Except as otherwise specifically permitted and authorized, it is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle within the corporate limits of the city in the following manner, or in violation of M.S. §§ 84.787 through 84.929, or in violation of any rule of the State Commissioner of Natural Resources and Public Safety promulgated thereto:
(A) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle on a public sidewalk, walkway or trail provided or used for pedestrian travel;
(B) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle on private property of another without lawful authority or consent of the owner or occupant;
(C) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle on any publicly owned lands, including, but not limited to, school grounds, park property, playgrounds, recreation areas and golf courses, except areas previously listed or authorized for such use by the proper public authority, in which case such use shall be lawful and snowmobile or recreational motor vehicles may be driven in and out of such areas by the shortest route;
(D) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under all the surrounding circumstances, but in no event in excess of the posted speed limits and/or not in excess of 15 miles per hour in the platted portion of the city;
(E) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle at any place in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the person or property of another or to cause injury or damage thereto;
(F) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle in a manner so as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which disturbs, annoys or interferes with the peace and quiet of another, or in violation of § 94.04(D) of this code of ordinances;
(G) Except as provided below, no person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day, except by the most direct route to their destination or on a groomed grant-in-aid snowmobile trail;
(H) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle in or on any portion of a municipal street or right-of-way, or upon or in the outside bank, slope, or ditch of any trunk, county state aid, or county highway except as permitted by law, such as, but not limited to, making a direct crossing of a street or traveling upon a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle trail approved by the City Council;
(I) No person shall intentionally drive, chase, run over, kill or otherwise take or attempt to take any animal, wild or domestic, with a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle;
(J) No person shall leave a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle in a public place without locking the ignition, removing the key and taking the key; and
(K) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational motor vehicle in the R-1 zoned district within ten feet of the property line and in an R-2 zoned district within 30 feet of the property line, except as follows:
(1) When unloading or loading the vehicle on the owner's property;
(2) While traveling on streets adjoining the owner's property;
(3) While plowing snow only for the purposes of road access to owner's property;
(4) While engaging in lawn or property maintenance on property owned by the operator; or
(5) When taking a direct route to and from the residential property.
(Ord. 2007-8-13, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2013-05, passed 7-8-2013) Penalty, see § 72.99