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Ordinance No. 2003-104 serial number or other identifying marks of the bicycle for which issued, and other information as the Chief of Police shall deem pertinent. 373.08 LICENSE PLATE AND CARD. (a) At the time of registration the Chief of Police shall furnish to the applicant a durable registration plate bearing the license number assigned to the bicycle and the name of the City. He shall also issue a registration card to the applicant reciting that the bicycle has been registered in the name of the owner. Such registration card shall also recite the expiration date of the license and the serial number of such license. (b) The Chief of Police shall direct the owner to atta.ch such license plate to the rear mudguard or frame of the bicycle for which issued in such a position as to be plainly visible from the rear. (c) The Chief of Police shall furnish each registrant with a copy of the provisions of this chapter and other information as he may deem appropriate. (d) No person shall maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any serial number of any bicycle licensed hereunder, or any license plate or license card issued hereunder. (e) In the event the license plate is lost, defaced or destroyed, the Chief of Police, when satisfied of such fact, shall issue a new license plate upon application of the owner of such bicycle. 373.15 RIDING ON STREETS, BICYCLE PATHS OR SIDEWALKS. It shall be legal to ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, street or public way, or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to the following: (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a street shall ride as near to the right side of the street as is practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. (b) Persons riding bicycles upon a street shall ride not more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of streets set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. (c) Wherever a designated path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a street, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street. (d) Any person operating a bicycle may ride upon the sidewalk rather than the roadway when sidewalks are available and not congested with pedestrian traffic. If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian traffic, the bicycle operator using the sidewalks shall walk the bicycle. At no time shall a bicyclist under the age of eight (8) operate a bicycle on a residential street. At no time shall a bicyclist under the age of twelve (12) operate a bicycle on any street which is not a residential street. (e) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk upon or along which signs have been erected by authority of the Chief of Police prohibiting such bicycle riding. 2 •,fi . • i