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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES, EQUIPMENT
ON BICYCLES, THE USE OF BICYCLES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
§503.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context clearly indicates
a different intention, the following term shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have the meanings
defined in this section:
A. The term "bicycle" shall include every device propelled by human power upon which
any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is twenty (20) inches
or over in diameter.
B. The term "owner" shall be held to include minors who have the use and control of a
bicycle with the knowledge and consent of their parent or guardian.
§503.2 Registration Requirement. No person who resides within the city, or who
regularly operates a bicycle within the corporate limits of said city, shall ride or propel a bicycle on
any street, sidewalk or other public way unless such bicycle shall be registered with the
Administrative Officer of the City of Waukee, Iowa, or his duly appointed agent, as provided in this
ordinance and has been issued a current identification plate which shall be securely attached thereto.
§503.3 Condition Precedent. All bicycles submitted for registration shall be
equipped as provided in this ordinance and the Administrative Officer shall refuse to register any
bicycle found not to be so equipped or found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition.
§503.4 Registration: Terms and Duration. It shall be the duty of each owner of a
bicycle to make application on or before the last day of April for registration thereof to the
Administrative Officer, duration of which shall extend for a two year period upon whence renewal of
said application shall be due. Thereafter, if the bicycle complies with the provisions hereof, it shall
be the duty of the Administrative Officer to issue an identification plate for the bicycle described in
the application, which shall be securely fastened thereto, and to enter upon his records the name and
address of the owner, a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame number thereof, and
the number of the identification plate issued.
§503.5 Registration Fee. A fee of fifty (50) cents shall be charged by the City of
Waukee, Iowa, for each bicycle registered.
§503.6 Transfer of Ownership. Upon the sale or other transfer of a registered
bicycle, the owner shall, upon proper application to the Administrative Officer of the City of
Waukee, Iowa, office, transfer his or her identification plate to the new owner.
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§503.7 Removal of Plates. No person shall remove any identification plate from a
bicycle during the period for which issued except in the event a bicycle is dismantled for repair or
otherwise and no longer used upon any street or public way in the City of Waukee, Iowa.
§503.8 Alteration of Serial Frame Number. It shall be unlawful for any person to
willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the manufacturer's serial frame number on
any bicycle registered pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance.
§503.9 Alteration of Registration Number Plates. It shall be unlawful for any
person to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any registration number plate during the period when
such registration is operative.
§503.10 Duplicate License Plates. In the event of loss by the owner of a license plate,
a duplicate plate may be obtained from the Administrative officer upon application and the payment
of twenty-five (25) cents.
§503.11 Rental Agency. No rental agency for the rental of bicycles to the public shall
offer any bicycle for rent unless a bicycle shall first have been registered and the registration number
plate attached thereto as provided in '4, and shall be equipped by such agency with lights and other
safety equipment as is required by this ordinance and shall be kept in good and safe working order.
§503.12 Lamps and Reflectors. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lamp on the
front exhibiting white light, when used on the public ways of the City of Waukee, Iowa, at any time
from sunset to sunrise and at such other times when conditions provided insufficient light to render
clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet
ahead. Said lights shall be visible from a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet to the front.
Such bicycle when so used shall display a lamp on the rear, exhibiting a red light visible from a
distance of three hundred (300) feet to the rear, except that in lieu thereof there may be used a red
reflector mounted not less than twenty-four (24) inches and not more than forty-two (42) inches
above the ground, which shall be visible at night from a distance of three hundred (300) feet to the
rear; except that a red reflector which shall be visible at night from all distances up to three (300) feet
to the rear of said bicycles when said bicycle is directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying
lawfully lighted head lamps.
§503.13 Brakes. Every bicycle used upon the public ways of the City shall be
equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheel skid on a dry level
pavement and which may be applied bringing the bicycle to a stop without the brake locking the
braked wheel.
§503.14 Motor Vehicle Laws Applicable. Every person operating a bicycle upon the
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public ways of the City of Waukee, Iowa, shall be subject to the provisions of the traffic ordinances
of said City and of the statutes of the State of Iowa applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles, except
as to special regulations thereof and except as to those provisions of said ordinances and statutes
which by their nature can have no application.
§503.15 Obedience to Signals. Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the
direction of official traffic signals, signs and other control devices applicable to other vehicles unless
otherwise directed by a police officer and shall obey direction signs relative to turns permitted unless
such person dismounts from the bicycle, in which he shall then obey the regulations applicable to
pedestrians.
§503.16 Riding on Handlebars, etc., Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for the operator
of any bicycle not built to transport two or more persons, when upon any public highway, sidewalk
or other public way, to carry any other person upon the handlebars, frame or other part thereof, or for
any other person to so ride on such bicycle.
§503.17 Carrying Packages. No person operating a bicycle upon a public way shall
carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the rider from keeping at least one hand upon the
handlebars.
§503.18 Control with Hand or Hands on Handlebars. The operator of a bicycle
upon a public way shall keep the same under control at all times and at all times during the operation
shall have one or both hands upon the handlebars, and hands or feet engaged with the braking device.
§503.19 Emerging from Alley or Driveway. The operator of a bicycle emerging from
an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending
across any alleyway or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said roadway.
§503.20 Operation on Sidewalk. Bicycles may be operated upon the public sidewalks
in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed not exceeding eight (8) miles per hour. Every
person lawfully operating a bicycle upon a public sidewalk, when approaching a pedestrian or a toy
vehicle, shall either dismount or give a clear right-of-way to the full extent of such sidewalk to said
pedestrian or toy vehicle, and in overtaking such pedestrian or toy vehicle, shall give an audible
signal before passing.
§503.21 Parking. No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the
sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle or against a building or at the curb in such a manner as to
afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic, or upon the parking area between the sidewalk and
the roadway.
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§503.22 Clinging to Other Vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle on a street or
public way shall attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon such way.
§503.23 Reckless Operation. No person shall operate a bicycle upon a public way at a
speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing and shall not operate
the same in such a manner as to constitute a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or
property.
§503.24 Penalty. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars or be subject to
imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days.