(a) Before operating any UTV on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city, the UTV shall be registered with the city and display a valid registration decal or tag affixed and displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the rear of the vehicle.
(b) Application for registration of a UTV shall be made by the owner, or owner’s agent, in the office of the Police Department. All applications shall be made upon forms provided by the city and each application shall contain the name of the owner, the owner’s residence address, or bona fide place of business, a brief description of the UTV to be registered (including make, model, and serial number).
(c) An initial registration fee and any registration renewal for a UTV shall be established by the annual fee resolution but shall not be less than $25.
(d) Proof of insurance, as required in this article, shall be furnished at the time of application for registration or any renewal of the registration.
(e) The registration decal or tag issued hereunder is not transferrable. In the event of sale or other transfer of ownership of a UTV licensed under the provision of this section, the existing registration decal or tag and the right to use the numbered decal or tag shall expire, and the decal or tag shall be removed by the owner. It is unlawful for any person other than the person to whom the license was originally issued to have the same in his or her possession.
(f) In the event a registration decal or tag is lost, stolen or destroyed, it is the responsibility of the owner and must be re-registered with a full initial registration fee before the UTV may be operated on a public road.
(g) It is unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter such registration decal or tag during the time in which the same is operative.
(h) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation, upon a public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city a UTV which is not registered, and which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the registration decal or tag assigned thereto by the city;
(2) Display, cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession, any registration receipt, registration license or registration decal knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered. A violation of this division (h)(2) shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and forfeiture of the item. A mandatory court appearance shall be required of any person violating this division (h)(2);
(3) Lend to or knowingly permit the use by one not entitled thereto any registration receipt, registration license plate or registration decal issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;
(4) Remove, conceal, alter, mark or deface the license number plate, plates or decals or any mark of identification upon any UTV. Licenses shall be kept clean and placed as required by law so as to be plainly visible and legible;
(5) Carry or display a registered number plate or plates or registration decal upon any UTV not lawfully issued for such vehicle; and
(6) Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this section, shall for the first conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than $250.
(Ord. 2050, passed 7-25-2019)