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CLASS II: Class 2 all -terrain vehicles means an all -terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of 900 to 1,500 pounds. ORV: ATV's over 1,500 pounds are still considered ORV's. BOULEVARD: The strip of land, usually made of grass, between a roadway and a sidewalk or pedestrian walking path. OPERATE: To ride in or on, and control the operation of, a snowmobile or all -terrain vehicle. OPERATOR: Every person who operates, or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile or all -terrain vehicle. OWNER: A person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or title to snowmobiles or all -terrain vehicles, and entitled to the use or possession thereof. PERSON: An individual, partnership, corporation, the state and its agencies and its subdivisions, and any body of persons, whether incorporated or not. RIGHT-OF-WAY: The entire strip of land traversed by a highway or street in which the public owns the fee or an easement for roadway purposes. ROADWAY: That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, including the shoulder, but not including the boulevard. SAFETY OR A device which, when pressure is removed from the engine DEADMAN accelerator or throttle, causes the motor to be disengaged THROTTLE: from the driving track. SNOWMOBILE: Any self-propelled vehicle used for recreational purposes, steered by skis or runners, and designed for travel on snow, ice, or natural terrain. STREET OR The entire width between boundary lines of any way or place HIGHWAY: when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter or right, for the purposes of vehicular traffic. 807.02: AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR SNOWMOBILE OPERATION: A. Age Restrictions: No person under fourteen (14) years of age shall operate on streets or highways, or make a direct crossing of a street or highway, as the operator of a snowmobile. A person fourteen (14) years of age or older, but less than eighteen (18) years of age, may operate a snowmobile on streets or highways as permitted under this chapter, and make a direct crossing thereof, only if he/she has in their immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by the Commissioner of Natural Resources, as provided by Minnesota Statutes Section 84.86, as amended. B. Responsibility Of Snowmobile Owner: It is unlawful for the owner of a snowmobile to permit the snowmobile to be operated contrary to the provisions of this section.