Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/24/2012

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ORDINANCE #11-16 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 54 OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE, WHICH CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE CHAPTER OF THE RAMSEY, MINNESOTA, CITY CODE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 96-102 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS ARTICLE IV. ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES Sec. 54-96 Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide reasonable regulations for the use of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) on public and private property in the city. This article in not intended to allow what the Minnesota Statutes expressly prohibit nor to prohibit what the state statutes allow. It is intended to prevent public nuisance. Sec. 54-97 Definitions 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 Agricultural zone means the areas in the state lying south and west of a line along the following highway rights -of -way: starting at the North Dakota border, the line goes east along State Highway 10 to State Highway 23, then follows Highway 23 east to State Highway 95, which it follows to the Wisconsin border. All -terrain vehicle (ATV) means a motorized flotation -tired vehicle of not less than three but not more than six low-pressure tires. It includes Class 1 and Class 2 ATVs. Boulevard means that portion of the street or highway between the roadway and private property.