(A) Notwithstanding the definitions of the terms motor vehicle and motorcycle contained in the Motor Vehicle License and Registration Act, 47 O.S. § 562, motor-driven cycles (known and commonly referred to as trail bikes, unless the trail bikes are used by participants in parades, and other trade names) shall not be permitted to be operated on the streets or highways of the town.
(B) Golf carts and all-terrain vehicles such as four-wheelers, side-by-side four-wheelers, and small vehicles known as mini-trucks are prohibited from operating on federal and state highways and town streets within the town limits except as follows:
(1) When the all-terrain vehicle or golf cart is operated by a person 16 years of age or older and the operator possesses a valid operator’s license during the hours of sunrise to sunset; and
(2) All-terrain vehicles and golf carts may operate on federal or state highways only if making a perpendicular crossing of a federal or state highway located within the town limits.
(C) Every person operating an all-terrain vehicle or golf cart upon a street shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of this state declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of this town applicable to the driver’s vehicle except as to special regulations in this subchapter and except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature can have no application.
(D) All vehicles covered under this subchapter must display an annual permit issued by the town. The fee for the permit will be $10.
(E) All such golf carts and all-terrain vehicles operating in the limits of the town shall have a safety flag affixed to a standard, such as a bicycle flag, which shall be affixed to the rear portion of the aforementioned vehicle or SMV, slow-moving vehicle, placard.
(F) All vehicles covered under this subchapter shall be covered by insurance as part of the operator’s normal vehicle policy. Proof of insurance must be provided at the time of permit application. Should the insurance policy be cancelled at any time during the valid term of the permit, the permit will immediately become void, and a new permit must be applied for after the insurance has been reinstated.
(G) All vehicles covered under this subchapter shall be equipped with a fender over each wheel. All fenders shall be of the type provided by the manufacturer. No open-wheeled vehicles will be allowed.
(H) No person under the age of 18 shall operate or ride upon any four-wheeler covered by this subchapter unless such person is equipped with and wearing on the head a crash helmet of the type and design manufactured for use by the operators of such vehicles. All crash helmets should consist of lining, padding, a chin strap, and be of the type as not to distort the view of the driver. Chin straps must be fastened at all time while the vehicle is in motion.
(I) The driver and all passengers of vehicles covered by this subchapter shall wear seatbelts if they are provided by the original equipment manufacturer of the vehicle.
(Ord. 2017-1, passed 12-21-2017) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 562