No person shall upon or in connection with any property of the District:
(A) Operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle that does not comply with or in a manner that does not comply with the Vehicle Code of the state or other laws or laws of the state having to do with the equipment, control, licensing, registering, and use of motorized vehicles and/or the licensing of operators of such vehicles;
(B) (1) Operate or case to be operated any motorized vehicle anywhere except on the roads, drives, and parking areas provided without written permission of the District and then not in compliance with the directions and restrictions of the ranger in charge of the area or ranger police;
(2) Operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle anywhere that is not licensed or permitted to be operated on the roads, streets, and highways of the state without written permission of the District. Vehicles not so licensed and therefore subject to the provisions of this section include, but are not limited to, snowmobiles, go carts, trail bikes, mini bikes, and such other all terrain off-the-road vehicles;
(3) Operate or move or cause to be operated or moved, any motor vehicle locked in as a result of the closing of the forest preserves at the proper posted time without written permission of the District or until such time that the preserve is officially opened;
(4) Operate a motorized vehicle on any road, drive, or parking area posted, gated, or barricaded as closed to public traffic; and
(5) At Indian Bluff Golf Course, only golf carts that are authorized by the District and are furnished and provided by the golf pro are allowed.
(C) Operate a motor vehicle in such a manner as to fail to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and equestrians;
(D) (1) Park a vehicle overnight, without written permission of the District;
(2) Park a vehicle in such a way as to block in another parked vehicle;
(3) Park a vehicle in such a way as to block, restrict, or impede the normal flow of traffic;
(4) Park a vehicle in a zone or area with signs posted prohibiting parking;
(5) Park a vehicle on turf, meadow, prairie, marsh, field in a woodland or on the exposed roots of any tree or shrub, except in an emergency or when directed to do so by the ranger police or a matter of public safety;
(6) Park a vehicle for the purpose of washing it or for the marking of any repairs or alterations to any vehicle, except those of an emergency nature; and
(7) Vehicles in violation of any of the above subject to towing at the owner’s expense.
(E) Operate or propel a vehicle or cause a vehicle to be propelled on any road, drive, or parking area at a speed greater than the speed limit posted along the right-of-way or in the absence of such posted limit at a speed in excess of ten mph.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-4) Penalty, see § 92.99