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ORDINANCE NO. 946
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH RE-
PEALING CHAPTER 3 OF
ARTICLE III OF THE NEW-
PORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADDING A NEW
CHAPTER 3 TO ARTICLE III
OF SAID MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE REGIS-
TRATION OF BICYCLES
The City Council of the City of
Newport Beach does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3 of Ar-
ticle III of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is repealed.
SECTION 2. A new Chapter 3
Is added to Article III of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code
to read:
,,Chapter 3
BICYCLES
SECTION 3300. Bicycle Regis-
tration and Exception. (a) Reg-
istration. Every owner or person
in charge or control of a bicycle
shall register the same with the
City.
(b) Exception. There are ex-
cepted from the registration pro.
visions of this chapter new bi-
cycles included within the stock
of a dealer in bicycles.
SECTION 3301. Application for
Registration. Application f or
registration shall be on a form
prepared by the City and shall
state the name and address of
the owner or person in charge or
control of such bicycle, the fac-
tory number thereof, the name
of the person from whom the
same was purchased, and such
other description and informa-
tion relative thereto as may be
deemed necessary for the identi-
fication thereof.
SECTION 3302. Identification
Tags. Upon the payment by said
applicant of a fee of Fifty Cents
(50c), there shall be issued to
such applicant an identification
tag having thereon letters or
words designating Newport
Beach, the year, and a serial
number, which tag shall im-
mediately be permanently af.
fixed by such owner or person
in charge or control of such
bicycle upon the front upright
bar of such bicycle at or just
below the handle bars thereof or
under the seat of such vehicle on
the frame thereof so that the
same may be plainly seen, and
which tag shall at all times
during the current year be per-
mitted to remain on said bicycle.
SECTION 3303. Registration
Date. The annual registration of
bicycles as herein provided shall
begin with the first day of Jan-
uary of each year and end with
the thirty -first day of December
of each year, and the registration
of each and every bicycle owned
and used within the corporate
limits of the City shall be
accomplished each year in the
manner provided in this chapter.
SECTION 3304. Records to be
Kept by City. The City Manager
or an officer of City designated
by him shall conduct the regis-
tration hereunder and shall file
and preserve said application
and keep a register of all bi
cycles for which said identifica-
tion tags are issued, which
register shall contain the name
of the owner or person in charge
or control of such bicycle, the
make and factory number of the
bicycle, and the number of the
identification tag, and such
other memoranda as may be
deemed necessary for the carry-
ing out of the purpose of this
chapter and the proper identifi-
cation of such bicycles.
SECTION 3305. Bicycle Sales.
Whenever any person sells,
trades or transfers any registered
bicycle, such transferee shall im•
mediately notify the City of such
transfer and of his name and
address. The transfer and the
name and address of the new
owner shall be entered upon the
register. No fee shall be charged
for such transfer.
SECTION 3306. Lost or Stolen
Identification Tags. In the event
the said identification tag shall
be lost or stolen from such bi-
cycle, the owner or person in
charge of such bicycle shall im•
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mediately notify the City of the
loss of the same, and when such
owner or person in charge or
control of such bicycle pays a
fee of Twenty -five Cents (250
and makes proper affidavit of
the loss of said tag, stating the
facts of said loss as nearly as
possible, a new identification tag
shall be issued to such owner or
person.
SECTION 3307. Report of Theft
or Loss to Police Department.
Every owner or person in charge
or control of any bicycle shall
immediately notify the Police
Department of the loss by theft
or otherwise of any such regis-
tered bicycle.
SECTION 3305. Bicycle Deal-
ers. All persons dealing in bi-
cycles in the City, either as a
business or as an occasional
buyer and seller of the same,
shall keep and maintain an up-
to -date record of all bicycles
bought, sold or rented by him,
giving an accurate description of
such bicycle. Such record shall
show the name and address of
the person from whom received,
the factory or serial number of
the 'bicycle, if any, the name and
address of persons to whom the
same is sold or rented, the date
of any such purchase, sale or
rental, and the number of the
identification tag issued pursu-
ant to this chapter, and shall be
kept in plain and legible hand•
writing in a well -bound book and
be open to inspection by any
.police officer of the City.
SECTION 3309. Destruction of
Identification. No person shall
alter or remove the factory or
serial number or alter or remove
the current year identification
tag from any bicycle within the
City.
SECTION 3310. Using or Rent-
ing Bicycles Without Current
Identification Tag Prohibited.
No person shall use any bicycle
or rent any bicycle for use upon
the public streets or public
places in the City without the
same being registered as pro-
vided for in this chapter and
having the current year identifi-
cation tag issued pursuant to
this chapter displayed thereon."
SECTION 3. This ordinance
shall be published once in the of-
ficial newspaper of the City, and
the same shall be effective 30
days after the date of its adop-
tion.
This ordinance was introduced
at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Newport
Beach held on the 12th day of
December, 1960, and was 'adopted
on the 27th day of December,
1960, by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Atkin-
son, Cook, Stoddard, Hart,
Lorenz, Somers.
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None.
A B S E N T COUNCILMEN:
Kingsley.
JAMES B. STODDARD
Mayor
ATTEST:
MARGERY SCHROUDER
City Clerk
Publish: Jan. 5, 1961
In the Newport Harbor Ensign.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA l
COUNTY OF ORANGE }SS.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH J
Margery Schrouder
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Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
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............... was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the
regular meeting place thereof, on the - -- 27th day of . December 19 60
by the following vote:
Atkinson, Cook, Stoddard, Hart, Lorenz, Somers
AYES: COUNCILMEN-- ............................. - ..............................
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NOES: COUNCILMEN .............................................
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Kingsley
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN. .......................................
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City Clerk a F 'Offi io Clerk of the City Council,
City of ewport ach, State of California