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ATTENTION SNOWMOBILE OPERATORS Certain people are operating snowmobiles within the City of Ramsey without due respect or regard for other people's property or rights. These few disrespectful riders are causing a bad name for the majority of law abiding snowmobile riders in the area. The current reported incident is the overrunning of the Rum River Hills Golf Course where the marked access to the clubhouse from the Rum River has been totally ignored. The DNR Snowmobiler's code of ethics #10 states: "I will stay on marked trails or marked roads open to snowmobiles. I will not snowmobile where prohibited." This is only common sense and is taught to our young people in the DNR Snowmobile Safety Training Course. Riding in the City of Ramsey is permitted within the street right-of-way in which most cases is 33' either side of the center of the street. Please stay off people's front yards! Continued disrespect for private and public property will result in future banning of the sport that many of us law abiding riders love. Please respect and abide by our current laws and turn in violators. Ramsey Snow Rams Snowmobile Club SNOWMOBILE REGULATIONS The following areas are open for public use of snowmobiles: 1. Private property owned by driver or snowmobile owner. 2. Along outside edge of ditches along C.S.A.H., MN and US highways. 3. Along ditch area of City streets and streets themselves except 1990 Urban Area. 4. City streets at age 16-17 with snowmobile safety certificate. 5. City streets at age 18+ without snowmobile safety certificate. 6. Along Highway #47 and #10 and County Road #5 and #116 in 1990 Urban Area on outside slope of ditch. 7. Other private property with written permission of owner. 8. Any designated snowmobile trail (Ramsey does not have any at present time). The following areas are not open for public use of snowmobiles: 1. City/County parks and ski trails. 2. Upon C.SAH., MN or US highways other than outside ditch slope. 3. Any median area of a divided highway. 4. Upon City streets unless age limit conforms to that above. 5. Private property without permission. 6. 1990 Urban Area (upon public property or City streets). 7. Lakes that have no access other than private property. Hours of operation: Cannot operate machines: . Sundays through Thursdays from 11 :00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. (of next day). . Saturdays from 1 :00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (of next day). . Sundays (besides above) from 1 :00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Friday is not left out since Thursday, 11 :00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. therefore includes Friday morning hours). In other words: You can ride Sunday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 11 :00 p.m. and you can ride Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 1 :00 a.m. of the next day. TIS THE SEASON TO REVIEW OUR SNOWMOBILE ORDINANCE. . . . 110.014 Limitation of Operations: A. Snowmobiles may be operated only in the following locations within the City: a. On the operator's property subject to the provisions of this chapter. b. On privately owned property if the operator has in possession written permission from the property owner; or, on privately owned property if the property owner has posted a clearly visible notice indicating "Snowmobiles Allowed" or words substantially similar. c. On public trails specifically designated by Council resolution or on lakes which are subject to the jurisdiction of the City. d. On trunk highways, county state aid roads or county roads as regulated by the State of Minnesota or the County of Anoka. e. On City streets (roadway shoulder only) only when the such operation is necessary to gain access to designated snowmobile trails, private property or areas which, by Minnesota Statutes, may be used by snowmobiles, except that no snowmobiles may be operated on anv city streets in the area designated on official City or Ramsey maps as "1990 Urban Area". I. On public or semi-public property if clearly posted with signs designating the area or specific areas as snowmobile operating areas or trails. B. Hours of Operation No snowmobile may be operated any place in the City of Ramsey between the hours of 11 :00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between the hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. 110.015 Persons Under 18: a. No person under the age of sixteen (16) may operate a snowmobile on any City street in the City of Ramsey. b. A person sixteen (16) years of age or older but less than eighteen (18) years may operate a snowmobile on a City street only if the person has in immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by the Commissioner. c. A Person fourteen (14) years of age of older but less than sixteen (16) may make a direct crossing of a City street only if the person has in immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by the Commissioner. 110.016 City and State Traffic Ordinances: City and State laws shall apply to the operation of snowmobiles upon streets and highways in the City. 110.017 Towing It is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile so as to tow any person or thing on a public street except through the use of a rigid tow bar attached to the rear of the snowmobile. 110.018 Equipment It is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile any place within the limits of the City unless it is equipped with the following: a. Brakes adequate to control the movement of, and to stop and hold, the snowmobile under any condition of operation. b. A safety or so-called "deadman" throttle in operating condition. c. When operated between the hours of one-half hour before sunrise, one-half hour after sunset, or at any time of reduced visibility, snowmobiles shall have a least one (1) clear lamp attached to the front, with sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet ahead during the hours of darkness under normal atmospheric conditions. Such headlamp shall be so aimed that glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of an oncoming motor vehicle operator. It shall also be equipped with at least one (1) red tail lamp having a minimum candle power of sufficient intensity to exhibit a red light plainly visible from a distance under normal atmospheric conditions. d. Snowmobiles must have reflective material of at least sixteen (16) square inches on each side forward or the handlebars, so as to reflect lights at a ninety (90) degree angle. e. Standard mufflers which are properly attached and in constant operation and which reduce the noise of MEETING NOTICE The Ramsey Snow Rams Snowmobile Club will hold their monthly meeting on February 4, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. at McDuff's Eatery and Pub. Any interested persons are invited to attend. operation of the motor to the minimum necessary for operation. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass, straight pipe or similar device and the exhaust system shall not emit or produce a sharp popping or cracking sound. SECTION 2. PENALTY: Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred ($700) dollars or by imprisonment for a period or not more than ninety (90) days, or both. TRAFFIC SAFETY By Chief Auspos Minnesota Statutes regulate passing on the right-hand side of a turning vehicle. One specific area will be dealt with here. You will note that on Nowthen Blvd., Sunfish lake Blvd., and Ramsey Blvd., there are large, visible signs which prohibit driving on the shoulders of those highways (bicycles are permitted, however). The shoulder is that paved portion of the highway to the right of the solid white line, except where there are marked right turn lane signs. Where there are marked and signed right turn lanes, you can drive into those lanes only for the purpose of making a right turn. You cannot pass using the area to the right of the aforementioned shoulder line. But for too many drivers, the instant they see the left turn signal of the vehicle ahead come on, they maintain the 50 or 55 m.p.h. (or higher) and instantly wrench over the right to pass the turning vehicle, thereby saving 10 seconds of time, a micro measurement of brake pad, and perhaps a thimble full of gasoline. Never mind that a pedestrian or bicyclist may be using the paved shoulder and is screened from the view of the passer by the left turning car! Bicyclists and pedestrians use these paved shoulders and do so expecting a degree of safety. DON'T DRIVE ON THE PAVED SHOULDERS! Shortly after this reminder is published, we are going to start tagging for this violation. RYAA PANCAKE BREAKFAST MARCH 17, 1991 WATCH FOR MORE INFO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS COUNTY COMMISSIONER District No.1 Natalie Haas-Steffen c/o Administration Anoka County Courthouse 325 East Main Street Anoka, MN 55303 421-4760,ext.1171 STATE LEGISLATORS District No. 50 Senator Greg Dahl Room 235, State Capitol St. Paul, MN 55155 296-5003 District No. 50A Representative Teresa Lynch Room 313, Slate Office Building St. Paul, MN 55155 296-5369 NATIONAL LEGISLATORS Senator David Durenberger 154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Local Phone 370-3382 Senator Paul Wellstone Washington, D.C. 20510 Local Phone 659-0103 CONGRESSIONAL District No.6 Congressman Gerry Sikorski 414 Cannon Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Local Phone 780-5801