Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-12-10
ORDINANCE NO. 5475
BY COUNCIL AS A Who'll.

for violation Oh tnlS OlulidhCe'
BE IT ORDAINED by the Coun-.
ell of the City of Newark, State OF
Ohio:
u Section 1: No person shall ride
or use a bicycle upon any public
street in the City of Newark, Ohio,
unless the same shall be licensed
and registered as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Section 2: Upon the taking eff
feet of this ordinance, every resi-
dent of the City of Newark, ONO,
who is the owner of bicycle, op-
Grated solely or in part by muscu-
lar power, shall list and register
his name, age and address, the
name of the manufacturer of the
bicycle, it's number, style and gen
eral description.
In the event that the owner OF
a bicycle is minor, under the
age of twenty-one years, the par
ent. guardian, or person haying
care and custody of such infant,
. may at his or her option make
such listing and registration on
Section 8: The Mayor of said
City shall provide license tags
e(with red reflector) together with
registration cards, which tags ana
cards shall have numbers stamped
thereon in numerical order begin-
such tags with reflector attach
ed) shall be suitable for attach
ment upon the rear of the rear
fender of the bicycle. or upon the
rear of the frame, if there is no
rear fender, and it shall be the
duty of the Mayor to issue to each
owner one tag which shall be at
tached by such owner as herein
provided, and to issue a CORES
ponding registration card to the
~f o..
ense fee hereinafter provided for,
Such tag shall remain attached 10
the bicycle for which it is issued
during the existence of such lie
ense, and shall be kept in such
condition as to be easily read.
display his registration card or
produce satisfactory proof that
such bicycle has been registered
upon the demand of any officer OF
the Police Department:
Section 4: 1t shall be the duty
of every person who sells or trans
fers ownership of any bicycle to
report such sale or transfer to the
Mayor and if such person has mao
his bicycle licensed and registered
yor the registration card and lie
ense tag and furnish such Mayor
with the name and address of the
person to whom said bicycle was
sold or transferred, and such re-
port shall be made by the person
five days of the date of said sale
or transfer.
1t shall be the duty of the pur-
chaser or transferee of such BIZ
cycle to apply Immediately for
registration card and lIcense tag.
porations engaged in the business
of buying and /or selling bicycles
shall within forty eight (48) hours
after the sale of bicycle (new or
used) report to the, Mayor the
name and address of the purchas,.
er, make, style and number of
such bicycle. In the event of the
purchase or trade-in of used BIZ
cycle such dealer shall report with
in rty-eight (48( hours the
obtained the bicycle. and the make,
style, number and other general
descriptions of such bicycle.
Section 5: 1t shall be the duty
of every person who dismantles,
reduces to junk or take out Of op-
Grafton any bicycle, whether same
be registered or not registered, TO
report the same to the Mayor.
Section 6: 1t shall be unlawful
for any person to wilfully or mali
ciously remove. destroy mutliate nat,
or alter the number on any blcy-
~>Sul for any person to remove, des-
%troy, mutilate or alter any license
tag or registration card during the
time in which such license tag or
registration card is operative.
L. Section Z: In the event bicycle
Eoes not have a serial number
Stamped on the frame or If such
number is illegilble, then the Ma
yor shall have stamped or cause
to have stamped an identification
number on such frame of the bl-
cycle.
Section 8: In case of loss or
destruction of license tag or re-
gistration card, duplicate tag
and /or registration card shall be
issued for a fee of fifteen G5c)
provided such owner gives salts
factory proof of same either by
affidavit or otherwise
Section 9: The license fee for
registration and tag shall be fifty
cents (5oc) for each .sods bicycle snd f,ftT for
cents (50c) for each renewal there
Of, and shall be paid at the time
Of registration such license tag
and registration card may be
transferred when the owner ac,
quires title to another bicycle and
a transfer fee of ten cents GOc)
paid therefor.
License tags and registration
cards shall be for a period Of one
year beginning on January 1st
and terminating at midnight De-
cember 31st.
All license fees collected under
this ordinance shall be paid into
the general fund Of the City OF
Newark, Ohio.
Section 10: # any , bicycle Is Is
City of Newark, Ohio, without a
license identification tag, as above
set forth, or with mutilated or AL
tered serial or no serial number
stamped on the frame of the bi-
cycle it shall be prima facie evil
operated without proper registra-
ton and shall be impounded az
hereinafter set forth.
Section IL: If the operator OF
any bicycle shall violate th3a endiny any ynce o.
said sale bicycle shall be immediatery
taken and impounded by the Pc.
LIE department of the City Of
Newark. Ohio, and shall be so held
by said department for perioc
determined by the Chief of Police
An appeal may be had from the
decision of the Chief of Police tc
Board consisting Of three mem
bers and appointed by the Mayor
Failure to abide by the decision
Board If an appeal is taken. shall
be grounds for revocation Of Ii.
cense by the Mayor
In the event any bicycle II
found, as set forth in Section No
10 of this ordinance, the Police
Department shall take possession
of such bicycle and hold same un'
til proper ownership is proven.
Section 12: The Mayor shall
have the power of refusal to issue
license tag and/or registration
q card fo the owner of any bicycle