For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ATV. A three-, four- or six-wheeled vehicle designed for off-road use that has low-pressure tires, has a seat designed to be straddled by the rider, and is powered by a 50 cc to 1,000 cc gasoline engine or an engine of comparable size using other fuels.
COUNTY. The County of Saginaw.
DRIVER’S LICENSE. 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, Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.301 to 257.329, for that individual to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit.
LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT. A county, township or municipality.
LOW-SPEED VEHICLE. A self-propelled motor vehicle which conforms to the definition of a low-speed vehicle under 49 C.F.R. § 571.3(b) and meets the standard for low-speed vehicles under 49 C.F.R. § 571.500.
MUNICIPALITY. A city or village.
OPERATE. To ride in or on and be in actual physical control of the operation of an ORV.
OPERATOR. A person who operates or is in actual physical control of the operation of an ORV.
ORV or VEHICLE.
(1) A motor-driven off-road recreation vehicle capable of cross-country travel without benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or other natural terrain. ORV or VEHICLE includes, but is not limited to, a multi-track or multi-wheel drive vehicle, an ATV, a golf cart that satisfies the criteria of an ORV, a motorcycle or related two-wheel, three-wheel, four-wheel or six-wheel vehicle, an amphibious machine, a ground effect air cushion vehicle, or other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(2) ORV or VEHICLE does not include a registered 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 or 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 function, or a registered aircraft.
ROAD. A county primary road or county local road as described in the Michigan Transportation Fund Act, § 5 of Public Act 51 of 1951, being M.C.L.A. § 247.655.
ROAD COMMISSION. The Board of Road Commissioners for the County of Saginaw.
SAFETY CERTIFICATE. A certificate issued pursuant to the Off-Road Vehicle Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, being M.C.L.A. § 324.81129, as amended, or a comparable ORV safety certificate issued under the authority of another state or a province of Canada.
STREET. A city or village major street or city or village local street as described in § 9 of the Michigan Transportation Fund Act, Public Act 51 of 1951, being M.C.L.A. § 247.659.
TOWNSHIP. An individual township within the County of Saginaw.
TOWNSHIP BOARD. A Board of Supervisors of any township within the County of Saginaw.
VISUAL SUPERVISION. The direct 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.
(County Ord. 119, passed 9-17-2013)