A. The city council finds that there is an increase in the operation of motorcycles and other motor-driven vehicles for recreational purposes on private property and on public property in the city, and that there is a need for control of the traffic generated from this source.
B. It is further found and determined that:
1. The California Vehicle Code provides for the regulation of vehicles and operators on the public streets and highways of the state;
2. The off-road operation of licensed and unlicensed motorcycles and other motor-driven vehicles on private property and public property in the city:
a. Can generate excessive amounts of irritating dust, noxious exhaust fumes and noise;
b. Creates a high risk of igniting brush and grass fires;
c. Creates erosion on the hilly areas of the city and on unimproved property in the city;
d. Creates unimproved roads and pathways which constitute a danger and threat of accident to persons in such areas;
e. Has an adverse effect upon the public health, safety and convenience of the persons residing in the community, which constitutes a public nuisance to the residents of the city; and
f. Promotes blight and depreciates land values.
C. After examination and investigation of the existing situation it is determined that the operation of motorcycles and other motor-driven vehicles on private and public land, except the public streets and highways, is a public nuisance, that such a public nuisance exists, and that certain controls must be imposed upon the off-road use of motorcycles and other motor-driven vehicles on private and public property in the city. (Ord. 166 § 1, 1997)