As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words are defined:
OPERATE: To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use or control the operation of a snowmobile in any manner, whether or not the snowmobile is moving.
OPERATOR: Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile.
OWNER: A person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a snowmobile. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a snowmobile subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
PERSON: An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, and the state, its agencies and political subdivisions.
ROADWAY: That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
SNOWMOBILE: Any self-propelled vehicle weighing less than one thousand (1,000) pounds which utilizes wheels with low pressure tires and is designed to operate on land or ice or is equipped with sled type runners or skis, endless belt type tread, or any combination thereof, and is designed for travel upon snow, land or ice, except in public areas in which the boundary shall be thirty three feet (33') each side of the centerline of the roadway. (Ord. 63, 3-11-1981)