(A) General prohibition. It is unlawful for the owner of an EPAMD to rent the EPAMD to any person in the town unless the owner of the EPAMD has obtained a permit from the town in compliance with this section.
(B) Permit. The town will issue one permit to a commercial enterprise owning EPAMDs and offering to the general public guided EPAMD tours to groups of ten persons or less. As a condition of the permit, the permittee shall: maintain the EPAMDs in safe working condition; require that all EPAMD tour guides are certified EPAMD operators; ensure that the EPAMDs operated by tour guides are equipped with operational audible warning devices at all times; and ensure that the EPAMDs are operated in compliance with all applicable law.
(C) Prohibited areas. EPAMDs are prohibited in or on the following:
(1) Vail Nature Center;
(2) Betty Ford Alpine Garden;
(3) Village Streamwalk;
(4) Children’s playgrounds;
(5) Turf areas or soft-surface trails;
(6) Natural/unimproved areas;
(7) Streets and highways that are parts of the state highway system;
(8) Bridge Street; and
(9) Gore Creek Drive.
(D) Minimum age. An EPAMD shall only be operated by persons 12 years of age or older.
(Ord. 5(2018) § 2; Ord. 15(2022) § 1)