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HomeMy WebLinkAbout109_Motorcycles_Bikes_FinesORDINANCE NUMBER 109 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION, CONTROL, USE, OPERATION, DRIVING OF, RIDING IN OR UPON, AND EQUIPMENT FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS, MOTOR BIKES AND OTHER MOTOR PROPELLED VEHICLES; REQUIRING OPERATORS AND RIDERS OF CERTAIN MOTOR PROPELLED VEHICLES TO WEAR HEADGEAR; ESTABLISHING TYPE AND KIND OF HEADGEAR REQUIRED; DESIGNATING EQUIPMENT, REQUIRED FOR ALL SUCH MOTOR PROPELLED AND DRIVEN VEHICLES, WITH EXCEPTIONS; PLACING LIMIT ON CARRYING OF PASSENGERS ON SUCH VEHICLES AND PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF PASSENGERS IN CERTAIN CASES; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE; REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER NINETY-SIX (96) OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, PASSED AUGUST 3, 1967,; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA: Section 1. HEADGEAR AND EQUIPMENT. In addition to equipment required by other Ordinances of The town of Owasso, Oklahoma, all motorcycles, motor scooters, two or three wheel motor propelled vehicles and motor driven bicycles, while being driven within the town limits of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, except on actual trial rides conducted outside of public roads, streets, highways or public places, the following equipment shall be required: (a) No minor, a male person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or female person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, shall operate or ride upon any motorcycle, scooter, motor driven bicycle or other vehicle covered under this section unless such person is equipped with and wearing on the head a crash helmet of the type and design manufactured for use by operators of such vehicles -- Recommend ASA Z90 minimum or those certified approved by Snell foundation. All crash helmets must consist of lining, padding and chin straps, and be of the type as not to distor and view of the driver. (b) Each minor person wearing a crash helmet must have the chin strap in place and firmly secure while vehicle is in motion. (c)all vehicles covered under this section shall be equipped with a windshield of sufficient quality, size and thickness to proect the operator from foreign objects, except that in lieu of such windshield the operator shall war goggles or face shield of material and design to proect him or her from foreign objects. Section 2. CARRYING PASSENGERS LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF AGE PROHIBITED. No person shall operate a motorcycle, scooter, or other motor driven vehicle, covered under this ordinance, carrying a passenger which is less than ten (10) years of age. Section 3. CARRYING PASSENGERS ON LIGHTWEIGHT MOTORCYCLES PROHIBITED. No person shall permit any person on a lighweight motorcycle or motordriven bicycle, as a passenger, nor permit such vehicle to be operated by a person who does not have in his mossession a valid Oklahoma license to operate a lightweight motorcycle or a motordriven bicycle. Section 4. VIOLATIONS -- PENALTY. Every person convicted of a ciolation of any provision or section of this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine not to exceeding the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) including costs. Section 5. PROVISIONS SEVERABLE. The provisions hereof are hereby declared to be severable, and if any section, part of section, paragraph, sentence or clause of this ordinance shall be held invalid or inoperation for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, any other section, part of sectin, paragraph, sentence or clause shall not be affected thereby. Section 6. REPEAL. Ordinance number Ninety-six (96) of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, is hereby repealed. Section 7. EMERGENCY. Because of increaded traffic hazards and congestion, obviously constituting an immediate threat to the safety of persons and property within The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, an emergency is hereby declared to exist for the preservation of the police peace, health, safety, and welfare, by reason whereof this ordinance shall take affect from and after its passage and approval as provided by law. PASSED by the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, with the emergency clause voted upon separately and passed by unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, this 17th day of february, 1969. APROVED by the President of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, this 17th day of February, 1969. President ATTEST: of the Board of Trustees PASSAGE AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 109 we, the undersigned member of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, do hereby approve and pass the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 109, hereto prefixed, and unanimously approve the emergency clause contained therein, which has been voted upon deparately and passed. PROOF OF PUBL...,ATION STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss: Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says that he is the publisher of the . . Q7�2 q ' 9. ;ql� . . . , a newspaper printed in the English language, in the City of . . . . OWaSS - 0 .......... Tulsa County, Oklahoma, having a bona fide paid general circulation therein, and with entrance into the United States mail as second class mail matter in Tulsa County and published in said county where delivered to the United States mail, and that the notice by publication, a copy of which is hereto attached, was published in said newspaper for 03ae ............ consecutive weeks, the first publication being on the 2o February . . . . . . ............... day of ............. 19 � 9 . . . ., and the last day of publication being on the sameday of .............. 19 .. . . . .. and that said newspaper has been continuously and uninterruptedly published in said county during the period of more than One Hundred and Four (104) weeks consecutively, prior to the first publication of said notice, or advertisement, as required by Section one, Chapter four, Title 25 Oklahoma Session Laws, 1943, as amended by House Bill No. 495, 22nd Legislature, and thereafter, and complies with all of the prescriptions and require- ments of the laws 'of Oklahoma. (The advertisement above referred to is a true and printed copy. Said notice was published in all editions /Nf s newspaper and not in a Supplement the Subscribed and sworn to before me by Bill Retherford, Owasso ReiDorter publisher of the ................. this . ? day of . ebruary 60 .......... 19 . rotary far My commission expires ............. PUBLISHER'S FEE s.?a-.Q-7.. OWASSO I Piubl Publis Okla., T1 AN br, TROL, UPON, SCOOTE PELLEI OF CEI HEADGI GEAR I FOR AL CLES, N OF PAS THE C CONTAI NUMBE OKLAH( TIES F( BE F THE TC Secti( equipm( Owaiso or thre bicycle., T own c conduct public (a) one (2: (18) ye,. scooter this se on the tared J ASA Z Founda and & of the (b) the ch in moti (c) equipp( thicknE except wear — -1 — 1969 GLLATION, CON -' RIDING IN OR -YCLES, MOTOR :R MOTOR PRO- PORS AND RIDERS [ICLES To WEAR KIND OF HEAD- JFNT REQUIRED S'Ttt) U11 addition to e Town of oters, two ,tnr driv,-.n rson under the age of eighteen :e or ride upon any motorcycle, or other vehicle coveredunder )n is equipped with and wearing A the type and design manufac- of such vehicles--Recom mend a certified approved by Snell must consist of lining, padding e type as not to distort the view aring a crash helmet must have firmly secure while vehicle is �d under this section shall be of sufficient quality, size and perator from foreign objects, windshield the operator shall of material and design to pro- nhi.pfc