The definitions of terms used in this ordinance are:
1. “All-terrain vehicle,” as defined by Iowa Code Section 321I.1(1)(a), means a motorized vehicle with not less than three and not more than six nonhighway tires that is limited by engine displacement to less than one thousand cubic centimeters but greater than two hundred cubic centimeters and in total dry weight to less than one thousand two hundred pounds and that has a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.
2. “Off-road vehicle,” as defined in Iowa Code Section 321I.1(18)(a), means a motorized vehicle with not less than four and not more than eight nonhighway tires or rubberized tracks, engine displacement of at least two hundred cubic centimeters that has a seat that is of bucket or bench design, not intended to be straddled by the operator, and a steering wheel or control levers for control. “Off-road vehicle” includes the following vehicles:
A. “Off-road utility vehicle – type 1” means an off-road utility vehicle with a total dry weight of one thousand two hundred pounds or less and a width of fifty inches or less.
B. “Off-road utility vehicle – type 2” means an off-road utility vehicle, other than a type 1 off-road utility vehicle, with a total dry weight of two thousand pounds or less, and a width of sixty-five inches or less.
C. “Off-road utility vehicle – type 3” means an off-road utility vehicle with a total dry weight of more than two thousand pounds or a width of more than sixty-five inches, or both.
3. “Roadway,” as defined in Iowa Code Section 321I.1, means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, but does not include Story Street or Mamie Eisenhower Avenue, does not include the ditch, nor does it include any area or roadway inside any City park.
If an all-terrain vehicle or an off-road vehicle is properly registered pursuant to Iowa Code Section 321I.3 and with proper identification under Section 77.05 of this ordinance, it may be operated on any roadway in the City of Boone pursuant to the restrictions in this ordinance, which means it cannot be operated on Story Street, South Story Street, Mamie Eisenhower, West Mamie Eisenhower, Highway 30, in any City park or in the ditch, and those restrictions imposed by the Iowa Code. Such operation must begin after official sunrise and must cease before official sunset. In addition, the operation shall be prohibited anywhere in the City of Boone during the week Super Nationals beginning at midnight on the Friday before Super Nationals begins and continuing until noon of the second Sunday thereafter, which thus totals approximately eight (8) days and at any time as the Boone Police Chief in his/her discretion decides that in the interest of public safety the operation shall be prohibited. An all-terrain vehicle and off-road vehicle may stop at service stations or convenience stores along the designated roadway.
In the event that a person residing on Story Street, South Story Street, West Mamie Eisenhower Avenue or Mamie Eisenhower Avenue wishes to operate an all-terrain vehicle or an off-road vehicle on the said roadways, said person may operate on the roadway for a reasonable distance to reach the permissible City roadway.
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