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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 543 Operation of SnowmobilesM ORDINANCE NO. 543 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF SNOW- MOBILES; AMENDING SECTION 5-7-5 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT A SNOWMOBILE OPER- ATOR MUST HAVE A VALID IDAHO MOTOR VEHICLE OR CHAUFFER'S LICENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT OPERATION OF A SNOW1OBILE IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND WAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT SNOWMOBILE OPERATORS SHALL STOP AT ALL STREET INTERSECTIONS EXCEPT WHEN TRAVEL- LING IN DESIGNATED AND MARKED ACCESS ROUTES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO SNOWMOBILE SHALL BE OPERATED IN EXCESS OF TWENTY FIVE I1ILES PER HOUR; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE V OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 5-7-5A. OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF McCALL SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROMULGATE TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILES UPON THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS OF THE CITY, TO PROVIDE POSTING OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IICCALL, IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Section 5-7-5 of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 5-7-5: REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILES: (A) It shall be unlawful to drive, overate or nark a snowmobile on any sidewalk in the City. (B) It shall be unlawful to operate or park a snowmobile on any portion of the premises known as the McCall Golf Course. (0) It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a snowmobile within any posted hospital zone in the City. (D) It shall be unlawful to operate a snowmobile in vio- lation of any motor vehicle traffic ordinance of the City of McCall. (E) No snowmobile shall carry passengers or weights in excess of the capacity recommended by the manufacturer thereof. (F) No sled, toboggan, trailer or any other device shall be towed by a snowmobile except by means of rigid tow bar connecting the same to such device. (G) No person on skis shall be towed behind a snowmobile. atat (H) It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a snowmobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. (I) All snowmobiles shall be operated only in single file on the extreme right hand side of the street. (J) Operation of snowmobiles on the streets of the City shall be limited to ingress and egress to and from the City; that City streets are not to be ised as a place of recreation for snowmobiles. (K) No snowmobile shall be operated within the City limits after ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. except for the purpose of going directly to or from the place of residence of the operator of such snowmobile or to its place of storage. (L) No person shall operate a snowmobile carelessly and heedlessly, or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property. (M) No person shall operate a snowmobile on any public street or way in the City of McCall unless the person has a valid license as an operator or chauffer of a motor vehicle as provided in Section 49-301, Idaho Code. (N) No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public street or way in the City of McCall except as follows: 1. Upon a street or way posted and marked by the City as an access route to provide ingress to and egress from the City. 2. Upon a street or public way providing the most direct route to an access route from the point of origin of the oper- ation of a snowmobile. "Point of origin" is hereby defined as the actual place where the operation of such snowmobile commences. 3. Except on a posted and marked access route, the operator of a snowmobile shall bring the snowmobile to a complete stop at each and every street intersection whether or not such street intersection is posted with a stop sign. 4. No person shall operate a snowmobile at any speed in excess of twenty five (25) miles per hour. Section 2. That Chapter 7 of Title V of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho, be, and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and designated -2- as Section 5-7-5A_, and to read as follows: 5-7-5A: TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS: The Chief of Police of the City shall have the power to promulgate traffic rules and regulations for the operation of snowmobiles upon all streets, alleys and public ways within the corporate limits of the City as follows: (A) Designate by prover signs highways and streets or parts thereof as access routes upon which snowmobiles may be operated to gain egress from and ingress to the City of McCall. (B) The Chief of Police of said City shall have the fur- ther power to promulgate any other snowmobile traffic rules that may be advantageous and desirable; provided, no rules promul- gated as herein stated by said Chief of Police shall become operative unless a copy of said rules shall have been first filed with the Clerk in writing and shall have been approved by the City Council at a regular or special session, and provided also that suitable signs or standards or guides stating the substance of the rule are placed upon conspicuous places in the highway, street or nart thereof affected. Such signs or standards or guides shall be of sufficient size to be clearly visible by operators of snow mobiles. It shall be unlawful to violate any such regulations as above provided and any person convicted of a violation thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 5-7-6 of this chapter. Passed and approved this 20th day of April, 1989. Attest: 'tom City C erk STATE OF IDAHO ) COUNTY OF VALLEY) CERTIFICATE OF RECORDING OFFICER ss I, the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified, City Clerk of McCall City, Idaho, do hereby certify the following: 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-207, Idaho Code, I keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the Council of McCall City, Idaho, and that I am the statutory custodian of all laws, ordinances and resolutions of said City. 2. That the attached Ordinance No. 5i/3 is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed at a regular meeting of the Council of McCall City held on g.�-P 61O , 19V, and duly recorded in my office; and 3. That said regular meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting having been given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and that a legally sufficient number of members of the Council of McCall City voted in the proper manner and for the passage of said ordinance; and that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption and passage of said ordinance have been duly fulfilled, carried out and observed; and that I am authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the offic l seal of the City of McCall, Idaho, this a?/ 2r day of , 19. (Seal of the City) Arthur J. Schmidt, City Clerk