Plumtree Town (Cycle Licensing) By-laws, 2025
Cycles kept in Plumtree must be licensed and display a council token, with unclaimed impounded cycles auctioned after 30 days' notice — though every fee and penalty is printed as nil.
These by-laws require every cycle ordinarily kept in the Plumtree Town Council area to be licensed before use on a road and to display the council token affixed to the machine.
Tokens may not be transferred between people or cycles, and neither the token nor the registration number impressed on the cycle may be obliterated, defaced or altered. The council keeps a register, issues duplicates, requires notification of a sale or change of ownership, and may inspect, impound and cancel licences.
Unclaimed cycles are handled publicly: the council advertises in a widely circulating newspaper the cycles it has held for a month, gives owners 30 days, and auctions the remainder with the proceeds paid into a council account.
As published, the by-laws carry no money at all: the application fee, licence fee, duplicate licence, change of ownership and storage fees are all printed as US$0,00, as is every penalty — using an unlicensed cycle, failing to notify a change of ownership, failing to display or return a token, transferring it, and defacing a token or registration number. Shurugwi's equivalent by-laws of the same season charge US$27 a year and US$5 penalties.
What changed
- All cycles kept in the council area must be licensed and display a token
- Tokens may not be transferred, defaced or altered
- Unclaimed impounded cycles are advertised and auctioned after 30 days
- Every fee and penalty is printed as US$0,00 as published
Who this affects
- Cyclists and motorcyclists in Plumtree
- Motorcycle delivery operators
- Cycle dealers handling second-hand sales
- Owners of impounded cycles
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.