It is unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle, as defined in Section 39000 of the California Vehicle Code, upon any street in the city of Oakland without first obtaining a California Bicycle License therefor. (Prior code § 3-12.01)

The Chief of Police is authorized and directed to issue a registration card and a California bicycle license which, when issued, shall entitle the licensee to operate such bicycle for which said license has been issued, upon all streets, exclusive of sidewalks, in the city for the calendar year or portion thereof for which said license is issued. (Prior code § 3-12.02)

It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause to be attached to the frame of each bicycle a California bicycle license, and to issue a registration card to the licensee upon payment of the license fee provided for in this chapter.
Upon loss or mutilation of a license, the licensee shall report said loss within seven days. Upon receipt of such report, the Chief of Police shall cancel such license and issue a new license. (Prior code § 3-12.03)

All persons engaged in the business of buying secondhand bicycles or secondhand bicycle parts are hereby required to make a daily report to the Chief of Police, giving the name and address of the person from whom each bicycle or bicycle part is purchased, the description of each bicycle or bicycle part purchased, the frame number or numbers of each bicycle purchased and the number of license found thereon, if any. All persons engaged in the business of selling new or secondhand bicycles or new or secondhand bicycle parts are required to make a daily report to the Chief of Police, giving a list of all sales made by such dealers, which list shall include the name and address of each person to whom sold, the kind of bicycle or bicycle part sold, together with a description thereof and frame number or numbers of each bicycle and the number of the license attached thereto, if any. Junk collectors and junk dealers, as defined in Chapter 5.04 of this code and secondhand dealers and exchange dealers as defined in Chapter 5.46 are required to make daily reports, as in this section provided, for any transaction involving secondhand bicycles or secondhand bicycle parts. (Prior code § 3-12.04)

It shall be the duty of every person who sells or transfers ownership of any bicycle licensed hereunder to report such sale or transfer by returning to the Chief of Police the registration card issued to such person as licensee thereof, together with the name and address of the person to whom said bicycle is sold or transferred, and such report shall be made within ten days of the date of said sale or transfer. It shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee of such bicycle to apply for a transfer of registration thereof within ten days of the date of said sale or transfer.
Whenever the owner of a bicycle licensed pursuant to this code changes his or her address, he or she shall within ten days notify the Chief of Police of the old and new address. (Prior code § 3-12.05)

It is unlawful for any person to wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. It is also unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license plate, seal or registration card during the time in which said license plate, seal or registration card is operated; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the Chief of Police from stamping numbers on the frames of bicycles on which no serial number can be found, or on which said number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes. (Prior code § 3-12.06)

It is unlawful to operate a bicycle on any trail within the city in an unsafe, reckless, dangerous or negligent manner. No person shall operate a bicycle in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour, nor in excess of five miles per hour when passing pedestrians or equestrians or when approaching and negotiating a blind turn, nor at a greater speed then is reasonable or prudent. Within city parks, bicyclists can ride on named trails only and are prohibited from operating bicycles off-trail. Bicyclists must obey all posted signs and rules. Bicyclists must call out when passing pedestrians, or other bicyclists and then must pass to the left. Bicyclists must yield to equestrians by calling out and requesting instructions to pass. The City Manager, or his or her designees, shall determine trail accessibility for bicyclists. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction punishable as provided in Chapter 1.28 of this code. (Prior code § 6-3.34)

Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of Sections 12.60.010 through 12.60.060 shall be subject to a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) (Ord. 11940 § 1, 1996: prior code § 3-12.011)