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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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 720, Act 570, §§ 1 et seq., and cannabis as defined in the Cannabis Control Act, being ILCS Chapter 720, 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)
Duly authorized police officers may stop and inspect any snowmobile at any time for the purpose of determining if the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. If the inspecting officer discovers any violation of the provisions of this chapter, he or she may issue a summons to the operator of the snowmobile requiring that the operator appear before the Circuit Court for the county in which the offense was committed. Every snowmobile subject to this chapter if underway and upon being hailed by a designated law enforcement officer must stop immediately.
(1969 Code, § 16-263) (Ord. 1978-38, § 2.2, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
It is unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any peace officer in a discharge of his or her duties under this chapter.
(1969 Code, § 16-264) (Ord. 1978-38, § 2.3, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
(A) Snowmobiles may be operated on any street within the city limits of the city in accordance with the terms of this chapter, with the following exceptions.
(1) Snowmobiles may be operated on city streets only for the purpose of leaving and entering the city or for visitation within. Recreational snowmobiling within the city limits is not permitted.
(2) Snowmobiles shall not be operated under any circumstances within the Central Business District of the city or on any street that adjoins the Central Business District. The Central Business District is that area zoned C-3 Central Business District, by the city’s zoning ordinance, Title XV, App. A of this code.
(3) Snowmobiles shall not be operated on any state highway or thoroughfare.
(B) Notwithstanding the above, snowmobiles may be operated in the alleys of the Central Business District with individual permission of the Chief of Police. This permission shall be given only if the snowmobiles are needed for business reasons.
(1969 Code, § 16-275) (Ord. 1978-38, § 5.1, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
(A) The operator of any snowmobile shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any snowmobile operator to leave the roadway and travel across private property to avoid an official traffic-control device.
(B) Snowmobile traffic facing a steady red signal at an automatic traffic-control device must stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is indicated by a green traffic-control signal.
(1969 Code, § 16-291) (Ord. 1978-38, § 5.17, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
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