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CITY OF GEM LAKE, RASMSEY COUNTY, MINN.ESOTA ORDIlNAN.CE NO..144 AN ORDINANCE TRAFFIC, PARKING.: VEHICLES, AND USE OF STREETS AND 11IGHNVAYS.. THE.CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITV OF GENI LAKE ORDAINS: 1) Section .L Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this ordinanceis to protect public. safety, reduce interference with public.travel, anal allow for. the orderly use of vehicles within the City. This ordinance is intended to. protect Iife,.property,. and to prevent public nuisances. 2) Section 2. Traffic and: Vehicles. ;t} Snowmobiles i) Incorporatio.n by Reference. The provisions:of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84.84 through.84,90, and the provisions. of the Regrilations of Vie Minnesota Commissioner of Natural Resources contained in Sections 7460.5100, and 7460.5200 of Minnesota Rules ] 999, and any amendments to those statutes or regulations. or substitutes for those statutes or regulations that inay frorri time to time become effective, are.:hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, ii) Limitation ❑f ppera.tion. No person shall operate a snowmobile. in the City or Gem L.ake,except on pubft,trails; waterways,: and highways specifically designated for such usc,.or on.private property .where lawful permission has been obtained froin'the property owner, occupant.. or lessee. No snowmobile shall be operated within any public right-of-way or.on a public sidewalk or trai1.provided or used for pedestriart or biaycle.travel, iii) !•fours of Operation. No.persorf shall operate asnowtnobile in the:City. of Geri Lake between the hours of eleven (l 1) o'cl.ock p.m: and. seen (7) o'clock a.m. -prevailing time in Ramsey County. Sunday through Thursday, and from one.(1) o'clock a.m. to seven (7) o'clock a.m. on.other days, including.the day preceding a. national h.ol iday. iv} Speed. No:persoh shall operate a snowmobile in the City of.Gem Lake.at a speed .in excess of limits specifically posted for such.use'or as a speed in excess of fifteen (1.5) miles per hour within one. hundred fifty (150) feet. of any f sherman, fish .hous.e, :pedestrian skier, skater, skating rink, sliding. area, ski tow area, or other areas where such operation woufd conflict with or endanger other persons or property; v) Tow Bars. No person shall operate a snowmobile so as. to tow any person, sled,.or other conveyance. except by the use of a rigid low bar attached to therear: of such:snowmobile. Persons towing disabled snowmobilea shall be exempt: vi) Mandatory Eights. No person shall operate a snowmobile unless such vehicle is equipped with a head. light andtail Iight..that.are. illuminated at all times during such operation. Snowmobiles equipped with an engine. of five (5) horsepower or less shall be exempt. vii) Mandatory Pennant. No person shall operate a snowmobile. unless such vehicle is equipped with a red or orange blaze pennant:flag of at: least forty square .inches in area and displayed.at.a`height of not less than five (5) .feet above the roadway. viii).Authorized Snowmobiles. Authorized snovonQbHes maybe used on any public property within. the City for rescue, emergency or law enforcement purposes, Trafiic2nd Vehicles Ordinance No. 144