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Effective: 4/24/91 City ofCenterville Ord. #17-A STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ANOKA CITY OF CENTERVILLE ORDINANCE #17-A AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE AND OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILES IN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 17 RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT. The City Council of the City ofCenterville, Minnesota, does ordain: SECTION 1. INTENT. Operation on Streets and Highwavs - Operation of snowmobiles upon the roadway. shoulder. inside bank. slope of any street or highway. ditch or on the outside bank within the right-of-way of any street or highway is permitted in conformance with State Law and City Ordinance within the corporate limits ofthe City of Centerville. It is the intent of this ordinance to supplement Minnesota Statutes, Scctions 81.81 through 81.88, as amcnded, and Minnesota Statutes Chapter 169, with respect to the operation of snowmobiles. Such statutes arc incorporated herein by reference. This sectioR is not intended to allow what the state statutes prohibit, nor to prohibit ",,.hat the state statutes allow. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Ordinance, terms defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them. . Direct Crossin!!:: A snowmobile may make a direct crossing of a street or highway provided the following: 1. The crossing is made at an an@;le of approximately ninety (90) degrees to the dirt;(;liuli uf the street or high~vaY and at a place wh~re no obst!Uction pr~vents a Quick and safe crossing. 2. The snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or main traveled way of the highway. 3. The driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic which constitutes an immediate hazard. 4. In crossing a divided street or highway. the crossing is made only at an intersection of such street or highway with another public street or highway. Page 1 of5