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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0558 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO 558 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 440 BEING, AN ORDINANCE/REGULATIkG THE OPERATION, MOVEMENT AND PARKING OF BICYCLES ON THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF PASCO; PROVIDING -REQUIREMENTS AS TO LIGHTING E�UIPIVIENT; REGULATING THE OPERATORS AND RIDERS ON BICYCLES; PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF PASCO, EXAMINATION OF THE OWNER: PROVIDING PENAL^1IES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE IM- POUNDING OF BICYCLES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO: SECTION ONE: No person shall ride or operate any bicycle upon any street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of the City of -Pasco during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, or when a fog or other atmospheric con- ditions render the operation of said bicycle dangerous to traffic or to the use of the street, or at anyother time when there is not sufficient light to render a person clearly discernible from a dis- tance of two hundred feet, without having a lighted lamp affixed on the front of said bicycle, visible under normal atmospheric con- ditions from a distance of at least 500 feet in front of said bi- cycle and also a reflex mirror with lens not less than three inches in diameter on the front of said bicycle exhibiting an amber light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 300 feet from the front of such vehicle, and a reflex mirror, also with lens not less than three inches in diameter, on the rear of said bicycle exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 500 feet from the rear of such vehicle; said reflex mirrors shall have no bars or other obstructions across their face, shall be water -proof and dust -proof, and shall be kept in good condition, without cracks, at all times. SECTION TWO: Each bicycle shall be equipped with a stand that will hol-d the same on its wheels, and whenever a bicycle is parked in a street, alley, or public place, it shall not be left lying on its side, but shall only be left standing on such stand. SECTION THREE: No person shall operate or ride on any bicycle -1- upon any street, alley, or public place in the City of Pasco with two or more persons upon the same bicycle; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to tandem bicycles or other bicycles originally designed for two or more riders. SECTION FOUR:. Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley, or public place shall hold the handlebar with at least one hand and shall not hold on to any other vehicle. SECTION FIVE: No person shall ride. or operate any bicycle on any sidewalk in the City of Pasco. No bicycle shall be parked on any public street or sidewalk in the business district, except parallel with the curband in no event shall any bicycle be parked more than two feet from the curb. SECTION SIX: Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley or public place in the City of Pasco shall keep said bicycle on the extreme right of the traffic lane, and shall not travel abreast another.person riding or operating a bicycle except when passing. SECTION SEVEN: It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to run or engage or cause to be run or to be engaged in any bicycle race on any street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of the City of Pasco, except under permit from and under the supervision of the Chief of Police of said City. SECTION EIGHT: Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley or public place in the City of Pasco shall be subject to all provisions of the laws of the.State of Washington, and the ordinances of the City of Pasco, applicable to the drivers of vehicles, except the provisions thereof that by their nature can have no application. SECTION NINE: It shall hereafter be unlawful to ride or operate a bicycle within the City of Pasco unless there is at all times affixed to said bicycle in the manner hereinafter provided, the registration number designated therefor by the Chief of Police. -2- Such registration number shall be issued only to owners who have passed an examination covering the traffic regulations and the operation of a bicycle to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police, said examinations to be given by the Chief of Police or assistants designated by him. SECTION TEN: The City of Pasco shall provide metallic license. plates and seals, together with registration cards, said registration cards and metallic license plates having numbers stamped thereon in numerical order, beginning with number 11 and "Pasco" stamped thereon; such metallic license plates shall suitable for attachment upon the frames of bicycles, and it shall be the duty of the Police Department to attach one such metallic license plate to the frame of each bicycle and to issue a cor- responding registration card to the licensee upon the payment of the license fee hereinafter provided for. Such metallic license plate shall remain attached during the existence of such license. The Police Department shall also keep a record of the date of issue of each license, to whom issued, and the number thereof. SECTION ELEVEN: 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 each person to whom said bicycle was sold or transferred, and such report shall be made within five days of the date of saidsale or transfer. It shall.be the duty Of the pur- chaser of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of registration 17 thereof within five days of said sale or transfer and pay the fee of twenty-five (25¢) cents. The provisions of this section, so far as applicable, shall apply to all persons engaged in the business of buying or selling new or secondhand bicycles, and the purchasers thereof. SECTION TRELVE: It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate, or &lter the number of any bicycle frame, license plate, seal or registration card, orf -3- any bicycle licensed pursuant to this ordinance during the time in which suchlicense plate, seal, or registration card is operative. SECTION THIRTEEN: The annual license fee to be paid for the license and registration card for each bicycle shall'be fifty (50¢x) cents for each year or part of year; and shallbe fifty (50¢x) cents for each renewal thereof. Such license year to begin on January lst and end on December 31st of that year, at which time a renewal thereof shall be procured. In case of theft or loss of license plate, a duplicate license plate shall be issued upon payment of a fee of twenty-five (25¢x) cents. SECTION FOURTEEN: Any person who shall violate any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof in the Police Court of the City of Pasco be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00. In addition to such penalty, the Police Judge may, either in lieu of or in addition to such fine, prohibit the operation of such bicycle upon the streets, alleys and public places of the City of Pasco for a period not to exceed six months, 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, or if the conviction is for the operation of an unlicensed bicycle, for such time as said bicycle remains unlicensed. SECTION FIFTEEN: Parents and guardians of minors convicted of a violation of this ordinance shall be as responsible for such violation as the -minor convicted thereof. SECTION SIXTEEN: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION SEVENTEEN: If any clause, part or section of this act shall be adjudged invalid, such judgment shall not affect nor invalidate the remainder of this ordinance, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, part or section directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment was rendered. IM SECTION EIGHTEEN: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage and publication. Passed and approved this day of 1945. Mayor Attest: City Clerk Approved as to form: CV ty ttorney CV a