HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2059 ORDINANCE NO. 2059
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY REPEALING SECTIONS 1o. 84 . 025 AND 10. 84. 070
AND AMENDING SECTIONS 1o. 84 . 005, lo. 84 . 01o,
lo . 84. ol5, lo. 84. 030, lo. 84 . o6o, 10. 84. 270 AND
lo. 84 . 280 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO BICYCLES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Sections 10. 84. 025 and 10. 84 . 070 of the
Huntington Beach Municipal Code are hereby repealed..
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 10. 84 . 005, 10. 84. 01o, 10. 84 . 015,
lo . 84 . 030, lo. 84. o6o, lo . 84. 270 and 10. 84 . 280 thereof, to read
as follows :
10. 84 . 005 Definitions . For the purpose of this chapter,
the following words and phrases are defined as follows :
(a) "Bicycle lane" is that portion of a roadway, other
than state and county highways , set aside by striping for the
use of bicycle riders and so designated, as provided in this
chapter.
(b) "Bicycle path" is a pathway for bicycle riders and
pedestrians that has been physically separated from a roadway.
(c ) "Bicycle" is a device upon which any person may ride,
propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains,
or gears, and having either two or three wheels in a tandem
or tricycle arrangement, with a frame size of at least
fourteen (14) inches , and wheels, one of which is at least
twenty (20) inches in diameter.
(d) "Highway" is a way or place of whatever nature,
publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street .
(e) "Roadway" is that portion of a highway improved,
designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
(f) "Chief of Police" shall include his designated repre-
sentative .
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10. 84. 010 License and registration required. No person,
in the city shall ride or propel any bicycle upon any street,
alley, park, bicycle path or lane, or other public place in
this city which is not registered and for which the appro-
priate license fee has not been paid or which does not bear a
license plate or sticker as required by the provisions of
this code, as per Section 39002 of the California Vehicle
Code.
10. 84. 015 Licensing--City residents . The city and each
licensing agency shall license bicycles for persons residing
within this city. All applicants residing outside city
limits shall be referred to their respective city or juris-
diction of residency.
10. 84 . 030 Identification card issuance. Upon payment of
the license fee provided by this chapter, the Chief of Police
shall issue to applicant a registration card containing the
following information: the license number assigned to the
applicant, the applicant 's name and address, provisions for
the transfer of ownership of said bicycle, and a brief de-
scription of the bicycle being registered. Said registration
card shall be retained by applicant as proof of ownership, and
kept in a safe place . All license tags issued on or before
December 31, 1978 shall expire on December 31, 1978 . All
license tags issued on or after January 1, 1979 shall expire
on the third December 31st subsequent to the calendar year in
which such license tag. is issued.
10. 84 . 060 Registration and card fees . The fees required
to be paid pursuant to this chapter are:
(a) For new license and registration, the sum of
One Dollar ($1) per year or portion thereof.
(b) For each transfer of ownership, which requires a
new registration card, the sum of One Dollar ($1) .
(c ) For reissue of registration card or license tag
lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated or illegible, the sum of
One Dollar ($1 ) .
10. 84 . 270 Vehicular traffic in bicycle lanes or paths .
No person shall park a motor vehicle across or on a bicycle
path or lane except to obtain emergency parking where signs
are posted prohibiting such parking. No person shall drive
a motor vehicle upon or across a bicycle lane except after
giving the right-of-way to all bicycles operated within the
lane. No motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, motor-driven cycle,
or motorcycle may be operated on a bicycle path or sidewalk.
10. 84 . 280 Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person
knowingly to violate, or knowingly to permit any other person
2 .
to violate any of the provisions contained in Sections 10. 84 .160
through 10. 84 . 270 of this chapter, and any person violating
any of the provisions contained in such sections shall be
guilty of an infraction and punished, upon a first conviction,
by a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50) , and for a second
or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year, by
a fine of not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100 ) .
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th
day of May 1976.
ATTE Mayor
City Clerk
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City Administrator ty A t rn
APPROVE Y INITIATING DEPARTMENT:
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Ord. No. 2059
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the -
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the _ 3rd day of mq�z
19 76 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 37th day of Mau 1976 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None 41
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of,the-City.Council of the City
of iuntington',-Beach, ,California
Ancia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
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