HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2148 ORDINANCE NO. 2148
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY REPEALING SECTIONS 10 .84 . 025 AND 10 . 84. 070
AND AMENDING SECTIONS 10. 84. 005, 10 . 84 . 010,
10 . 84 . 015, 10 . 84. 030, 10 . 84 . 060, 10 . 84. 270 AND
10. 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Huntington Beach Municipal Code are hereby repealed.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 . 010, 10 . 84. 015,
10. 84. 030, 10 . 84. 060, 10 .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 appropriate 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 LicensinE--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 jurisdiction 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 to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50) , and for a second
or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year, by
a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100) .
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting th 0 e on the 20th
day of December 1976 .
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ATTEST: Mayor Pro Tempore
City Cler
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C Administrator City Attorney •`-
INITIATED AND APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Ord. No. 2148
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ 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 6th day of nPnPmbor
19 76 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of December 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:
Bartlett, Pattinson, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Shenkman
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT Councilmen:
Wieder
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City o
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the Cit
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance ha's
beqq published in the Huntington Bach News
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Sinaordance with the City Charter of said Ci• AUDIr4.M.WEE RTH City Clerk
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Deputy -ty