As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words are defined as follows:
1. “All-terrain vehicle” or “ATV” means the same as defined in Iowa Code Section 321I.1.
2. “Off-road motorcycle” means the same as defined in Iowa Code Section 321I.1. An operator of an off-road motorcycle is also subject to the provisions of this chapter governing the operation of all-terrain vehicles.
3. “Off-road utility vehicle” or “UTV” means the same as defined in Iowa Code Section 321I.1.
4. “Operate” means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use or control the operation of a snowmobile, UTV or an ATV in any manner, whether or not the snowmobile, UTV or ATV is moving.
5. “Operator” means every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile, UTV or an ATV.
6. “Owner” means a person other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a snowmobile, UTV or an ATV. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a snowmobile, UTV or an ATV subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement in securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
7. “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, and the estate, its agencies and political subdivisions.
8. “Roadway” means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
9. “Snowmobile” means the same as defined in Iowa Code Section 321G.1.
10. “Street or highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic, except in public areas in which the boundaries shall be thirty-three feet on each side of the centerline of the roadway.