For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE.
(1) A motor driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel:
(a) Without benefit of a road or trail; and
(b) On or over land.
(2) The term includes but is not limited to the following:
(a) A multi-wheel drive or low-pressure tire vehicle;
(b) A golf cart; or
(c) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(3) The term does not include the following:
(a) A farm vehicle being used for farming;
(b) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes;
(c) A construction, mining or other industrial-related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle’s common function;
(d) A registered aircraft;
(e) Any other vehicle properly registered by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles;
(f) Any watercraft that is registered under state statutes; or
(g) A snowmobile.
OPERATE. To ride in or on and control the operation of an off-road vehicle.
OPERATOR. Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of an off-road vehicle.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, the state and its agencies and sub-divisions and any body of persons whether incorporated or not.
SNOWMOBILE. Snowmobile means a motor driven vehicle:
(1) Designed for travel primarily on snow or ice; and
(2) Of a type that uses:
(a) Sled-type runners or skis;
(b) An endless belt tread; or
(c) Any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which the vehicle is operated.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width and length of any public way or public place that is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular traffic or pedestrian traffic. This term includes a sidewalk in a public way.
(Ord. 06-12-1, passed 1-8-2007)