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HomeMy WebLinkAbout034175 CITY OF IRWINDALE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.. CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 34 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BICYCLES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Bic c_lle RReegiisttrati�on R_e_gui_rreed_. A person, firm or corpor— ams nail not operaermit to be operated on any street in the City of Irwindale any bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power, unless such bicycle shall first have been regi- stered and licensed as provided in this ordinance. SECTION 2. City Clerk or Sheriff to �RRe$g�is__te�rr. (a) Any person, firm or corporation ea ring To register a bicycle shall make application therefor in writing to the City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, or the -Sheriff of Los Angeles County, upon forms provided by that off- icial. Such form shall show the name and address of the applicant, a description of the bicycle to be registered, including the name, serial number, if any, and color thereof, together with such other information or descri- ption as may be required. (b) Upon receipt of any such application, said Sheriff or City Clerk shall register said bicycle in a permanent register and give such bicycle a registration number. (c) When a bicycle is so registered, a regis- tration certificate and a license shall be issued to the applicant. Both the registration certificate and license shall bear the registration number assigned. SECTION 3. License Plate - Decal. A license plate which may be ini�orm of a decalshall be num- bered and contain the letters "LACBL" and shall be att- ached to the frame of the bicycle for which issued. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to remove, mutilate, deface or destroy any such license or to transfer any such license to any bicycle for which the same was not issued. SECTION 4. Transfer of Re istraon ti. It shall be the duty of any person residing City of Irwindale who sells or transfers ownership of any such bicycle to report such sale or transfer by returning to said Sheriff or City Clerk the registration card issued to such person, firm, or corporation as licensee thereof, together with the name and addresses of the person to whom such bicycle was sold or transferred, and such re- port shall be made within five days of the date of such sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer or 176 registration therefor within five days of the date of such sale or transfer. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to refuse, fail or neglect to con- form to any provision of this section. SECTION 5. Re -Re isit tion. If the license plate or decal is lost, sto en, or mu lated, the person, firm, or corporation owning such bicycle shall make an appli- cation to re -register such bicycle. The previous regi- stration shall be canceled and the bicycle shall be re- registered in the permanent register and, if necessary, a new identifying number shall be given to such bicycle. SECTION 6. Term of License - Fees. A bicycle registration and license s a-1 ei xpire Pour years after the end of the thirty-first day of December of the year during which such registration and license first take effect. The applicant shall pay a fee of fifty cents (500 for each new license issued or for each re -regis- tration or for each transfer of registration. SECTION 7. Dealer's RRepor�t and Sale. Every auc- tioneer, auto wrecker, oun ry, � pawnbroker, second hand dealer, junk dealer, or bicycle dealer shall notify the City Clerk in writing on forms prescribed, not less often than once a week, of every bicycle received in the course of business by him since his last report. In such reports he shall describe each such bicycle re- ceived and give the license number thereof, if any. In addition, he shall supply such other information as the Sheriff or City Clerk shall require. Said dealer shall not sell, transfer, deliver, destroy or alter any such bicycle until fourteen (14) days after its receipt has been reported to the City Clerk. SECTION 8. Violations, a Misdemeanor. No per- son shall violate any pro— version, ori aiE-E—ocomply with any of the requirements of this ordinance. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any por- tion of which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable accordingly. SECTION 9. Publication and Effective Date. This ordinance shall take e _e_cc 7Tirt_y_ ays�a mer tH-e-'Uate of its adoption and, prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof, shall be posted in three public places within the city limits of the City of Irwin- dale, as prescribed by Resolution No. 57-1. ATTEST: ADOPTED this 25th day of November, 1957• City Clerk i..f.:1 ��/11 177 I, MERLE H. MATHESON$ CITY CLERK of the City of Irwindale, do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. 34 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of November, 1957. That not less than 5 days thereafter said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 25th day of November, 1957, by the following vote: Ayes BARBOSA, DIAZ, MARTINEZ, MIRANDA, ORNELAS Noes NONE Absent NONE I further certify that said ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the City of Irwindale. City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss CITY OF IRWINDALE M. H. MATHESON, being first duly sworn, deposes and says; That he is the City Clerk of the City of Irwin- dale, California, and is and was at all times herein mentioned a citizen of the United States over the age of eighteen (18) years and competent to be a witness herein. On November 26, 1957, he securely and consplc- uosly posted at each of the public places in said city, to wit: (1) 5140 North Irwindale Avenue (2) Post Office on Irwindale Avenue (3) Southwest corner of Arrow Highway and Irwindale Avenue a copy of Ordinance No. 34 of the city of Irwindale, being in all respects the same as that attached hereto and made a part hereof. Dated: November 25, 1957 City Clerk of the City o Irwindale, California Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of November 1957 Notary Public in and for said County and State My Commission Expires November 4, 1961