For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Natural Resources.
DIRECTOR. The Director of Natural Resources.
HIGHWAY, STREET or RIGHT-OF-WAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicle travel.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. A motor-driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel, without the benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or other natural terrain. The term includes, but is not limited to, a multi-wheel or low pressure tire vehicle, amphibious machine, ground effect air cushion vehicle or other means of transportation deriving motor power from a source other than muscle or wind. OFF-ROAD VEHICLE shall not include a farm vehicle being used for farming, a vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes, a construction, mining or other industrial related vehicle used in performance of its common function, a snowmobile or a registered aircraft, and does not include for registration any other vehicle properly registered by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and any water craft which is registered pursuant to state statutes.
OPERATE. To ride in or on, and to be in actual physical control of the operation of an off-road vehicle.
OPERATOR. Any person who operates or is in actual physical control of an off-road vehicle.
OWNER. A person, other than a lien-holder, who has the property in or title to an off-road vehicle and is entitled to the use of possession thereof.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, the state and any of its agencies or subdivisions and any body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
SNOWMOBILE. Any motor vehicle designed for travel primarily on snow or ice of a type which utilizes sled-type runners or skis or an endless belt or any combination of these or similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated.
(1998 Code, § 8-7) (Ord. 2018-01, passed 3-21-2018)