As used in this chapter:
(a) “City” means the City of Perry.
(b) “Direct supervision” " means the direct visual observation of the operator with the unaided or normally corrected eye, where the observer is able to come to the immediate aid of the operator.
(c) “Driver's license” means an operator's or chauffeur's license or permit issued to an individual by the Secretary of State under Chapter III of the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300, as amended, M.C.L.A. Secs. 257.301 to 257.329, for that individual to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit.
(d) “Maintained portion” means the roadway and any shoulder of the road whether paved or unpaved.
(e) “Operate” means to ride in or on, and be in actual physical control of, the operation of an ORV.
(f) “Operator” means each person who operates, or is in physical control of, an ORV.
(g) “ORV” or “Off-road vehicle” means a motor-driven off-road recreation vehicle capable of cross-country travel with benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. ORV includes, but is not limited to, a multi- track or multi-wheel drive vehicle, an ATV, a motorcycle or related two-wheel vehicle, a vehicle with three or more wheels, an amphibious machine, or a ground effect air cushion vehicle, or other means of transportation deriving motive power from other than muscle or wind. ORV does not include a snowmobile, a farm vehicle being used for farming, a vehicle used for military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement purposes, a vehicle owned and operated by a utility company or an oil and gas company when performing maintenance on its facilities or on property over which it has an easement, a construction or logging vehicle used in performance of its common functions, or a registered aircraft.
(h) “Street,” as used herein, means a city street or road as described in Section 5 of 1951 PA 51, as amended, MCL 247.655.
(i) “Safety Certificate” means a certificate issued pursuant to 1994 PA 451, as amended, MCL 324.81130, or a comparable ORV safety certificate issued under the authority of another state or a province of Canada.
(Ord. 364. Passed 8-4-22.)