HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-OR-1530ORDINANCE NO. 1530
~N ORDINANCE ~ROFIDING FOR ~ICENS!NG BICYCLES~
ORDINANCE FO. 1Ill.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C01~i~ON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JEFFERSONTIL£E, INDIAN&:
SECTIO~ 1o
LICENSE REQUIRED: No PERSON SHALL aIBE OR PROPEL A: BICYCLE
upo~ANY STP~ET OR OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN THE SAID CITY
WITHOUT FIRST HAVING SECURED AND ATTACHED TO SUCH BICYCLE
pROPER LICENSE AS pROVIDED HEREINAFTER,
SECTION
£ROCEDU~E: ~PPLICATION FOR A LICENSE TO OWN ~ND OPERATE A
BICYCLE SHALL BE MADE TO THE CITY CLERK--~REASURER OF SAID
CITY~ AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FEE OF FIFTY CENTS TO
BE PAID INTO THE OITY ~REASURY. ~PON RECEIPT OF SUCH
APPLICATION FOR~ pROPERLY COMPLETED ~ND THE NECESSARY FEE~
THE CITY CLERK--~REASURER SHALL
BICYCLE TAG. SUCH TAG sHALL BE ATTACHED TO
THE APPLICANT, AND ~EPT THERE ~T ALL TI~ES~
SECTION
.'~SUE TO SUCH APPLICANT ~
THE BICYCLE BY
~ACH AND EVER~
~ST OF EACH YEAR,
CO~¥DITIONS OF LICENSE:
PERSON pROPELLING
BICYCLE SHALL NOT RIDE OTHER
THAN UPON THE PERHANENT AND REGULAR SEAT ATTACHED
TtIERETO~ NOR C~RRY AmY OTHER PERSON UPON sUCH
BICYCLE OTHERWISE THAN UPON A FIRMLY ATTACHED AND
REGULAR SEAT THEREON~ NOR SHALL ANY PERSON RIDE
BICYCLE OTHERWISE THAN AS ~BO~E STATED,
No BICYCLE SHALL BE USED TO CARRY MORE PERSONS AT
ONE TI3YE THAN THE NUMBER OF pERSONS FOR WHICH IT
IS DESIGNED AND E~.U~PPEDi.
NO PERSON~ UPON ANY BICYCLE~ COASTER~ ROLLER SIfATES
OR TOY VEI-IICLE SHALL ATTACH THE SAME OR HIMSELF
ANY VEHICLE UPON ANY sTREET, OR ROAD OR ALLEY.
ROAD OR ALLEY SHALL RIDE HORE THAN TWO ABREAST
EXCEPT ON P~THS OR PARTS OF ROADWAYS SET ASIDE
FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF BICYCLES,
PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE SHALL CARRY ANY PACEAGE~
~0 PERSON SHALL RIDE A BICYCLE UNLESS IT IS E~UIPPEZ
WITH A BELL OR OTHER DEVICE CAPABLE OF GIVING A
SIGNAL AUDIBLE FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 100 FEET~
EXCEPT THAT NO BICYCLE SHALL BE E~UIPPED WITH~ NOR
ALLEY FROIf .ONE HALF HOUR AFTER SUNSET UNTIL ONE
HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE SH~LL BE E~UI~ED WITH ~
ON T~ FRONT EXHIBITING ~ WHITE LIGHT VISIBLE FOR
~ DIST~'NCE OF ~T LEtST ~00 FEET TO THE FRONT
WITH A LIGHT ON THE ~ EXHIBITING ~ ~D LIGHT
VISIBLE FO~ A DISTANCE OF ~00 FEET TO THE ~9
LIGHT.
EVERY BICYCLE OPERATED ON A PUBLIC RO~D~ STREET OR
ALLEY SHALL BE E~UIPPED WITH A BRA~E WHICH WILL
ON DRY~ LEVEL~ CLEAN PAFE~fENT,
EVERY PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE UPON ANY PUBLIC
STREET OR ALLEY SHALL BE ,SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF INDIANA AS THEY APPLY TO VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC~ EXCEPT AS THOSE ~TATE ~,AWS GOFERNING SUCH
HATTERS BY THEIR NATURE CAN HAVE NO APPLICATION
CONCERNING THE RIDING AND OPERATING OF BICYCLES.
~HE OPERATOR OF ANY BICYCLE SHALL KEEP HIS BICYCLE
IN THE INSIDE RIGHT LANE ON ANY PUBLIC ROAD~ STREET
OR ALLEY IN THE DIRECTION IN WI~ICH HE IS TRAVELING~
~ND SHALL STOP AND PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
TR-4FFIC SIGNALS AND SHALL USE THE PRESCRIBED HAN~AL
~0 BICYCLE SHALL BE OPERATED UPON ANY SIDEWAL~ IN
THE SAID ~ITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.
PiRE1VTS OR GUl,RDIAtVS:
ANY CHILD oR WARD TO
ORDINANCE.
SECTION
THE PARENT OF ANY CHILD AND THE
SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE OR ~NOWINGLY
VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROFISIONS OF THIS
SECTION
PENA£TY: ANY PERSON FIOLATING THE pROFISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON
TION THEREOF SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIFE
DOLLARS; PROYIDED THAT IN CASE
OF SECTION 3 OF THIS ORDINANCE
AND/OR IN ADDITION TO THE FINE
THE LICENSE
OF NOT LESS
HEREIN PROFIDED FOR,
OF ANY PERSON GRANTED ONE HEREUNDER FOR
THAN TEN DAYS,
SECTION 6o
OF VIOLATION OF ~NY PROFISIOA
THE COURT ~AY~ IN LIEU OF
A PERIO1
REPEiLING: ORDINANCE
AND ~LL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
WITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED,
SECTION 7.
EFFECTIYE DATE: THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND
PASSED BY THE COHMON GO UNCIL THIS eND
~TTEST:
PRESENTED BY lfE TO
THE
111~ IS HEREBY SPECIFICALLY REPEAL~
IN CONFLICT
VILLE, INDIANA~ THIS eND DAY
~pPROVED AND SIGNED BY ME
BE IN FULL FORCE
DAY OF ]~L4Y, 1960.
~AYOR OF THE OITY OF JEFFERSON--
OF ~AY, 1960.