§ 4-36. Prohibited acts

(a) No person shall park, tether or secure a bicycle upon or to any sidewalks, poles, traffic signs or signals, hydrants, mailboxes, trees, fences and similar appurtenances or on or in any public rights-of-way and semi-public rights-of-way or in any other fashion on or to anything other than a bicycle parking rack installed for that purpose, except that bicycles may be parked on private property with the consent of the property owner.

(b) Anything affixed to, or on a bicycle tethered or otherwise secured to a bicycle rack shall fit in one bicycle rack space and shall not protrude into any adjacent bicycle rack space.

(c) All bicycles discovered by the city to have been tethered or secured upon or to any sidewalks, poles, traffic signs or signals, hydrants, mailboxes, trees, fences and similar appurtenances or on or in any public rights-of-way and semi-public rights-of-way or in any other fashion on or to anything other than a bicycle parking rack installed for that purpose, abandoned or otherwise left on public streets, sidewalks, public property or on private property without the consent of the owner shall be seized and impounded by the city. The owner of such bicycles may claim them from the city by paying a fine in an amount to be established by resolution of the city council, as may be amended from time to time, for each bicycle claimed, to cover the municipal retrieval costs, and, in addition thereto, shall pay one dollar ($1.00) per day, or an amount to be established by the city by resolution from time to time, for storage of each such bicycle. The city shall have the right to impound and retain possession of any bicycle in violation of the provisions of this chapter and may retain possession of such bicycle until the provisions of this chapter are complied with. Bicycles which remain impounded pursuant to this section for longer than a ninety-day period may be sold at auction in accordance with laws governing the disposal of abandoned property generally.

(d) In order to claim a bicycle from impound, the owner must present a bicycle registration card or be able to identify the bicycle by make, color or any other fashion sufficient to identify the bicycle. The city shall not be responsible for any bicycle impounded or released to a person claiming to be the owner thereof.

(Ord. No. 12-5, § 1, 8-7-12 )