For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICATION AND JURISDICTION. No portion of this chapter shall preclude the state or its officers or agents from enforcing the State Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, 625 ILCS 40/1-1 et seq.
DANGEROUS DRUG. Any drug defined as a “depressant” or “stimulant substance” in 720 ILCS 570/100 et seq., the State Controlled Substance Act, and “cannabis” as defined in 720 ILCS 550/1 et seq., the Cannabis Control Act of the state.
DEALER. A person, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or leasing snowmobiles at wholesale or retail.
HIGHWAY. The entire width between boundary lines of any highway, road, street, avenue, alley or public driveway.
INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. Any beverage enumerated in 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., the Liquor Control Act of the state.
LOCAL AUTHORITY. The municipal board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the Constitution and laws of the state.
NARCOTIC DRUG. Any substance defined as a narcotic drug in the State Controlled Substance Act.
OPERATE. To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use or control the operation of a snowmobile in any manner, whether or not the snowmobile is underway.
OPERATOR. Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile.
OWNER. A person other than a lien holder having title to a snowmobile.
PEACE OFFICER. Any person authorized under the statutes of the state to make arrest for a violation of any statute or ordinance, whether it be a total arrest power of all statutes or a portion of any statute.
REGISTER. The act of assigning a registration number to a snowmobile by state statute and by local ordinance.
ROADWAY. The portion of a highway, improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY, as used in this chapter, refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roads collectively.
SNOWMOBILE. A self-propelled device designed for travel on snow or ice or natural terrain, steered by skis or runners and supported in part by skis, belts or cleats.
(Ord. 4, Series 1978-1979, passed 1-22-1979)