City Council Ordinance 160ORDINANCE AMENDMENT N0. 160
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO DO HEREBY ORDAIN THAT ORDINANCE
TITLE 6, CHAPTER 5, SECTIONS 2 AND 3, REGARDING SNOWMOBILE OPERATION SHALL BE
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
6-5-2: RESTRICTIONS: It is unlawful for any person to operate a
snowmobile:
(A) Between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and seven o'clock
(7:00) a.m., within three hundred feet (300') of a residence except that on
Friday and Saturday nights and evenings preceding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
New Years the hours shall be one o'clock (1:00) a.m. to seven o'clock
(7:00) a.m.
(B) At any place, while under the influence of intoxicating (a) liquor, (b)
narcotics, or (c) habit-forming drugs.
(C) At a rate of speed greater than reasonable, prudent, or proper under all
the surrounding circumstances.
(D) At any place in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to
endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property or to cause injury or
damage thereto.
(E) It is unlawful to intentionally drive, chase, run over, or kill any
animal, wild or domestic, with a snowmobile.
(F) On any sidewalks in the city of Monticello provided for pedestrian
travel.
(G) All public property, including city parks, is closed to snowmobiling
unless specifically designated by the City Council. Any area so designated
shall be published in the official newspaper of the Citv in a conspicuous Glace
aster such approval.
(H) Snowmobiles shall obey all city and state traffic laws when operating
vehicles on city streets.
6-5-3: PROHIBITED AREAS: It shall be unlawful to operate snowmobiles in
the following areas;
No person shall operate a snowmobile upon the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank
or slope of any City trunk, County state-aid, or County Highway in this city,
and, in the case of a divided trunk or County Highway, on the right-of-way
between the opposing lanes of traffic, except as provided in this Ordinance,
nor shall operation on any such highway be permitted where the roadway directly
abuts a public sidewalk or walkway.
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No person shall operate a snowmobile on other city streets or roadways within
the city limits for the purpose of general recreational use, except as a direct
route for access to and from the operator's residence for the purpose of
entering or leaving the city.
When permitted by this ordinance, all snowmobiles shall be operated only on the
roadway surface of streets with curb and gutter, or streets without defined
ditches, and within the ditch bottoms or backslopes of streets with defined
ditches. Operation of snowmobiles on or across private property is prohibited
without express permission of the owner.
No person shall operate a snowmobile within the right-of-way of any trunk City,
County state-aid, or County highway between the hours of one-half (1/2) hour
after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise, except on the right hand
side of such right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on
the nearest land of the roadway adjacent thereto. No snowmobile shall be
operated at any time within the right-of-way of any interstate highway or
freeway within this city. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in
the case of emergency when any street is impassible by other motor vehicles.
Adopted this 11th day of January, 1988.
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Mayor
City Admini rator