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ORDINANCE N0. 407
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
REGISTRATION ANll REGULATION OF BICYCLES
IN THE CITY OF LYNP�OOD AND
PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Lynwood
as follows:
� Section 1. Definition of V�'ords and Phrases.
The follo�ving words and phrases vrhen used in this
ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this:sectlon.
(A) BICYCLE. A vehicle having two (2) wheels set
tandem, propelled in whole or in part by human poK�er applied.
through pedals, designed for seating and carrying one or more
persons -- the number carried being determined by the number
of seats.built onto the vehicle by the manufacturer thereof.
(this shall not be construed to mean seats other than those
built and affixed by the manufacturer as an integral part of
I the vehiclets structure. Seats affixed in ar�y manner to any
portion of the vehicle►� structure by the owner or operator
thereof sYiall be constTUed as illegal and the carrying of one
o� more persons upon such shall be an illegal practice).
(B) CHIEF OF.POLICE. The nrords ��Chief o f Police" as I
used herein shall be deemed to mean the Chief of Police of the
City of Lynwood or any member of the police department of the
City of Lynwood designated by the Chief of Police to act in his
place and stead in carrying out�the provisions of this ordinance.
(C) RENTAL AGENCY. Any person, firm, co-partnership,
.association or corporation engaged in the business d' offering
for rental and renting bicycles for use by the public.
(D) OPERATOR. That person vaho is actually engaged in
the act of propelling, guiding or handling the vehicle at any
given time.
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(E) OVVNER. That person, firm, corporation, company or
association in whose name ihe title of said vehicle is vested.
(F) REFLECTOR. Any device constructed of any durable
substance and/or metal and/or glass which will be visible from
all distances within 200 feet directly in front of a motor
vehicle at night displaying lawfully lighted headlights, such
device to be so constructed as to show a red color when struck
by motor vehicle lights as above stated, such device to be
aff'ixed to the rear of the bicycle at any point on the frame or
mudguard at a heighi betvaeen axis of the wheel and the bottom
of the rider's seat. .
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Section 2. Re�istration of BicYCles.
(A) REQUIRED. From and after April 6, 1945, it shall be
unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle upon any of
the streets, alleys or public highv+ays of the city without first
obtaining from the Chief of Police a license therefor.
(B) PROCEDURE. The Chief of Police of the city is
hereby authorized and directed to issue, upon written applica-
tions, bicycle licenses vrhich shall be effective from the 6th
day of April, 1945 to and including December 31st, 1945, and
thereafter said licenses shall be issued for the calendar year,
commencing on the lst day of January of each year and ending on
the 31st day of Decer.cber of said calendar year, a�hich licenses,
when issued, shall entitle the licensees to operate such bicycles
for v,�hich said licenses have been issued, upon all the street,s,
• alleys and public highways� exclusive of�,the :sidewalks thereof,
in the City of Lynwood.
(C) LICENSE PLATES. The city shall provide each year
durable license plates, together with registration,cards, said
plates and registration cards having numbers stamped thereon in
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numerical order, beginning with Number 1, and indicating the
year for which the �ame are issued, and the letters "L.B.L.
stamped thereon. Such license plates shall be suitable for
attachment upon the cicycles, by suitable means, and it shall
be the duty of the Chief of Police to attach one such plate
to eacn bicycle and to issue a corresgonding registration card
' to each licensee upon the payment of the license fee herein
provided for. 5uch license plate shall remain attached during
the existence of such license. The Chief of Police shall also
keep a record of the date of issue of each license, to whom
issued, the number thereof, and the number of the cicycle frame.
(D) RE-REGISTRATION. Bicycles registered under the
provisions hereod shall be re-registered on January lst, 1946,
and annually thereafter. The C hief of Police shall affix a
new license plate upon each bicycle at the time of such re-
I registration thereof.
(E) REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ON PERSON. The owner or
I operator on ar�v street or riighway in the city of a bicycle
shall carry on his person the certificate of registration of
such bicycle and shall produce -same for, inspection wherever
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it may be demanded by the Chief of Police or any police officer:s
or other person duly authorized to demand its production.
(F) INSPECTION. The Chief of Police shall inspect each
bicycle presented to him for registration, and he shall have the
authority to refuse to register any such bicycle found by him
to be in unsafe mechanical condition.
' (G) FRAME SERIAL NUIidBERS. It shall be unlawful for any
person to v�rillfully or maliciously remove� destroy, mutilate
� or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to
this ordinance. It shall also be unlawful for any person to
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remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license plate or
registration card during the time in K'hich such license plate
or registration card is operative; provided; however, that
nothing in this ordinance shall prohibit the Chief of Police
from stampir� number.s on the frames of bicycles on which no
serial number can be found or on vrhich .said number is illegible
� or insufficient for identification purposes.
(H) FEES. The annual license fee to be paid for each
bicycle shall be fifty cents. Al1 license fees shali be paid
� in advance, and, pursuant to Section 3 of this ordinance, such
license may be transferred when the ovmership o f said bicycle
is transferred, and a fee of twenty-five cents shall be paid
for the registration of such transPer. Al1 license•fees
collected under this ordinance shall be collected by the Chief
of Police of the city and paid by him into the General Fund
of the City of Lynwood.
Section 3. Transfer of License.
(A) INDIVIDUALS. It shall be the duty of every person
who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle to report such
sale or transfer ivithin ten days thereafter by returning to the
Chief of Police the registration card issued to such person as
licensee thereof� together �vith the name and address of the
person to tivhom said bicycle was:sold or transferred; and it
shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle
to applyfor a transfer of registration thereof within ten day.s
of said sale or transfer. � l i
(B) DEALERS. All persons engaged in the business of �
buying second-hand bicycles are hereby required to make a weekly
report to the Ghief of Police, giving the name and address of
the person from rrhom each bicycle is purchased, the description
of each bicycle purchased, the frame number thereof, and the
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number of the license plate found thereon, if any. ATl persons
engaged in the business of selling new and second-hand bicycles
are hereby required to make a weegly report to the Chief of
Police, givin� a list of all sales made by such dealer,s, the
kind of bicycle sold, together with a description and frame
number thereof, and the number of the licence plate attached
thereto, if any. All persons purchasing second-hand bicycles
shall retain the same in their possession for a period of ten
days.
(C) DIS�dANTLING. Within ten days after any bicycle
registered hereunder shall have been dismantled and taken out
of operation, sach information sha13 be reported to the Chief
of Police by the person iu whose name the bicycle has been
registered.
Section 4. Rental A�encies.
(A) SUPEfiVISION. It snall be the dUty of the Chief of
Police to make periodic inspections of bicycles offered for
rental by all persons engaged in the business of renting
bicycles to the public; and all persons so engaged in the
business of renting bicycles shall be responsible for the
condition of all bicycles offered for rental by them, and also
sha11 be responsible for equipping said bicycles tivith proper
lights and other safety equipment as required elsewhere in
this ordinance.
Section 5• ProPer Use.
` No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any street,
public highway or other lane of travel in the city or upon any
part thereof in violation of the follovaing provisions, and
observance of such provisions are herein imposed under this
ordinance.
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(A) No person.shall~ride or propel a bicycle on a street,
lane of travel or other public highway of the city with another
person on,the handlebars or in any position in front of the
operator.
(B) No bicycle shall be ridden or propelled faster
than is reasonable and proper, but every bicycle shall be
. , operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the operator
and other persons upon the streets and other public highways
+ of tne city. .
(C) Persons riding or propelling bicycles shall observe
and obey all traffic signs, traf£ic lights, traffic signals,
and other existing traffic regulations, and shall stop at all
stop signs and signals.
(D) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle upon any
street or other public highway in the city, maintainir� a
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riding position abreast of any other person riding or propelling
a bioycle.. Persons riding or propelling a bicycle must ride
or propel such bicycle in single file manner and at a safe and
proper distance behind any preceding bicycle.
(E) Every person riding or propelling a bicycle upon
any street, lane of travel or other public highway in the city
shall observe and obey all traff'ic rules and regulations
applicable thereto, signal for all turns, ride at the right-
hand side of the lane of travel� street or highway, pass to the
left when passing overtaken vehicles and indiuiduals that are
slower moving, and sha11 pass vehicle.s to the right when meeting.
(F) No person shali ride or propel a bicycle on the
. sidewalks of the City of Lynwood.
(G) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on a lane
of travel� street or other public highway of the city in.a
reckless or dangerous manner or in a manrier without reasonable
regard to the safety of the operator and other persons upon
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the lane of travel, street or other highway.
(H) Persons riding or propelling bicycles :shall ride in
a straight line of travel, turning only in accordance with traffic
requirements and shall not weave in and out of such traffic, nor
snall such bicycle rider operate or propel his bicycle in a
circle or turning manner crossing path of oncoming or meeting
� vehicular traffic.
(I) No person shall ride a bicycle from the.sidewalk or
driveway into the street, lane of travel or other public highway l i
without first halting such bicycle and bring such bicycle to a
complete stop before entering the lane of vehicular traffic.
(J) No bicycle shall be permitted on any lane of travel,
street or other public highv�ay of the�..city or upon any part
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thereof, between thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes
before sunrise, without a vahite headlight visible under normal
atmospheric conditions from the front thereof for a distance of
not less than 300 feet indicating the approach or presence of
the bicycle, attached to such bicycle and properly lighted.
Every bicycle shall also be equipped with and exhibit a red
light on the rear visible under normal atmospheric conditions
and during the period set forth above,'from a distance of at
least 200 f'eet to the rear, except that a red reflector meeting
the requirement of this section may be used in lieu of the rear
light.
(K) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle on ar�y
lane of travel, street or other public highway unless such
bicycle is equipped with a bell or.other device capable of
giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet,
except that no bicycle ,shall be equipped with, nor shall any
person use upon a bicycle, any siren or v�histle.
(L) No person riding upon arLy bicycle, coaster, roller
skates or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any
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vehicle on the street, lane of travel or public highway in
the city.
(M) No person .shall deface, mutilate or remove any
identification tag, number of other attachment or equipment
placed upon ar�v bicycle, nor shall any person take any bicycle
for the purpose of riding or propelling the same upon the street,
lan�e of travel or other public highway without the consent of
the owner.
(N) The parent of any child and the guardian of ar�y
ward or any employer shall not authorize or knowingly permit
any such child or ward or employee to violate any of the pro-
visions o•f this article or section. .
� (0) Ridin� While Intoxicated. It shall be unlawful
for any person to operate a bicycle upon any ,street or highway.
of the city while under .the inf•luence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs.
Section 6. Authoritv to Revoke or Suspend
Licenses and Imnound Bicvcles.
(A) Procedure. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized
and empovrered to administer the provisions of' this ordinance,
and all police oificers are hereby cYiarged with the duty of en-
forcing the provisions hereof. The Chief of Police is hereby
empov�ered to suspend or revoke any license issued under the �
provisions of this ordinance for any violation thereof; or of
I any of the ordinances of the city relating to street traffic
insofar as the same are applicable. The Chief of Police is also '
I empowered to impound any unregistered or improperly registered
i bicycle. The action of the Chief of Police as to any of the
matters referred to in this section shall be conclusive and final.
No license shall be issued to or for any person who has had a
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license revoked until the expiration of one year from the date I
of revocation. Th:e revocation or suspension of licenses or �
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impounding of vehicles may be in addition to other penalties
provided hereunder.
Section 7. Penalty.
(A) Every person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of ,
misdemeanor and upon conviction sha11 be punishable by a fine of
not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprison-
ment in the City J�il a period o£ not more than three months,
or b5r both such fine and impri,sonment.
Section 8. Repeal of Conflictin�.Ordinances..
(A) If any clause, sentencg, paragraph or part of this
ordinance shall for any reason be ad�udged or deemed to be in-
- valid by any court of competent �urisdiction, such �udgment or
decree sha11 not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder af
this ordinance, but sha11 be confined 3n,its effect to,the
clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved
in.the controversy in which said judgment.or decree shall have
been rendered. „ "
Section 9• Ordinance in Force.
(A) This ordinance shall be in force utta effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by Charter.
Approved and adopted this 2 �th day of February, 1945.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS P.NGELES) ss.
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I, R. W. Anderson, City Clerk of the City of Lynwocd�
California, do hereby certify that the whele number ef inembers
�f the City Council of the sald City is five; that the foregoing
ORDINANCE, being ORDIPIANCE No, p� , wae duly pas5ed and
adcpted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said Ci.ty
all at a regular meeting.of the said Counci�l held on the 20th
day of Februe�� A, p�, 194 5, and that the same was sp, passed
and adopted by the follpwing vote: ,
Ayes: Shrock, MeYer, TuCker
and wi��ins
No e s: nr,,,, A
Absent: T.nnnpy
WITNESS my hand a.nd the seal cf said City this 20th
day of-:FebruArv � A. D., 194 5
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