For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE.
(1) A motor driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel:
(a) Without benefit of a road or trail; and
(b) On or over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.
(2) The term includes the following:
(a) A multi-wheel drive or low-pressure tire vehicle;
(b) A golf cart;
(c) An amphibious machine;
(d) A ground effect air cushion vehicle;
(e) A snowmobile; and
(f) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(3) The term does not include the following:
(a) A farm vehicle being used for farming;
(b) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes;
(c) A construction, mining, or other industrial-related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle’s common function;
(d) A registered aircraft;
(e) Any other vehicle properly registered by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles; and
(f) Any water craft that is registered under Indiana Statutes.
OPERATE. To ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile or off-road vehicle.
OPERATOR. Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile or off-road vehicle.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, the state and its agencies and subdivisions, and any body of persons whether incorporated or not.
SNOWMOBILE. A motor driven vehicle:
(1) Designed for travel primarily on snow or ice; and
(2) Of a type that uses:
(a) Sled-type runners or skis;
(b) An endless belt tread; or
(c) Any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which the vehicle is operated.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary line of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 1451-12-05, passed 1-9-2006)