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City MEMORANDUM Item # TO: FROM: Mayor and City Council Michele McPherso~rector of Planning DATE: November 12, 2002 SUBJECT: Consider Revision to Elk River City Code - Chapter I 104 Regarding Snowmobile and ATY Regulations 5.5. Attachments · Draft Ordinance · ATV Use Map · Snowmobile Regulation Option 2 Map Snowmobile Regulation Option 3 Map October 21, 2002 Council Meetine At the October 21, 2002 City Council meeting, the City Council considered the regulation of snowmobiles and ATVs within the City of Elk River. The discussion centered primarily around the use of snowmobiles within the community. A number of snowmobilers were present to express their opinion and their desire to be able to access trails via local streets directly from their homes. The Council direction at that meeting was to loosen the ordinance regulations and to work more on enforcement of the ordinance with the assistance of the snowmobilers. Revised Ordinance After considering the alternatives, staff presents the City Council with a third option for consideration. The third option clearly identifies County road and State highway ditches as travel ways through the community, with local access via public streets. Travel for local access must be within the curb lines, on the paved surface, and via the most direct route from an operator's residence to a travel way is taken. This should limit outside travelers to County roads except for County Road 30 east of Waco Street. Staff has also identified a tight area within the center of the community as a "No Snowmobile" zone. "No Snowmobile" is intended to equal "No recreational riding on your own property and no travel through the community." There is one travel way through the "No Snowmobile"