The purpose of this chapter is to protect the
public health, welfare and safety by regulating the operation of snowmobiles
and all-terrain vehicles within the Town of Bethel in a manner which
will promote their safe and proper use for recreation and commerce,
which will minimize the detrimental effects of such use on the environment
and which will permit the use of the highways and other lands of the
Town compatible with the use for vehicular and pedestrian travel and
other uses.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions shall apply:
SNOWMOBILE
Defined as set forth at § 21.05, Subdivision 3,
of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law, as may be
amended or revised.
Except as provided in § 27.11 of the
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law with respect to offenses
against traffic regulations, any offense against the provisions of
this chapter shall be deemed a violation pursuant to the Penal Law
of the State of New York, punishable by a fine of not more than $250
or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.