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AGENDA ITEM 4A STAFF ORIGINATOR David J. Pecchia, Public Safety Director DATE October 22, 2007 TOPIC Second Reading of Ordinance No. 02-07 Repealing Chapter 807 of the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances and adding a new Chapter 807 relating to the Operation of Snowmobiles and All Terrain Vehicles VOTES REQUIRED: 3/5 BACKGROUND: The purpose of the amendment to Chapter 807 is to include: • The definition and operation of all -terrain vehicles on city streets within the corporate city limits 807.01 definitions; • Subdivision 1 and 2 combined to read as follows Subdivision 1. Operation of snowmobiles within the corporate limits of the City of Lino Lakes is permissible only if in conformance with State law and City ordinances. It is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile within the corporate limits of the City of Lino Lakes in violation of the following provisions: 807.03 • To modify the times of operation to be consistent with our southern neighbor, the City of Circle Pines. Those changes will be found under; and 807.03 subdivision (2) #11; • Authorized snowmobiles may be used on any public property within the city for rescue, emergency, or law enforcement purposes; 807.03, subdivision 14; • Operation of All -Terrain Vehicles within the corporate city limits — 807.07 (this section is new); • Exemption from provisions: The City's enforcement agency, County Sheriff's Department, DNR, and the Minnesota State Patrol, in order to provide enforcement, shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter; 807.08; • Violation: Penalty: Updated to reflect current state statute — definition of a misdemeanor; 807.09 Deleted from the current chapter is the following: • Use of Snowmobiles on public thoroughfare in an emergency during the period of time when and at locations where snow upon the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical.