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FEB-27-2lJiJ3 15: 32 C lTY OF Ll f.O LAKES 651 982 2499 P. 132/136 .. ~ council Member 1t1l1ott intr04uced the followin9 ordinance and moved its adoption: CITY OJ' LI.O LADl8 OJLD:l:D!lCB JIlQ. 17 - t4 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILES ANO ALL-TER.RAIN VEHICLES Defini~ions. Unless the context olearly indicates otherwise, the words, combinations of words, ~erm., and phrases, as used in Ordinanoe NO. 17-94 shall have the meaninqs set forth in the subdivisions of ~his section which follow. Snowmobile shall mean any self-propelled vehicle used for recreational purpose. whether steered by wheels, skis, Or runners and designed for travel on snow or ioe or natural terrain including, but not limited to, snowmobiles and all- terrain vehicles requlated pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 84, and said definition shall apply throuqhout this Ordinance unless said Statute clearly provides otherwise. owner means a person, other than a lien holder having the property in or title to snowmobile and entitles to the use of possession thereof. operate means to ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile. operator means every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile. Roadway means that portion of a highway improved, desiqned, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, includinq the shoulder, but not including the boulevard. Street or highway means the entire width between boundary lines of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter or right, for the purposes Of vehicular traffic. Right of way means the entire strip of land traversed ~y a highway or street in which the public owns the fee or an eaeement tor roadway purposes. Safety or deadman throttle is detined as a device which, when pre..ure is removed from the enqine accelerator or throttle, causes the motor to be disengaged from the driving t.rack.