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Memo to the Mayor and City Council AN and Snowmobile Regulations Page 3 ATV Usage As ATVs can be used year-round,it may be easiest to separate the two uses,especially since there can also be the formation of private ATV tracks. Suggested ATV Regulations: • No riding on streets (prohibited by State Statute) • No riding in roadside ditches (there is no legal way to access them) • No riding on platted lots less than 2.5 acres or in outlots/open space of cluster plats • No riding on/in parks, public trails, or golf courses • Allow riding on private, non-platted lots 2.5 acres or greater; you must own the property or have written permission on your person • Allow the Highway 169 corridor north of County Road 33 • Allow agricultural or utility use with permits • Regulate private tracks consistent with Sherburne County Ordinance • You must trailer your ATV to an approved trailhead • In winter, allow riding on Lake Orono not closer than 100 feet from the shoreline, skating rinks, fish houses, and pedestrians Suggested Snowmobile Regulations: • No riding on platted lots less than 2.5 acres • No riding on the streets within the Urban Service District or areas defined by ordinance • Within the Urban Service District, must trailer your snowmobile to an approved trailhead • Outside the Urban Service District, you may ride in the street (between the curblines) and in ditches per State Statutes • Outside the Urban Service District,you may ride on property you own or for which you have written permission on your person • Allow riding on the Highway 169 corridor • No riding on/in parks, public trails, or golf courses • Allow the connection from Parrish Avenue,along Main Street to County Road 13 • Allow riding on the Highway 10 corridor west out of town from the Orono Park trailhead • Allow riding on Lake Orono not closer than 100 feet from shoreline,skating rinks, fish houses, and pedestrians. For snowmobiling,using the Urban Service District boundary will require additional signage in key locations. Multiple county roads travel into the urban core;once a snowmobiler gets into the urban core, there is no safe or legal place to ride. County Road 33 has been previously used, as it is an easily identifiable landmark. Staff met with the River City Snow Riders on July 17,2002 to review this memo and discuss club activities to date. The County snowmobile club is going to apply to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to obtain permits to utilize the railroad right of way for