For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICATION and JURISDICTION. No portion of this subchapter shall preclude the state or its officers or agents from enforcing the Illinois Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 40, §§ 1-1 through 11-1 inclusive.
DEALER. A person, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or leasing snowmobiles at wholesale or retail.
DANGEROUS DRUG. Any drug defined as a depressant or stimulant substance in the Illinois Controlled Substance Act and cannabis as defined in the Cannabis Control Act of the state.
PEACE OFFICER. Any person authorized under the state statutes 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.
HIGHWAY. The entire width between boundary lines of any highway, road, street, avenue, alley or public driveway.
INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. Any beverage enumerated in the Liquor Act of the state.
LOCAL AUTHORITY. The municipal board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the constitution and laws of this state.
NARCOTIC DRUG. Any substance defined as a narcotic drug in the Illinois 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 registered as owner of a snowmobile.
REGISTER. The act of assigning a registration number to a snowmobile by state statute and by local ordinance.
ROADWAY. That 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 subchapter 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. 678, passed 12-19-84)