Chapter 10.73
OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
Sections:
10.73.020 Operation of off-highway vehicles prohibited.
10.73.030 Affirmative defenses.
10.73.010 Definitions.
“Off-highway vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle when used for recreation travel on trails and nonhighway roads or for recreation cross-country travel on any one of the following or a combination thereof: Land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland and other natural terrain. Such vehicles shall include but are not limited to, two or four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, dune buggies, amphibious vehicles, ground effects or air cushion vehicles, and any other means of land transportation deriving motive power from any source other than muscle or wind.
Off-highway vehicle does not include:
A. Any vehicle designed primarily for travel on, over or in the water; or
B. Snowmobiles or any military vehicles. (Ord. 1184-85 § 1, 1985)
10.73.020 Operation of off-highway vehicles prohibited.
Except as otherwise permitted by federal law, state law or city ordinance, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to operate any off-highway vehicle in the city. (Ord. 1184-85 § 2, 1985)
10.73.030 Affirmative defenses.
It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of Section 10.73.020 of this chapter that the person charged had express permission to operate the off-highway vehicle from the owner or possessor of the real property on which the violation occurred. (Ord. 1184-85 § 3, 1985)