[SDCBC] While we are busy citing cvc21200 and cvc21202...

[Fulton Martin]

I used to register my bicycles regularly, every two (?) years, until I 
got my first recumbent and went to the local fire station, where I was 
told they wouldn't be doing it anymore. I don't recall them saying the 
function was being transferred to retailers, but could be...

Even *if* retailers are doing it, how willing are they to register a 
bicycle "upon the request of the owner" if the bicycle wasn't purchased 
at their shop? (Bought my last one out-of-state.)

Gene Carman wrote:
> Has anyone noticed that part of cvc21200 cites cvc39000?
> 
> http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21200.htm
> 
> 21200.   (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway has all the 
> rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of 
> a vehicle by this division, including, but not limited to, provisions 
> concerning driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs, 
> and by Division 10 (commencing with Section 20000), Section 27400, 
> Division 16.7 (*commencing with Section 39000*), Division 17 (commencing 
> with Section 40000.1), and Division 18 (commencing with Section 42000), 
> except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
> 
> 
> http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d16_7/vc39001.htm
> 
> 39001.   (a) The department shall procure and distribute bicycle license 
> indicia and registration forms to all counties and cities which have 
> adopted a bicycle licensing ordinance or resolution. Those counties and 
> cities shall issue the indicia and registration form to the owner of any 
> new bicycle, and may, upon request of the owner, issue an indicia and 
> registration form to the owner of any bicycle which complies with 
> Section 39007.
> 
> The department shall charge and collect a fee, not to exceed the cost of 
> procuring and distributing the license indicia and registration form, 
> for each bicycle license indicia and registration form issued. All fees 
> collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Motor 
> Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. Those fees are hereby 
> continuously appropriated from the account for use by the department to 
> defray costs to procure and distribute the bicycle license indicia and 
> registration forms.
> 
> So what is San Diego's policy on license and registration of 
> bicycles...  assuming they have "adopted a bicycle licensing ordinance 
> or resolution?"  How many of us are in compliance with the local law, 
> should we for instance be pulled over. 
> 
> If we are quick to cite cvc21200 and cvc21202, should we not also be in 
> compliance with SDMC34.02?
> 
> http://clerkdoc.sannet.gov/legtrain/mc/MuniCodeChapter03/Ch03Art04Division00 
> 
> 
> *§34.02 Bicycle License Required
> *Except as provided by Section 34.09 of this article, it is unlawful for 
> any person to
> operate a bicycle upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, highway, or 
> other public
> property within the jurisdiction of The City of San Diego without first 
> obtaining a
> license issued by said City. Bicycle retailers are authorized and 
> directed to issue,
> upon written application, a bicycle license, to any person residing 
> within the City of
> San Diego. Bicycle retailers issuing licenses will charge a fee pursuant 
> to section
> 34.02. Fees collected in accordance with section 34.02 shall be sent to 
> the San Diego
> Fire Department. *Bicycle retailers will purchase bicycle licenses and 
> stickers from the
> San Diego Fire Department.* The San Diego Fire Department will return $1 
> of the $2
> license fees collected to bicycle retailers upon return of a completed 
> registration
> form. License applicants who reside outside the City of San Diego shall 
> be referred to
> their respective city or jurisdiction of residency. Any bicycle not 
> subject to the
> provisions of this article may be licensed upon the request of the owner.
> 
> How many of you are in compliance? 
> 
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Fulton Martin
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