[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Wethersfield as Secs. 2-6-78 through 2-6-82 of the Code
of 1972. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No snowmobile may be operated in the Town of
Wethersfield on land other than that of the owner or operator of the
snowmobile unless such owner or operator has the written
permission of the owner or owners of such land. In the event that
such written permission is given to operate the snowmobile, said written
permission shall be carried by the operator at all times while operating
the snowmobile and shall be produced for any police officer, upon
request. Such written permission shall be considered void unless it
includes the signature of the owner of the land, the effective dates
and times of such permission, the address or other location of the
land concerning which permission is granted, the registration number
of the snowmobile for which permission is granted and the name or
names of persons to whom permission is granted.
No snowmobile shall be operated on land owned
by the Town without permission, in writing, by the Town Manager or
his authorized agent. Such written permission by the Town Manager
or his authorized agent shall be confined to those properties that
have been designated by rules established by the Director of Recreation
and Parks with the approval of the Advisory Recreation and Park Board
for use for snowmobiling and only upon such terms and conditions as
are specified in said rules.
Any police officer of the Town of Wethersfield
shall be authorized to request the operator of any snowmobile being
operated within the limits of the Town to stop in order to permit
such officer to determine whether the operator has written permission
to operate upon the land upon which the officer observes such snowmobile
being operated.
Whenever there is a violation of the chapter,
proof of the registration number of any snowmobile therein concerned
shall be prima facie evidence in any criminal action that the owner
was the operator thereof.
