Bicycle License
Requirements
Background
• Discussion of Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 10.12 regulations at the May 17th Committee Meeting resulted in request for clean up of Article I of the Chapter. • Bicycle License Requirements
• Purchase and Sale of Secondhand Bicycles
• The Police Department verified:
• Licenses are rarely issued, and criminal enforcement is not actively pursued. • Department does not monitor or actively enforce the regulations with respect to the purchase, sale, or transfer of secondhand bicycles.
Option 1
• 10.12.010: This section makes the operation of a bicycle without a license unlawful and was removed in its entirety.
• 10.12.020: This section codifies the Police Department’s authority to issue a license and was not revised.
10.12.030: Here, the references to “license plates” were changed to “stickers” and the references to renewals and transfers were deleted.
• 10.12.040: The renewal requirement was removed in its entirety. • 10.12.050: This section establishes a license fee. No revisions to this section were included in this proposed ordinance.
• 10.12.060 to 100: Removes all sections regulating the purchase, sale, or transfer of bicycles and any penalties for such activities.
Option 2
• Removes Article I of Chapter 10.12 in its Entirety
• Deletes all bicycle license requirements and penalties • Deletes all regulations regarding the purchase, sale, or transfer of secondhand bicycles
• Licensing Program is Discretionary—No Code Required
• Future Administrative Program
Fee Schedule
• Current Fee Schedule
• Bicycle License: $8
• Bicycle License Renewal Fee: $2
• Ordinance Revisions
• Option 1: The renewal fee will be removed but the bicycle license fee will remain. • Option 2: Both the bicycle license fee and the renewal fee will be removed. • Fee schedule would be updated during the next budgetary cycle in accordance with normal clean up procedures. Until the update nonapplicable fees would not be charged.