For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DANGEROUS DRUG. Any drug defined as a depressant or stimulant substance in the State Controlled Substance Act, being ILCS Chapter 750, Act 570, §§ 1 et seq., and cannabis as defined in the Cannabis Control Act, being ILCS Chapter 750, Act 550, §§ 1 et seq., of the state.
DEALER. A person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or leasing snowmobiles at wholesale or retail.
HIGHWAY. The entire width between boundary lines of any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or public driveway.
INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. Any beverage enumerated in the Liquor Control Act, being ILCS Chapter 235, Act 5, §§ 1-1 et seq., of the state.
LOCAL AUTHORITY. The municipal board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the Constitution and laws of this state.
NARCOTIC DRUG. Any substance defined as a narcotic drug in the State Controlled Substance Act, being ILCS Chapter 750, Act 570, §§ 1 et seq.
OPERATE. To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, to use or control the operation of a snowmobile in any manner, whether or not the snowmobile is underway.
OPERATOR. Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile.
OWNER. A person other than a lien holder having title to a snowmobile.
PEACE OFFICER. Any person authorized under the statutes of this state to make arrest for a violation of any statute or ordinance, whether it be a total arrest power of all statutes or a portion of any statute.
REGISTER. The act of assigning a registration number to a snowmobile by state statute and by local ordinance.
ROADWAY. The portion of a highway, improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used in this chapter refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all those roads collectively.
SNOWMOBILE. A self-propelled device designed for travel on snow or ice or natural terrain, steered by skis or runners and supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats.
(1969 Code, § 16-261) (Ord. 1978-38, § 1, passed 12-26-1978)