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FEB-04 -2000 1022 CITY OF LINO LAKES 651 982 2499 P.05/06 <br /> Notwithstanding any prohibition by current City Ordinance or <br /> State Law, a snowmobile nay be operated on a public <br /> thoroughfare in an emergency during the period of time when <br /> and at locations where snow upon the roadway renders travel <br /> by automobile impractical. <br /> Eauinment. It is unlawful for any person to operate a <br /> snowmobile any place within the corporate limits of Lino <br /> Lakes unless it is equipped with the equipment set forth as <br /> follows: <br /> 1. Standard mufflers which are properly attached and in <br /> constant operation, and which reduce the noise of <br /> operation of the motor to the minimum necessary for <br /> operation. No person shall use a muffler cutout, by- <br /> pass, straight pips or similar device on a snowmobile <br /> motor, and the exhaust system shall not emit or produce <br /> a sharp popping or crackling noise. <br /> 2. Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop <br /> and hold the snowmobile under any conditions of <br /> operation. <br /> 3. A safety or so called "deadman" throttle in operating <br /> condition, as that when pressure is removed from the <br /> accelerator or throttle, the motor is disengaged from <br /> the driving track. <br /> 4. At least one clear lamp attaohed to the front, with <br /> sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at <br /> a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet ahead <br /> during the hours of darkness under normal atmospheric <br /> conditions. <br /> a. Such head lamp shall be so aimed that glaring rays <br /> are not projected into the eyes of an oncoming <br /> vehicle operator. <br /> b. It shall be equipped with a least one red tail <br /> lamp having a minimum candle power of sufficient <br /> intensity to exhibit a red light plainly visible <br /> from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the <br /> rear during the hours of darkness under normal <br /> atmospheric conditions. <br /> c. Such equipment shall be in use when the vehicle is <br /> operated between the hours of one -half (1/2) hour <br /> after sunset or one -half (1/2) hour before sunrise <br /> or at times of reduced visibility. <br /> persons Under 18 Years of Ace. No person under 14 years of <br /> age shall operate on streets or highways or make a direct <br /> crossing of a street or highway as the operator of a <br /> snowmobile. A person 14 years of age or older, but less <br />