No person shall operate, drive, ride upon, or cause to be operated, any motor vehicle, motorcycle, snowmobile, off-road vehicle, all-terrain vehicle or motor-driven cycle upon any path or sidewalk in the Township, regularly laid out and constructed for the use of pedestrians, not including a crosswalk or driveway.
[Adopted as Ch. 38, Sec. 38-1, of the 2006 Code of Ordinances]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Means a motor vehicle as defined in the Michigan Vehicle Code (MCL 257.1 et seq.).
Means every motorcycle, with a motor that produces less than five gross brake horsepower, every motor scooter and bicycle with motor attached, except a motorized wheelchair or other similar vehicle not exceeding 1,000 pounds gross weight operated by a physically afflicted or disabled person and except pedal bicycles with helper motors rated less than one brake horsepower transmitted by friction and not by gear or chain, which produce only ordinary pedaling speed up to a maximum of 20 miles per hour.
Means every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground.
Means a motor-driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel without benefit of a road or trail on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh and swamplands or other natural terrain. It includes, but is not limited to, the multiwheeled drive or low-pressure-tire vehicle, motorcycle and related two-wheeled vehicle, amphibious machine, ground effect air cushioned vehicle or other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind. It does not include a vehicle registered under Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended,[1] a registered motorboat or snowmobile, a farm vehicle being used for farming, a vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes, a construction vehicle used in performance of its common function or a registered aircraft.
Means snowmobile as defined in Section 82101 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.82101).
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Editor's Note: See MCL 257.1 et seq.