A. Any person engaging in the business of renting or loaning (e.g., “a test drive”) any bicycle for use in any public place in the City shall supply the persons leasing or using bicycles with approved bicycle helmets as defined herein, along with the bicycles, unless the bicycle riders and passengers possess approved bicycle helmets of their own, and offer proof thereof, for use with the bicycle.

B. The rental papers (contract, agreement, or receipt) must advise the person renting the bicycle of the bicycle helmet requirements of this chapter.

C. It is a defense to this section for a person wearing an unapproved bicycle helmet that the helmet was furnished in conjunction with his or her lease of a bicycle by a person engaged in the business of renting bicycles, and that the helmet was fastened securely while bicycling. [Ord. 96 § 1, 1996.]