[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Avon 5-19-1976 by Ord. No. 76-1 as Ch. 61 of the 1976 Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town, including the protection and preservation of property of the Town and its inhabitants and of the peace and good order by limiting and regulating the use and operation of snowmobiles within the Town in accordance with Article 25 of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law.
[Amended 3-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by Article 21 of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 3-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
Unless otherwise provided in Article 25 of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law, no person shall operate any snowmobile on the right-of-way of any town highway within the Town of Avon except as follows. On the shoulder and inside banks of the following designated highways or portions thereof:
A. 
Nations Road between the Fowlerville Road and Hogmire Road.
B. 
Hogmire Road.
C. 
Papermill Road.
D. 
Reservoir Road.
E. 
Littleville Road.
F. 
North Littleville Road.
G. 
Linden Street.
H. 
Lake Road.
I. 
Pole Bridge Road from Lake Road to Triphammer Road.
J. 
Sutton Road.
K. 
Jenks Road.
L. 
North Avon Road from Jenks Road to Gilbert Mill Road.
M. 
Gilbert Mill Road to County Line.
N. 
Barber Road.
A. 
Persons between the ages of 10 and 18 years who have received safety training as prescribed by the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and have received the appropriate snowmobile safety certificate issued by the Commissioner may operate a snowmobile in the same manner as persons who are 18 years of age or older.
[Amended 3-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993; 9-8-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
B. 
No person shall operate a snowmobile between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m. on any of the above designated highways except in case of emergency.
A. 
Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a traffic infraction, if such provision, rule, regulation or order is one which regulates traffic as specified in § 155 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law but does not relate to snowmobiles; or violation for any other offense.
B. 
A traffic infraction shall be punishable as provided in Subdivision (b) of § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law in the same manner as if the offense were a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. A violation shall be punishable as provided in the Penal Law.
[Amended 9-8-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
C. 
Upon conviction of a violation of any provision this chapter, the court may also require the convicted person, as a condition of the sentence in addition to any other penalty, to successfully complete a snowmobile safety course approved by the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
[Amended 9-8-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]