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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6275ORDINANCE NO. 6275 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION AND 11OVEhENT OF BICYCLES ON THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK: PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE LIGHTING EQUIPIiENT OF SUCH BICYCLES, REGULATING THE OPERATORS AND RIDE!"'S OF BICYCLES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, SUCH PENALTY TO INCLUDE THE IMPOUNDING OF BICYCLES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: Section 1. ' °o person shall ride or operate any bicycle upon any street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of the City of Little Rock during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, or when a fog or other atmospheric conditions render the operation of said bicycle dangerous to traffic or to the use of the streets, or at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render a person clearly discernible from a distance of two hundred feet, without having a lighted lamp affixed on the front of said bicycle, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet in front of said bicycle exhibiting a red light -visible under like conditions from a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet to the rear of such bicycle. Each bicycle shall be equipped with a stand or bracket that will hold the same on its wheels, and whenever a bicycle is parked in a street or public place it shall not be left lyin? on its side but shall only be left standing on such stand or bracket. Section 2. No person shall operate or ride on any bicycle upon any street, alley or public place in the City of Little 'Lock with two or more persons upon the same bicycle; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to tandem bicycles or other bicycles ori;- finally desilr~ned for two or more riders. Section 3. 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 4. loo person shall ride or operate any bicycle on any sidewalk in the City of Little Lock. No bicycle shall be parked on any F, ✓ . . 1' public street or sidewalk in the business district, except parallel with the curb, and in no event shall any bicycle be parked more than three feet from the curb. Section 6. Every person riding or operating a bicycle on any street, alley or public place in the City of Little Rocs. shall keep said bicycle on the extreme right of the traffic lane except when making or preparinc- to make, a left turn, and shall not travel abreast another person riding or operating a bicycle. Section 6. Every person riding or operating; a bicycle on any street, alley or public place in the City of Little Rock shall be subject to all provisions of the laws of the State of Arkansas, and the ordinances of the City of Little Rock, applicable to the drivers of vehicles, except the provisions thereof that by their nature can have no application. Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to run or engage in any bicycle race on any street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of the City of Little Lock, except under permit from and under the supervision of the Chief of Police of said City. Section 8. It shall be unlawful on and after hay 1, 1941, to ride or operate a bicycle within the corporate limits of the City of Little Kock unless a license shall have been obtained therefor, and a license plate be carried'on such bicycle. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a license plate or number from a bicycle or to use said license plate or number on any bicycle to which it had not been issued, as herein provided. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface any NAME bicycle or to remove therefrom any number, anme or other mark of identi- fication. Section 9. The license fee for the registration and license plate for each bicycle shall be 26/ (twenty -five cents) for two years or fraction thereof. The two -year license period provided for by this ordinance shall commence on the first day of May of each odd numbered year, the first of said periods commencing May 1, 1941. Every bicycle registration under this ordinance shall expire April 310th of each odd numbered. The license plates herein provided for shall be issued to the owner of each bicycle and registered in the narze of such ownev by the City Collector upon the payment of the license fee herein provided for. y Section 10. The Police Department of the City of Little Rock shall keep an indexed card record of the ownership of bicycles in the pity of Little Rock as shown by the license records of the City Collector. Every person coming into the ownership or possession of a bicycle theretofore licensed by the City of Little Rock, shall within five days of the acquiring of possession of such bicycle, notify the Police Department of the City of Little Rock of the change of possession or ownership of said bicycle, and the Police Department shall make a record of such present ownership or possession of said bicycle on the proper card in its said indexed card system. Section 11. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof in lunicipal Court of the City of Little Rock be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars (u100.00). In addition to such penalty the Police Jud,-e 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 Little Rock for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, in which event the bicycle so used in such violation shall be impounded with the Chief of Police and retained by him for the period that the operation thereof is prohibited, or the owner's card or certificate shall be held for the period during which the operation of the bicycle is prohibited. Section 12. Khereas, the indiscriminate use of bicycles on the public streets of the City of Little Rock has created a safety hazard which needs immediate correction and that such correction can be made only by licensin said bicycles, and whereas many bicycles found abandoned upon the streets of this city have remained unidentified, an emer ^•ency is found to exist and this ordinance is found to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its pass- age and approval. Passed: Au 'ast 18 1941 Approved: -ayor Attes City Clerk