No driver of any vehicle, including motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and bicycles, shall cause, by excessive and unnecessary acceleration, the tires of such vehicle or cycle to spin and emit loud noises or to unnecessarily throw stones or gravel; nor shall such driver cause to be made by excessive and unnecessary acceleration any loud noise as would disturb the public peace.
A. 
Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and regulations.
(1) 
Obedience to traffic control devices. No person shall fail to obey the instructions of any uniform traffic control device when traveling as a pedestrian on any highway within the Village unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.
(2) 
Crossing at crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross at a crosswalk except on the right half thereof whenever practicable. Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall walk along and upon an adjacent roadway except when the sidewalk is visibly unsafe, obstructed or closed to public travel.
B. 
Prohibited pedestrian crossings. No pedestrian shall cross between adjacent intersections, unless such crossing is permitted by official traffic control devices.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle on any pedestrianway or pedestrian overpass within the Village of Tigerton except municipal or county maintenance vehicles.
A. 
Findings. The unauthorized off-road operation of motor vehicles has resulted in:
(1) 
Serious damage to public and private lands, including damage or destruction of vegetation, animal life, and improvement to the lands;
(2) 
The permanent scarring of land and an increase in both erosion and air pollution;
(3) 
Collisions and near collisions threatening the life and safety of the operators of such vehicles as well as of other persons; and
(4) 
A loss of the privacy, quietude and serenity to which the owners and users of land are rightfully entitled.
B. 
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the terms below shall be defined as follows:
OFF ROAD
(1) 
Any location which:
(a) 
Is not a paved or maintained public street or alley;
(b) 
Is not used or maintained by the owner or lessee of land as a driveway, parking lot or other way for motor vehicles; or
(c) 
Is a private trail for use only by the owner or his permittees for recreational or other vehicular use.
(2) 
"Off road" shall not include any creek bed, riverbed or lake; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to snowmobiles or other vehicles being operated on the ice covering such creek bed, riverbed or lake.
OPERATION
The physical manipulation or activation of any of the controls of a motor vehicle necessary to put it in motion.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle which is self-propelled and shall include but not be limited to automobiles, trucks, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, motorbikes, go-karts, motorized three-wheeled vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, snowmobiles, dune buggies and tractors. "Motor vehicle" shall not mean any airplane, railroad train, boat, wheelchair or bicycle. A vehicle which would otherwise be defined as a motor vehicle under this section shall not be so defined while it is being operated:
(1) 
Solely for the purpose of construction or maintenance of an improvement to land or solely for access to construction or maintenance sites, provided that such operation is by persons having legitimate business on such land or sites.
(2) 
By or at the direction of public employees or utility company employees as part of their employment duties.
(3) 
By the holder of an easement or right of access on or over the land on which operation is occurring or the holder's employees or agents.
UNAUTHORIZED
Without the express prior consent of the owner, lessee, manager or other person authorized to give consent by the owner or lessee of land. Authorization shall not be implied from a failure to post private or public land.
C. 
Unauthorized off-road operation prohibited.
(1) 
The unauthorized off-road operation of a motor vehicle is prohibited.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful to operate any minibike, go-kart, all-terrain vehicle, trail bike or any other motor-driven craft or vehicle principally manufactured for off-highway use on the Village streets, alleys, parks, parking lots, or on any public lands or private lands or parking lots held open to the public, such property to include, but not be limited to, shoulders of the road, roadway embankments and sidewalks. The operator shall at all times have the consent of the owner before operation of such craft or vehicle on private lands.
D. 
Operation of snowmobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, minibikes or all-terrain vehicles within any parks is prohibited. No person shall operate a snowmobile, motorcycle, moped, minibike or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) within any parks or public recreational areas within the Village except in designated areas.
E. 
Prohibited use of snowmobile trails. Except as provided in the definition of "motor vehicle" in Subsection B above, no person shall operate any motor vehicle other than a snowmobile on a snowmobile trail. Trails open as ATV trails from Memorial Day to December 15 from thereafter must comply with state snowmobile trail regulations.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be driven or backed over any curbing in the Village of Tigerton.