Ordinance No. 144 Traffic and Vehicles

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City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota Traffic & Vehicles Ordinance No. 144 AN ORDINANCE TRAFFIC, PARKING, VEHICLES, AND USE OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE ORDAINS: Section 1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect public safety, reduce interference with public travel, and allow for the orderly use of vehicles within the City. This ordinance is intended to protect life, property, and to prevent public nuisances. Section 2. Traffic and Vehicles. 1. Snowmobiles. 1. Incorporation by Reference. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 84.84 through 84.90, and the provisions of the Regulations of the Minnesota Commissioner of Natural Resources contained in Sections 7460.5100 and 7460.5200 of Minnesota Rules 1989, and any amendments to those statutes or regulations or substitutes for those statutes or regulations that may from time to time become effective, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference. 2. Limitation of Operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile in the City of Gem Lake except on public trails, waterways, and highways specifically designated for such use, or on private property where lawful permission has been obtained from the property owner, occupant, or lessee. No snowmobile shall be operated within any public right-of-way or on a public sidewalk or trail provided or used for pedestrian or bicycle travel. 3. Hours of Operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile in the City of Gem Lake between the hours of eleven (11) o'clock p.m. and seven (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 holiday. 4. Speed. No person 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 (15) miles per hour within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any fisherman, fish house, pedestrian, skier, skater, skating rink, sliding area, ski tow area, or other areas where such operation would conflict with or endanger other persons or property. 5. 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 the rear of such snowmobile. Persons towing disabled snowmobiles shall be exempt. 6. Mandatory Lights. No person shall operate a snowmobile unless such vehicle is equipped with a head light and tail light that are illuminated at all times during such operation. Snowmobiles equipped with an engine of five (5) horsepower or less shall be exempt. 7. 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 (40) square inches in area and displayed at a height of not less than five (5) feet above the roadway. 8. Authorized Snowmobiles. Authorized snowmobiles may be used on any public property within the City for rescue, emergency or law enforcement purposes. 2. All -Terrain Vehicles (ATV's). 1. Limitation of Operation. No person shall operate an all -terrain vehicle in the City of Gem Lake except on public trails, waterways, and highways specifically designated for such use, or on private property where lawful permission has been obtained from the property owner, occupant, or lessee. No all -terrain Traffic & Vehicles Ordinance No. 144