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Part 35
35.000 SNOWMOBILE OPERATION* Ord. No. 27A Adopted: December 3, 1973
---------- *Cross reference(s)--Uniform Traffic Code adoption, Pt. 30; vehicular traffic speed limits, Pt. 36. ----------
An ordinance amending and superceding Ordinance No. 27 of
the Code of the City of Reading and regulating the operation of
snowmobiles within the City limits of the City of Reading.
THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS:
35.001 Definitions.
Sec. 1. As used in this ordinance:
(a) "Operator" shall mean any person who operates or who is
in actual physical control of a snowmobile.
(b) "Operate" means to ride in or on and be in actual
physical control of the operation of a snowmobile.
(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
the State and any of its agencies or subdivisions and
any body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
(d) "Snowmobile" means any motor-driven vehicle designed
for travel primarily on ice or snow of a type which
utilizes sled-type runners or skis or an endless belt
tread or any combination of these or similar means of
contact with the surface upon which it is operated
other than a vehicle required to be registered under
Act 300 of the Public Acts of Michigan for 1949, as
amended.
(e) "Highway or street" means the entire width between the
boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when
any part thereof is open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular travel.
(f) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved,
designated, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If
a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways the term
roadway refers to any such roadway separately, but not
to all such roadways collectively.
(g) "Right of way" means that portion of a highway less the
roadway and any shoulder.
(h) "Shoulder" means that portion of a highway on either
side of the roadway which is normally snowplowed for
the safety and convenience of vehicular traffic.
35.002 Operation upon public highway, street or parking lot.
Sec. 2. A person shall not operate a snowmobile upon a
public highway, land used as a street or on a public parking lot
not specifically designed for the use of snowmobiles except under
the following conditions and circumstances:
(a) A snowmobile may be operated on the right of way of a
public highway or street within the City of Reading if
it is operated at the extreme right of the open portion
of the right of way and with the flow of traffic.
(b) A snowmobile may be operated on a roadway or shoulder
when necessary to cross a bridge or culvert if the
snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before
entering onto the roadway or shoulder and the driver
yields the right of way to any approaching vehicle on
the highway or street.
(c) A snowmobile may be operated across a public highway
other than a limited access highway, at right angles to
the highway, for the purpose of getting from one area
to another when the operation can be done in safety and
another vehicle is not crossing the highway at the same
time in the same general area. An operator shall bring
his snowmobile to a complete stop before proceeding
across any public highway and shall yield the right of
way to all oncoming traffic.
35.003 Conditions of operation.
Sec. 3. A person shall not operate a snowmobile in any area
permitted by this ordinance:
(a) At a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and
proper having due regard for conditions then existing.
(b) At a speed greater than 10 mph.
(c) While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
narcotic drugs, barbital or any derivative of barbital.
(d) During the hours from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour
before sunrise without displaying a lighted headlight
and lighted taillight.
(e) During the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
35.004 Prohibited areas.
Sec. 4. No person shall operate a snowmobile on or across
any of the following areas within the City of Reading:
(a) Cemetery or burial grounds.
(b) Public sidewalks.
(c) Public parks.
(d) Any other real property owned by the City of Reading
and utilized for the operation of its water, sewage
disposal or other utilities.
(e) On a railroad or railroad right of way except for
railroad, public utility or law enforcement personnel
while in the performance of their duty.
Repeal. Any ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $100 and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. |