G18-76 Ordinance No. G18-76
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE BICYCLE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OF THE ELGIN CITY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Article XV of Chapter 17 of the Elgin City Code, as
amended, be and is hereby amended by amending Section 17-1513 to read as
follows:
"17-1513. Registration. No person who resides within the municipality
shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any roadway or public place
within the City of Elgin unless said bicycle has been properly registered
and tagged in accordance with the following regulations.
1. Every owner of any bicycle who resides within the City of
Elgin shall make application for the registration of said bicycle with
the Chief of Police on a form provided for that purpose.
2. Registration of bicycles shall be serial numbered and kept
on file by the Chief of Police in his office as a public record.
3. The Chief of Police, upon receiving proper registration of
a bicycle, shall affix or cause to be affixed, to the rear fender or
frame of the bicycle an identification tag or plate, serially numbered
to correspond to the bicycles registration, in such position to be
plainly visible. A registration card shall be issued to the owner of
each properly registered bicycle.
4. A charge of fifty (.50) cents per registration shall be
made for the registration and tag of any bicycle with a wheel size
of ten (10) inches up to twenty-four (24) inches.
5. A charge of one (1) dollar per registration shall be made for
the registration and tag of any bicycle with a wheel size of twenty-five
X25) inches or larger.
6. The Chief of Police shall keep a record of:
a. The number of each registration.
b. Date issued.
c. Name and address of person to whom issued.
d. The make and number of each bicycle frame.
7. Bicycles registration tags issued under these provisions shall
remain affixed to said bicycles as long as the ownership remains the same
as at the time of registration. A new rrgistration of a bicycle shall be
elik required with any change in the ownership of the bicycle. The Chief of
Police shall affix or cause to be affixed a registration tag or plate to
each bicycle at the time of registration.
8. The Chief of Police shall affix or cause to be affixed on
any bicycle not having a serial number on it's frame, a serial number
placed on the underside of said bicycles sprocket and shall maintain
a public record of such serial number and the bicycle so stamped.
9. It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully or maliciously
to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the identification tag or plate,
frame number of the bicycle or the registration card issued to the
owner thereof."
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage in the manner provided by law and shall be published in pamphlet
form by authority of the City Council. .
s/ Richard L. Verbic
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: March 24, 1976
Passed: March 24, 1976
Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded: March 24, 1976
Published: March 24, 1976
Attest: ' ''`
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk