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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.009-62ORDINANCE NO. (Series of 1962) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO. SECTION 1. License required - No person, who resides within the City of Aspen, shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street, or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate attached thereto as hereinafter provided. SECTION 2. License Application - The application for every bicycle license shall be made upon a form provided by this City, which shall be obtained from the office of the Chief of Police. A license application fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid to the City before each license application is processed and the license granted. No renewal of license shall be necessary unless said license shall have been revoked or suspended pursuant to the provisions of the Offical Code of Aspen. SECTION 3. Issuance of License (a) The Chief of Police upon receiving proper application and payment of the license application fee shall proceed to physically examine the bicycle to be licensed to determine that said bicycle is equipped in the manner required by the Official Code of Aspen and that such equipment is in good working order. (b) The Chief of Pol$ce may require the license applicant to take an examination, oral or written, to determine the applicant's knowledge of the traffic regulations of the City of Aspen applicable to bicycle operation. (c) The Chief of Police, in his sole discretion, shall determine if a bicycle license shall be issued to the license applicant based upon the requirements of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3. (d) Bicycle licenses shall become effective upon issuance. (e) The Chief of Police shall keep a record of the number of each license, the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued, the number of the frame of the bicycle for which issued, and a record of all bicycle' license application fees collected by him. (f) License application fees collected by the Chief of Police shall be remitted to the City Treasurer monthly who shall give a receipt therefor. SECTION 4. Attachment of License Plate (a) The Chief of Police upon issuing a bicycle license shall also issue a license plate bearing the number assigned to the bicycle and the name "Aspen" thereon. (b) The Chief of Police shall require such license plate to be immediately and firmly attached to the rear fender or frame of the bicycle for which issued in such a position as to be plainly visible from the rear. (c) No person shall remove a license plate from a bicycle except upon a transfer of ownership or in event the bicycle is no longer operated upon any street in this Cityi SECTION 5. Transfer of Ownership - Upon the sale or other transfer of ownership of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall remove the license plate. The license plate shall then be surrendered to the Chief of Police or may, upon proper application, have said plate assigned to another bicycle owned by the licensee. Such a transfer application by the licensee shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty cents (50¢). SECTION 6. Rental A~encies - A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is first licensed and a license plate is attached thereto as required by this ordinance. SECTION 7. An emergency is declared to exist and the immediate passage of this Ordinance is necessary for the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the City of Aspen, Colorado, and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by the City Council of Aspenl, Colorado, at its regular meeting held at Aspen, Colorado, this ..~ day of ~r, 1962. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY ,~ERK FINALLY PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this of . Z~ .~/-/~/c/ 1962. day MAYOR ORDINANCE NO. ~ I · · , City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Col~rXdo, do hereby certify that the aforegoing Ordinance was ~ntroduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City of Aspen on the ~-- day of~~/~, 196~--, and by order of said City Council was published as a proposed ordinance as the law directs and for mo~e than ten days prior to its passage in the Aspen Times, legal newspaper; and that on proposed Ordinance was read and passed by the City Council aforesaid, the said meeting of said City Council being a regular meeting, and ordered published in the aforesaid newspaper as the law directs. WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the city of Aspen, Colorado, this day 196 ~