A. Pursuant to Idaho Code, section 49-426(3) Owyhee County scheduled, noticed and held a public hearing so that citizens could provide input into the decision as to whether any public roads within the Owyhee County highway system should be closed to use by all-terrain vehicles, utility type vehicles and motorbikes. The prior ordinance 02-02 had designated roads and portions of roads which were open to use by such vehicles, but Idaho Code section 49-426(3) provides that all county roads would be open to such use after January 1, 2009, unless the county adopted an ordinance closing certain designated roads or portions of such roads to such use. After taking into account the testimony received at the public hearing, after considering matters of public safety and the considerable cost for search, rescue and assistance to the county, after considering testimony in favor of unlimited use and testimony in favor of even more restrictive closures, the board of county commissioners decided to designate the roads and portions of roads set forth in this chapter as closed to use of all-terrain vehicles, utility type vehicles and motorbikes. (Ord. 10-03, 12-13-2010)