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Ordinance No. 0054 10-05-1953• � � • • ORDINANCE NO. 54 ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND PROVIDE FOR AND REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES BV THE OWNER THEREOF IN THE VIL�AGE OF FRIDLEV, AND TO REGULATE THE pl0- ING AND OPERATION OF SUCH BICVCLES AND PROVID- ING PENALTIES FOR THE V10- LATiDN THEREOF. 'The Village Council, Village of 'Fridley, Anoka County, Minneso- ta, do ordain as Follows: 1. No p��rson shall ride or use their bicycle upon any public sireet, highway or boulevard in the Village oY Fridley, unless the same shall bz licensed and regis- tered as herein provided. I 1. Every owner of a bicycle shall list and register with the office of the Village Cerk, Village of Frid- ley, his name and address, the name of the manufacturer o[ his Li yGe, its nuinber, style and gen- eral description. III. The Village shall issue metallic license plates and registration cards having numbers stamped thereon in numerical order and indicating the year for which the same are issued, and that such plates shall be suitable for aU tachment upon the fra�nes of the bicycle, and it shal be the duty of the Clerk of the Village to iss.�e one such metallic license plate �vhich shall be attached to ti:e frame of each bicycle, and to is- sue a corresponding registration card to the licensee upon the pay- rnent oY the license fee herei� procided for. Such metall:e li- cense plates shall remain attache�l during the existence of such li- cense. The Village Clerk shall also kcep a record of the d'ate of isse of each license, to whom is- � sued, and the numLar thereof. IV. � It shall be the duty of every 'person who sells or transfers his ownership of any bicycle to re- port such sale or transfer by re- turning to the Village Clerk the registration card issued to such person as licensee thereof, togeth- er with the name and address to whom said bicycle was sold and transferred, and such report shall be made within fice (5) days of the date of said sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the pur- chaser or transferee of such Ui- cycle to apply for a transfer of registration thereof within five (5) days of said sale or transfer. V. It shatl be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously inove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any 6icycle license pursuant to this Ordinance. It shall also be unla�vful for any person to remoce, destroy, mutil- ate or alter any license plate, seal or registration card during the time in which said license plate, seal or registration card is op- erative. Procided, however, that nothing in this Ordinance shall prohibit the Village Clerk from stampin; numbers on the frames of bicycles on w�hich no serial number can be fou�d, or on which said number is illegible or insuf- ficient far ldentifieation parposcs. VI The License fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be One Dollar �$1.00) for each Pour (4) year period, and one dollar ($1.00) far each renewal thereof, and shall be paid in advance. A fee of Fifty Cents ($.50) shall be paid for any transfer during the license�perio3 or for a dup]icate license in case of loss. VI1. If any bicycle is found in any street or alley of the Vilage with- out a license identification tag or �aith a broken seal or mutilated frame number, it shall be prima fxcia evidence that such bicycle is being operated on the streets of the Village without having been registered. Said bicycle shall be immedately impounded and shall only be surrendered to the owner thereof upon proof of ownership satisfactory to the police offieers of the Village of Fridley. Pay- ment of the license registration fee hereinabove provided, and pay- ment of the fees hereinafter pro- vided: 1.ImpoundinB ...........$1.00 2. For each additional day of storage after the first 24 hours ........ .10 At the expiration of sixty (60) days after such impounding, each bicycle which has not been claim- ed shall be sold at public auction. Notice containing the desription of the bicycle or bicycles to be sold shall be published in the of- ficial newspaper of the Village of Fridley at least two l2) weeks prior to such sale. VIIL � All licenses shail expire on the lst day of July, 1957, and every four (41 years thereafter. The fee for the last half of any li- cense period for bicycles purchased during the last half of said period and not previously licensed by the Village of Fridley shall be $.50. IX E�ery license issued hereunder shall be deemed to be granted subject to the following candi- tions: a. No person shall ride or pro- Qel any bicycle upon any side- walk in such a manner as to in- terfere with any pedestrian there- on. b. No person shall ride or pro- pel any bicycle upon a public street, highway br sidewalk ex- cept in a prudent and careful manner and unless such person shall be capable of efficient con- trol and operation of such bicycle; nor shall any person propelling or operating a bicycle upon a public street, highway or sidewalk car- ry or permit to be carried any� other person upon such bicyde. c. T_Vo bicycle shall be ridden faster than is masonable and proper, but every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the operator and other persons upon the streets nnd other public highways of the Village. d. Persons riding bicycles shall observe all traffic signs and stop at all stop signs. e. No bicycle shall be permitted on any street or other public � . � . � � �� � � highway of the Village between � � . thirty (30) minutes after sunset and thirty l30) minutes before �� sunrise, without a headlight visi- . - � � �� bie from the front thereof for not � � � � less than two hundred (200) feet � indicati�g the approach or pres- � � � ence of the bicycle, firmly at- � � � � tached to such bicyde and prop- � .-, . � erly lighted, nor without a red • � . . � � taillight or� in lieu thereof a re- fleMor attached to and visible from � the rear of such bicycle for a dis- � . � - tance of not less than two hun- � � . . ' dred (200) feet. - f. No person under the age of � sixteen Q6) years shall ride or �� - � ��� propel a bicycle upon any street, . � highway or sidewalk at night after � � the hour of 9:00 dclock p.m. g. No person shall ride or pro- . pel a bicycle upon any public .. street, highway or sidewalk in .� the Village abreast or to the left � of any other person so riding or . propelling a bicycle. � . � � � . . � � . h. Every person riding or pro- � � � � � � , . . pelling a bicycle upon any public � � � � . � � street, highway or sidewalk in � . the Village of Fridley shall ob- serve all traffic rules and regula- . � � . . � � � � . � tions applicable thereto, and shall � � � - . . . � � turn only at intersections, signal � � � � .�. � for all turns, ride at the right � . . � � � � hand side of the street or high- � � �.� way, pass to the left when passing � � overtaken vehicles that are slower � . . � �� . moving, and shall pass to the � �. . right when meeting. � • X. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Or- dinance shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dol- lars ($100.001 or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (901 days. Passed this 5th day of Octoher, 1953. ...., ATTESTE'�7: � � �.a�A.i..�i?s5}1I'NLAN. � - . 1VIayor W �d �`' 7�. C1eCk. . Published in th�olilmbia HeSgtrts Rernrd, Octbher_8, 1953. - . — — - — : � : � : `. ..__..--� .