not be removed therefrom. SECTION 3603. WAIVING FEE. During and/or immediately preceding any special bicycle safety program or special bicycle event sponsored or supported by the City, the City Council may waive the fee herein provided and direct the Fire Department to issue such licenses free of charge. SECTION 3604. RECORDS OF IDENTIFICATION. The Fire Department shall keep a record of every bicycle license issued containing the license number, the date of issuance, the year for which issued, the name and address of the owner or person in control of the bicycle and a description of the bicycle sufficient for identification. If there be no other means of positive identification, the Fire Department shall stamp an identi- fication number on the frame of the bicycle and keep a record thereof. SECTION 3605. CURRENT LICENSE REQUIRED. Every bicycle license issued hereunder shall be valid and effective during the calendar year for which it is issued. No person shall operate a bicycle within the City unless it is registered and licensed as in this Chapter provided for the year in which such operation takes place. SECTION 3606. REPORT OF SALE. Every person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle within the City and any person within the City who acquires the ownership or control of a bicycle, shall report such sale or transfer or acquisition to the Fire Department within a period of ten days, and the Fire Department shall make a record thereof. If such bicycle is not already licensed within the City for the current year, such license shall be obtained within said period of ten days as herein provided for the remainder of the calendar year. SECTION 3607. REMOVING OR ALTERING LICENSES OR IDENTIFICATION. No person shall remove, destroy or alter the license plate on any bicycle during the year for which it is effective, nor shall any person destroy or alter the factory or serial number or any number stamped upon the frame of a bicycle by the Fire Depart- ment. " SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law. Passed and approved this 3rd day of May , 1965. Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting- or the City Council on the 19th day of April , 1965. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of May , 1965, by the following vote, to wit : AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Cooney, Salem, McLees, Memmesheimer NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT:Councilmen: None r\ city e I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, -a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 9th day of May , 1965, and that the same was published in accordance with law. n City r Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, May •, 1965