Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

(1) The name, address and telephone number of the person from whom each such bicycle or bicycle frame was
purchased or otherwise acquired;
(2) The description of such bicycle or bicycle frame purchased or otherwise acquired;
(3) The frame number thereof;
(4) The number of any previously issued license decal or plate found attached thereto and any registration
symbols and/or identifying letters preceding the corresponding serial numbers die-stamped to the frame.
In addition to any other reports required in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, every person,
partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of selling secondhand bicycles or bicycle frames from
a bicycle establishment is required to make a report to the Chief of Police concerning all such bicycles or bicycle
frames sold. Such report shall be made in writing within twenty-four (24) hours of the date of sale and shall specify:
(1) The name, address and phone number of the person to whom each such bicycle or bicycle frame was sold or
otherwise disposed of;
(2) The description of such bicycle or bicycle frame sold, or otherwise disposed of;
(3) The frame number thereof;
(4) The number of any previously issued license decal or plate found attached thereto and any registration
symbol and/or identifying letters preceding the corresponding serial numbers die-stamped to the frame.
Reports of purchases or otherwise acquired bicycles or bicycle frames and/or reports of the sale or otherwise
disposal of bicycle or bicycle frames shall be made in triplicate. The original shall be mailed or delivered to the Chief
of Police, the duplicate shall be given to the buyer/seller, and the triplicate shall be kept by the bicycle establishment
as a permanent record. The provisions of this section shall not apply to new bicycles or new bicycle frames
purchased at wholesale.
No person, partnership, association or corporation operating a bicycle establishment shall purchase, sell,
exchange, barter, repair, remodel, dismantle, or junk any bicycle, bicycle frame, or bicycle part from any person
under the age of eighteen (18) years, or any person under the influence of any narcotics, drugs and/or intoxicating
beverages. (Ord. 3795, 1975.)
10.52.080 Removal of Frame Identification Numbers - Police Authorized to Number Frames.
No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame
licensed pursuant to this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the Police Department 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.
(Ord. 3795, 1975.)
10.52.090 Impounding of Unlawfully Operated Bicycles - Duty of Tax and Permit Inspector or Police Officer
- Redemption.
The Tax and Permit Inspector and any Police Officer of the City may take any bicycle found by him to be
operated or used upon the streets of the City in violation of this chapter and impound the same at the City Hall or
other convenient place, which bicycle may be redeemed by the owner thereof, upon payment of the license fee and
licensing as required for such bicycle. (Ord. 3795, 1975.)
10.52.100 Impounding - Sale of Unclaimed Bicycles - Disposition of Sale Proceeds.
In the event any bicycle impounded by the Police Department is unclaimed by the owner within a period of four
(4) months after it is impounded, the same shall be sold at public auction after notice of at least three (3) days by
posting a notice of the time and place of the sale and a brief description of the bicycle in three (3) public places in the
City. (Ord. 3795, 1975.)
10.52.110 Police Department to Administer Provisions of Chapter.
The Police Department of the City is authorized and directed to administer the provisions of this chapter. (Ord.
3795, 1975.)
10.52.120 Manner of Riding Bicycle.
No person operating a bicycle shall permit any person to ride upon such bicycle except on a seat or package
carrier four (4) or more inches in width securely fastened to the bicycle in the rear of the person operating the bicycle.
(Ord. 3033 §4, 1965; Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code §31.62.)
10.52.130 No Bicycles on Sidewalk.
No person shall ride a bicycle on any sidewalk except at a driveway; provided, that a person may ride a bicycle on
any area designated by the City Council as a bikeway. (Ord. 3350 §1, 1969; Ord. 2713 §1(part), 1959; prior Code
§31.64.)
254-1 rev. 6/30/07