For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Memphis, Michigan.
CITY BOARD. A Board of Council Members of a city.
DRIVER'S LICENSE. A license, permit, or temporary license issued under the laws of the State of Michigan pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles.
MUNICIPALITY. The City of Memphis.
OPERATE. To ride in or on and/or to physically control an ORV.
OPERATOR. A person who operates and/or is in actual physical control of an ORV.
ORV. A motor driven off-road recreation vehicle capable of cross country travel without benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. ORV includes, but is not limited to, a multitrack or multiwheel drive vehicle, an amphibious machine, a ground effect air cushion vehicle, or other means of transportation deriving power from a source other than muscle or wind. ORV does not include a registered snowmobile, a farm vehicle being used for farming, a vehicle used for military, fire emergency, or law enforcement purposes, a vehicle owned and operated by a utility company or an oil and gas company when performing maintenance on said company's facilities or on property over which said company has an easement, a construction or logging vehicle used in performance of its common function, or a registered aircraft.
ROAD. A city primary road or city local road as described in M.C.L.A. § 247.655.
SAFETY CERTIFICATE. A certificate issued pursuant to Michigan Public Act 451 of 1994, as amended, M.C.L.A. § 324.81129, or a comparable ORV SAFETY CERTIFICATE issued under the authority of another state or a province of Canada.
STREET. A city or village major street, or a village local street as described in M.C.L.A. § 247.659
VISUAL SUPERVISION. The direct observation of the operator with the unaided or normally corrected eye, where the observer is able to come to the immediate aid of the operator.
(Ord. 202, passed 6-5-2018)