For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HIGHWAY, STREET or RIGHT-OF-WAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, the state and any of its agencies or subdivisions, and any body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Lands and waters which are owned or leased and subject to the control of the state or any of its subdivisions.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. A motor-driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel, without benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or other natural terrain. It includes, but is not limited to a multi-wheel drive or low pressure tire vehicle, amphibious machine, ground effect air cushion vehicle or other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind. It does not include a farm vehicle being used for farming, a vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes, a construction, mining, or other industrial related vehicle used in the performance of its common function, or a registered aircraft, or any watercraft which is registered pursuant to state statutes.
OPERATE. To ride in or on or to be in actual physical control of the operation of an off-road vehicle.
OPERATOR. Any person who operates or is in actual physical control of an off-road vehicle.
OWNER. Any person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to an off-road vehicle and entitled to the use or possession thereof.
SNOWMOBILE. Any motor-driven vehicle designed for travel primarily on snow or ice, which vehicle utilizes sled-type runners or skis, or an endless belt tread, or any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated.
VEHICLE. An off-road vehicle.
(Ord. 11-22-83, passed 12-13-83)