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SECTION XXX - SNOWMOBILES [AND ALL TERRAIN VESICLES (ATVs)1 XXX.01 - APPLICABILITY This ordinance applies to the operation of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, and private property within the jurisdiction of the City and on streets and highways within the boundaries of the City. XXX.02 - DEFINITIONS The words, combination of words, terms or phrases used in this ordinance and defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 84.81,shall have the meanings given them by that section. XXX.03 - ADOPTION OF STATE LAW BY REFERENCE The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84.82pertaining to registration, 84.87pertaining to snowmobile operation and regulations by municipalities, 84.871 pertaining to equipment requirements, 84.872 pertaining to youthful snowmobile operators, 84.88pertaining to penalties are adopted and made a part of this ordinance as if set out in full. [The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84.9et.al. pertaining to ATV regulations are adopted and made a part of this ordinance as if set out in full.) XXX.04 - OPERATION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SNOWMOBILES [The City Council, may, from time to time, adopt an official map defining the boundaries of a No Snowmobile Zone within which snowmobiling, including recreational riding on your own property, is prohibited in order to protect the safety of snowmobilers and citizens of the City.] A. Within the City, snowmobiles may be operated for recreational purposes on: 1. Property you own, 2. Property for which you have written permission in your possession to ride, 3. Over Lake [and _ Lake] (when safely iced over), legally accessed as defined in this ordinance and not closer than 100 feet from the shoreline, skating rinks, fish houses, and pedestrians, and 4. [Over the Rice Creek Snowmobile Trail, when legally accessed as defined in this ordinance]. B. Within the City of , travel through the City on a snowmobile may occur within the bottom or outside slope of the ditches adjacent to County Roads and State Highways. In cases where paved trails or sidewalks are located on one side of the County Road or Highway, travel shall be limited to the side without the paved trail or sidewalk. In no case shall travel occur through a designated No Snowmobile Zone on the above - identified roads or highways. C. For local access to the above - identified through -city travel routes, snowmobiles may travel on the right hand side of local streets on the paved surface within the curb line from the operator's place of