(A) A snowmobile is hereby defined as being a self-propelled device designed for travel on snow, steered by skis or runners, and supported in part by skis, belts or cleats.
(B) A snowmobile shall be operated only by a person having in his or her possession a valid motor vehicle driver’s license.
(C) No snowmobile shall be operated in any place in any park except at the snowmobile course or trail designated and marked at Lake Storey Park.
(D) Snowmobiles shall be operated only on those days deemed by the Superintendent of Parks to be suitable for snowmobiling without damage to the park grounds, including grass, trees and shrubbery, which days to include by way of illustration but not of limitation those when snow covers the ground to a depth of not less than two inches and the temperature is not higher than 25ºF above zero. Snowmobiles shall only be used on the course or trail provided at Lake Storey Park, and only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(E) No person shall operate a snowmobile at a rate of speed too fast for conditions, or in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, or while under the influence of drugs or alcoholic liquor.
(1990 Code, § 18-48) (Ord. 62-683, passed 12-13-1962; Ord. 72-243, passed 12-18-1972) Penalty, see § 95.99
Statutory reference:
Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 40, §§ 1-1 et seq.