Chapter 10.12
BICYCLES
10.12.010 License required.
It is unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle upon any of the streets, alleys, or public highways of the town of Jackson without first obtaining a license therefor from the police department of the town of Jackson. (Ord. 92 § 1, 1965.)
10.12.020 License–Issuance–Term.
The police department of the town is authorized and directed to issue upon written application bicycle licenses which shall be for the balance of the current year of 1965, to and including the thirty-first day of December, 1965, and thereafter the licenses shall issue for the current year commencing the first day of January of each year. The licenses when issued shall entitle the licensee to operate such bicycle for which license has been issued upon the streets, alleys, and public highways, exclusive of the sidewalks, in the town, excepting as hereinafter provided. For the year 1965, license numbers shall be drawn by lot; thereafter, the holder of any license may retain the same number providing that application and payment therefor is made on or before December 31st of the year for which the license is issued. (Ord. 92 § 2, 1965.)
10.12.030 License–Fee and plates.
The town shall provide each year license plates, metallic or otherwise, together with registration cards therefor. The license plates and registration cards are to have numbers stamped thereon in numerical order beginning with the number “1,” indicating the year for which the same is issued, and the letters “JACKSON” stamped thereon; such license plates shall be suitable for attachment upon the frame of bicycles at a place designated by the police department, and it shall be the duty of the police department to issue a corresponding registration card to the licensee upon the payment of the license fee of one dollar. Such license plates shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The police department and the office of the town treasurer shall also keep a record of the date of issue, the numbers of such license, and to whom issued. (Ord. 92 § 3, 1965.)
10.12.040 Lamps and reflectors.
No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any street, alley, or public place within the corporate limits of the town during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise or at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the streets a distance of two hundred feet ahead, without having a lamp affixed to the front of the bicycle which shall emit light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least three hundred feet to the front of the bicycle, and with a red reflector on the rear which shall be visible under like conditions from a distance of at least three hundred feet to the rear of the bicycle. A lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of three hundred feet to the rear may be used in addition to the red reflector. (Ord. 92 § 4, 1965.)
10.12.050 Brakes.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheel skid on a dry, level, clean pavement. (Ord. 92 § 5, 1965.)
10.12.060 Bicycle dealers–Purchases and sales–Report required.
All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles are required to make a report to the police department of any purchase, name, address, and person from whom each bicycle was purchased, the frame number thereof, and the number of the license plate found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles are required to make a report to the police department listing all sales made, which list shall include the name and address of each person to whom sold, the kind of bicycle sold, together with a description and the frame number thereof, and the number of the license plate attached thereto, if any. Reports shall be made within twenty-four hours from the date of the sale. (Ord. 92 § 6, 1965.)
10.12.070 Transfer of ownership–Report required.
It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle to report such sale or transfer by returning to the police department the registration card issued to such person as licensee thereof, together with the name and address of the person to whom the bicycle was sold or transferred, and such report shall be made within five days of the date of the sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer or registration thereof within five days of the sale or transfer. (Ord. 92 § 7, 1965.)
10.12.080 Bicycles for hire–Bicycle license required.
All persons who rent, hire, or loan bicycles shall first obtain a license tag or tags to be used on such bicycles by paying therefor the regular fee. (Ord. 92 § 8, 1965.)
10.12.090 Riding with two or more persons on bicycle.
No person shall operate or ride on any bicycle upon the streets, alleys, or public highways in the town with two or more persons upon the same bicycle, provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to tandem bicycles or other bicycles equipped for two or more riders. (Ord. 92 § 9, 1965.)
10.12.100 Clinging to vehicles prohibited.
No person, while riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public highway within the town shall hold onto any moving vehicle. (Ord. 92 § 10, 1965.)
10.12.110 Riding on sidewalks.
No person shall ride or operate any bicycle on any sidewalk in the town, except bicycles used for delivery of papers or merchandise, and then only in the residential section of the town when the sidewalk is not being used by pedestrians. (Ord. 92 § 11, 1965.)
10.12.120 Riding on right–Riding two abreast.
Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place in the town shall keep the bicycle on the extreme right of the traffic lane, and it is unlawful for two or more operators to operate their bicycles except in single file. (Ord. 92 § 12, 1965.)
10.12.130 Laws applicable.
Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place in the town shall be subject to all provisions of the laws of the state and the ordinances of the town applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles, except the provisions thereof that, by their very nature, can have no application. (Ord. 92 § 13, 1965.)
10.12.140 Racing.
It is unlawful for any person or persons to run, engage, or cause to run, or to be engaged in any bicycle race on any street, alley, or public place within the corporate limits of the town, except under permit from and supervision of the chief of police of the town. (Ord. 92 § 14, 1965.)
10.12.150 Parking.
No operator of a bicycle shall leave his bicycle standing in such a manner that shall hinder or impede pedestrians or vehicular traffic upon the sidewalks or paths or upon the streets or alleys of the town but shall take proper care to see that his bicycle is so placed to avoid annoyance and danger of accident during his absence from it. (Ord. 92 § 15, 1965.)
10.12.160 Penalty for violations.
Any person or persons who is found guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined in an amount not to exceed that set forth in Section 1.12.010 of this code, to which should be added the costs; in addition to such fine, the police judge may, either in lieu of or in addition to such fine, prohibit the operation upon the streets, alleys, and public places of the town for a period not to exceed six months of the bicycle so used in violation, in which event the bicycle so used in such violation shall be impounded by the chief of police and retained by him for the period that the operation thereof is prohibited, and the owner’s card or certificate of registration shall be held for the period during which the operation of the bicycle is prohibited. (Ord. 289 § 15, 1982; Ord. 92 § 16, 1965.)