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MEETING DATE
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MAY 20, 2025
ALDO E. SCHINDLER, CITY MANAGER
DAVID E. KENDIG, CITY ATTORNEY
Agenda Item 4
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City Manager
Finance Director N/A
SUBJECT: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE TO REPEAL TUSTIN CITY CODE
PROVISIONS REGARDING BICYCLE REGISTRATIONS
SUMMARY:
This item recommends first reading by title only of Ordinance 1567 to repeal of the bicycle
registration provisions in Tustin City Code sections 5400 - 5411.
RECOMMENDATION:
Conduct first reading by title only of Ordinance 1567 entitled "An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Tustin Repealing Chapter 4 of Article 5 of the Tustin City Code
Concerning Bicycle Registration", and direct staff to place the Ordinance on the next regular
meeting agenda for second reading and adoption.
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There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
This item advances Strategy 2.a. of Goal E (Organizational Excellence and Customer
Service) of the Strategic Plan because it reevaluates the effectiveness of our customer
service program and uses the information to improve.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
At its April 1, 2025, regular meeting, the City Council unanimously directed staff to prepare
an agenda item for the City Council's consideration regarding the bicycle registration
requirements set forth in Article 5, Chapter 4 of the Tustin City Code.
Most of the bicycle registration requirements in the City Code were adopted in 1979 and
the regulations have outlived their utility. As summarized in more detail below, City staff
has evaluated the existing City Code provisions with Tustin Police Department staff and
determined that the bicycle registration mandates and fees have little remaining benefit to
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law enforcement or to the Tustin community at large. In fact, the law enforcement benefits
of the City's ordinance are being better accomplished by an online service that is more
effective and easier to use, as discussed further below.
The existing bicycle registration mandates in the City Code have rarely been implemented
or enforced in recent years. They are cumbersome for the City to administer and for officers
and the public to use for their intended purposes, and the information gathered using 1979
approach to registrations is not readily shared with other law enforcement agencies.
In addition, the fees for City bicycle licenses are capped under State law at extremely low
amounts (currently $4 per year for a new bicycle, $2 per year for renewals). As a result,
the bicycle licensing fees have never recovered the full costs of administering the older
licensing system on the rare occasions when it was utilized.
Finally, the current City Code purports to designate violations of the bike registration
ordinance as misdemeanors, which are subject to fines of up to $1,000 per violation.
Although that penalty provision could have been enforced when it was adopted, it is no
longer enforceable. California Vehicle Code section 39011 was subsequently enacted by
the State Legislature to limit fines for violations of a bicycle registration ordinance or
resolution to no more than ten dollars ($10).
As a result of all of the above, Tustin Police Department staff and the City Attorney
recommend repeal of the bicycle registration provisions in the Tustin City Code in their
entirety.
A More Effective Online Alternative Already in Action
The City contracts with "Project 529" for bicycle licensing permits. Project 529 can be
accessed via website at www.promect529.com/Tustin. Project 529 uses an application
called 529 Garage for members of the public to register their bicycles. This is a free' service
to the public and assists law enforcement if a registered bicycle is ever lost or stolen. An
additional benefit of using Project 529 is that law enforcement has access to bicycle
registration for any jurisdiction, so the likelihood of recovering a stolen bicycle is improved.
When Tustin PD locates a lost or stolen bicycle, the officer can search 529 Garage using
the bicycle serial number or 529 Shield ID to locate the owner. If the bicycle is registered,
the officer would be able to contact the owner and reunite them with their bicycle.
If a member of the public reports their bicycle is stolen, the officer would take a police report
and document the make, model, color, serial number and any other unique features to
assist in locating the bicycle. If the bicycle is registered in the recommended 529 Garage
The registration service is free for the public to use. Optional "529 Shield ID" decals with
unique number identifiers are available online for one-time purchase, but they are optional
and not required for registration.
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application, the officer will suggest the owner update the application by listing their bicycle
as being stolen. This assists outside agencies if they find the bicycle in another jurisdiction.
Signed by:
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Sean Thuilliez
Police Chief
Attachment:
ESigned by:
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David E. Kendig
City Attorney
Proposed Ordinance 1567 entitled "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Tustin Repealing Chapter 4 of Article 5 of the Tustin City Code Concerning
Bicycle Registration".
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ORDINANCE NO. 1567
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN REPEALING
CHAPTER 4 OF ARTICLE 5 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE CONCERNING BICYCLE
REGISTRATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Chapter 4 of Article 5 of the Tustin City Code entitled "Bicycle Registration"
is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION II: If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or
portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, word, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, words or portions
thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION III: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin
on this day of , 2025.
AUSTIN LUMBARD,
Mayor
ATTEST:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DocuSigned by:
DA $f3R'E1 1G,
City Attorney
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Ordinance No. 1567
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1567
Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council
of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1567 was duly
and regularly introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20t" day of
May, 2025, and was given its second reading, passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the day of , 2025, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk