UNTER OFFICE MEMO

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TO: Mayor & Aldermen DATE: August Mee 37) 2

FROM: R.A. Treeman, City Clerk CoCo Net s

a AUG 20 1973

! Re: wteycle Licensine and Resulatines

3 Alderman Ranger has asked that we present the following sugsested changes in

Provincial legislation in order that the Council may more closely control the licensing

i and rejulation of bicycles: , ~ H 1. If the licensing section of the Municipal Act (Section 458K) could be amended to provide that the Council could specify the equipment with which a bicycle should be equipped (not ~withstanding the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act) it seems to me that this particular

: aspect of the problem would be overcome. In Port Coquitlam, for example, the Council could pass a by-law requiring that all bicycles have licences and that all bicycles be equipped

! with certain types or kinds of equipment - lishts, reflectors, satisfactory brakes, etc.

2. With respect to che prosecution of juveniles we wonder if this too could not be over- come by a simple amendment to the Municipal act (and perhaps the Motor Vehicle Act) to pro-

| vide that actual ownership of a bicycle must rest with some person over the age of sixteen years and that that person is responsible for any offence or infraction of the Motor Vehicle Act or Munictpal By-laws while the bicycle is being operated on public highways. This would

follow the provision presently existinre in the Motor Vehicle Act making the owner of the

vehitle responsible for all offences committed by the vehicle.