In accordance with M.S. § 84.87, subd. la., as it may be amended from time to time, and M.S. § 84.87, subd. 3, nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit the use of RMVs within the city in organized events or contests, provided the organized events or contests are conducted as hereinafter set forth.
(A) Authorization. Any incorporated veterans' organization and/or club, incorporated religious corporation or non-profit corporations may organize and conduct within the incorporated limits of the city an organized RMV event or RMV contest, provided the organization shall first apply to the city for and obtain a permit authorizing such organized RMV event or RMV contest.
(B) Term. The permits issued for said organized RMV event or contest may be for one, two, but not more than three consecutive days.
(C) Permit required. No organized RMV event or RMV contest shall be conducted within the city unless the sponsoring organization shall have first obtained from the city a permit therefore as provided herein, which the organizing corporation shall comply with all terms and conditions of this subchapter and of the permit issued pursuant hereto.
(D) Application. Any corporation as herein defined desiring to obtain a permit to give or hold or conduct an organized RMV event or RMV contest shall make verified application to City Hall upon blanks to be furnished by the City Manager. The application shall set forth in reasonable detail the dates, hours, place or places, description of event or contest to be conducted, description of security facilities and personnel, if any, and information as the Chief of Police of the city may thereafter demand. The application shall also be accompanied by acceptable documentary evidence that the applicant has or will have in force public liability insurance which will protect both the city and all members of the public who might attend the organized event and which insurance shall be in a minimum of $600,000. The applicant shall pay to the city at the time of application a fee in an amount as the Council of this city shall set from time to time hereafter. The Chief of Police shall thereupon investigate the applying organization, the application for permit and all related fact-statements made therein and make a report to the City Council recommending either issuance or rejection of the application for permit.
(E) Issuance of permit. The Manager of this city, upon approval by the City Council, may issue a permit authorizing the applicant to organize and conduct such RMV organized event or RMV contest within the city for a period not to exceed three consecutive days.
(1) The Manager is hereby authorized, upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, to suspend and/or alter and change existing city ordinance and regulations regulating the operation of snowmobiles within the city so as to permit the operation thereof, under different terms and conditions, in said RMV organized events.
(2) The Manager may authorize operating a RMV during said organized RMV event on any public property and/or city-owned property, and further, may establish minimum required safety regulations and provisions to govern the operation of RMV during such RMV organized events.
(a) These regulations and provisions may include authorizing persons 12 years of age or older to so operate, providing that each such snowmobile operator shall have in his or her immediate possession a valid state snowmobile safety certificate.
(b) The said terms, regulations and provisions may also require the wearing by all RMV operators at all times of state-approved safety helmets.
(Ord. 371, passed 11-15-07; Am. Ord. 452, passed 7-18-19)