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DRAFT <br /> SECTION 1104 - SNOWMOBILES AND ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATVS) <br /> 1104.00 - APPLICABILITY <br /> This ordinance applies to the operation of snowmobiles on public lands <br /> and waters, and private property within the jurisdiction of the City <br /> and on streets and highways within the boundaries of the City. <br /> 1104.02 - DEFINITIONS <br /> The words, combination of words, terms or phrases used in this <br /> ordinance and defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 84 . 81, shall have <br /> the meanings given them by that section. <br /> A. Urban Service District shall mean that part of the City defined <br /> as the area south of 197th Avenue to the south corporate boundary and <br /> between the east and west corporate boundaries. This will need to be <br /> redefined based on Council direction. <br /> 1104 . 04 - ADOPTION OF STATE LAW BY REFERENCE <br /> The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84 . 82 pertaining to <br /> registration, 84 . 87 pertaining to snowmobile operation and regulations <br /> by municipalities, 84 . 871 pertaining to equipment requirements, 84 . 872 <br /> pertaining to youthful snowmobile operators, 84 . 88 pertaining to <br /> penalties are adopted and made a part of this ordinance as if set out <br /> in full . <br /> The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84 . 9 et.al. pertaining <br /> to ATV regulations are adopted and made a part of this ordinance as if <br /> set out in full. <br /> 1104.05 - OPERATION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SNOWMOBILES <br /> For defining where snowmobiles are permitted to operate, the City has <br /> been divided into two parts: <br /> a. Within the Urban Service District, and <br /> b. Outside the Urban Service District. <br /> A. Within the Urban Service District: <br /> The operation of a snowmobile within the Urban Service District <br /> is permitted: <br /> i . ) On designated and marked snowmobile trails during periods <br /> when trails are open <br /> ii. ) On public streets on the most right hand portion of the <br /> roadway within the curb line or shoulder edge and only <br /> when such operation is necessary to gain access to or <br /> from designated trails, or areas, which, by Minnesota <br /> Statutes, may be used by snowmobiles. Such operation <br /> shall occur only within the hours of 7: 01 a.m. and 12 : 00 <br /> midnight except for emergency purposes or except if the <br /> operator is returning to his rc.,idence at a speed not in <br /> excess of twenty (20) miles per hour. <br /> iii . ) In the bottom or outside slope of a ditch of County Roads <br /> 12, 13, 30, or 35 or a state highway. <br />