A bicycle is defined as every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is more than 14 inches in diameter.

(Code 1975, 18-401; Code 1991, 13-401)

Every person owning a bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power, shall procure, and the safety department is hereby authorized and directed to issue, upon written application therefor, a bicycle license. Whenever any person shall acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise such a bicycle, such person shall, within five days after the acquisition of the same, upon written application therefor, apply for a license which shall be issued by the public safety department. The license shall entitle the licensee to operate the bicycles for which the licenses have been issued, upon all the streets, alleys and public ways, exclusive of sidewalks, in the city.

(Code 1975, 18-403; Code 1991, 13-403)

The city shall provide a license plate or other physical indications of registration, together with registration cards having numbers stamped thereon in numerical order; such license plates or other physical evidence of registration shall be suitable for attachment upon the frames of the bicycles which shall be displayed on the bicycles at all times. The Department of Public Safety shall also keep a record of the issue of each license to whom issued, and the number thereof. It shall be unlawful to operate or use a bicycle without obtaining a license or registration.

(Code 1975, 18-404, Code 1991, 13-404; Code 2010)

All persons engaged in the business of buying second-hand bicycles are hereby required to keep daily records, giving the name and address of the person from who each bicycle is purchased, the description of each bicycle purchased, the frame number thereof, and the number of the license plate found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or second hand bicycles are hereby required to keep daily records, giving a list of all sales made by such dealers, which list shall include the name and address of each person to whom sold, the kind of bicycle sold, together with the description and frame number thereof, and the number of the license plate attached thereto, if any. All such records shall be open to inspection by the Director of Public Safety at all reasonable times, and such daily records shall be preserved for not less than two years.

(Code 1975, 18-405; Code 1991, 13-405)

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 department of public safety the registration card issued to such person as licensee thereof, together with the name and address of the person to whom the bicycle was sold or transferred, and such report shall be made within five days of the date of the sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of registration therefor within five days of the sale or transfer.

(Code 1975, 18-406; Code 1991, 13-406)

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this article. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license plate, seal or registration card during the time in which such license plate, seal or registration card is operative; provided, that nothing in this article shall prohibit the department of public safety from stamping numbers on the frames of bicycles on which no serial number can be found, or on which the number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.

(Code 1975, 18-407; Code 1991, 13-407)

It shall be unlawful for any person or person to operate any bicycle within the city limits, upon a sidewalk or a sidewalk area located on State Street from Third Street northward to seventh Street and for one block on Fourth Street, Fifth Street and Sixth Street on either side of State Street except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a code violation and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed the sum of $25.00. This provision shall not apply to law enforcement.

(Code 1975, 18-408; Code 1991, 13-408; Code 2010)

The license fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be established by Resolution of the Governing Body of the City of Augusta, Kansas and shall be paid in advance. Pursuant to section 14-506 of this article, such license may be transferred, and the fee shall be paid for the registration of such transfer. All license fees collected under this article shall be paid into the general operating fund of the city.

(Code 1975, 18-409; Code 1991, 13-409)

Every person violating any of the provisions of this article for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in an amount not more than $100.00. In addition to the penalty herein above provided, the safety department or any safety officer may impound and retain possession of any bicycle operated in violation of the provisions of this article, and retain possession of the same until the license provided for herein is obtained by the owner of such bicycle.

(Code 1975, 18-410; Code 1991, 13-410)