G18-99 •
Ordinance No. G18-99
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 11 . 44 ENTITLED "BICYCLES" OF THE
ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976 , AS AMENDED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS :
Section 1 . That Chapter 11 . 44 entitled "Bicycles" of the
Elgin Municipal Code, 1976 , as amended, be and is hereby
further amended by amending Section 11 . 44 . 010 to read as
follows :
11 . 44 . 010 ADOPTED.
The regulations of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
Chapter 11, "Rules of the Road, " Article 15,
"Bicycles, " as amended ( 625 ILCS 5/11-1501 through
5/11-1515 , inclusive) , are hereby adopted as the
regulations for the operation and ownership of
bicycles .
Section 2 . That Chapter 11 .44 entitled "Bicycles" of the
Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby
further amended by amending Section 11 .44 . 020 to read as
follows :
11 . 44 . 020 REGISTRATION-TAGS.
No person who resides within the city shall
ride or operate a bicycle upon any roadway or public
place within the city unless the bicycle has been
properly registered and tagged in accordance with
the following regulations :
A. Every owner of any bicycle who resides
within the city shall make application for the
registration of the bicycle with the chief of police
on a form provided for that purpose.
B. Registration of bicycles shall be serially
numbered and kept on file by the chief of police in
this office as a public record.
C. The chief of police, upon receiving proper
registration of a bicycle, shall affix or cause to
be affixed to the frame of the bicycle, an
identification tag or plate, serially numbered to
correspond to the bicycle' s registration, in such
position to be plainly visible. A registration card
shall be issued to the owner of each properly
registered bicycle.
D. The chief of police shall keep a record of
the following:
1 . The number of each registration;
2 . Date issued;
3 . Name and address of person to whom
issued;
4 . The make and number of each bicycle
frame.
E . Bicycle registration tags issued under
these provisions shall remain affixed to the
bicycles as long as the ownership remains the same
as at the time of registration. A new registration
of a bicycle shall be 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.
F. The chief of police shall affix or cause
to be affixed on any bicycle not having a serial
number on its frame, a serial number placed on the
underside of the bicycle' s sprocket and shall
maintain a public record of such serial number and
the bicycle so stamped.
G. It is unlawful for any person willfully or
tow maliciously to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter
the identification tag or plate, frame number of the
bicycle, or registration card issued to the owner
thereof .
Section 3 . That Chapter 11 . 44 entitled "Bicycles" of the
Elgin Municipal Code, 1976 , as amended, be and is hereby
dNfurther amended by deleting Section 11 . 44 . 040 in its entirety.
Section 4 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 5 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect immediately after its ssage in the manner
provided by law.
Kevin Kelly, Ma r
Presented: April 14 , 1999
Passed: April 14 , 1999
Omnibus Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded: April 15, 1999
Published:
Attest:
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk