[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Corinth 8-28-1986
as L.L. No. 3-1986. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, welfare
and safety by regulating the operation of off-road recreational vehicles within
the Town of Corinth in a manner which will minimize detrimental effects of
such use on the environment and prevent accidents to pedestrian travelers
and other users of property in the Town of Corinth.
As used herein, the following words shall have the meanings established
below:
Real property owned, leased or used by the Town of Corinth, County
of Saratoga, or any local government agency.
Every unenclosed limited-use motor vehicle having a seat or saddle
for the use of the rider and designed to travel with two (2), three (3) or
four (4) wheels in contact with the ground (excluding a tractor), whether
known as a "motorcycle," "all-terrain vehicle," "minibike," "trail bike" or
by any other name, whether or not said vehicles are, in fact, registered for
operation on the public highways.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate
any off-road recreational vehicle on private lands or municipal property within
the Town of Corinth without written permission of the owners or occupants
of said private lands or written permission of the authorities having control
of said municipal property. Said written permission must be in the possession
of the persons operating the off-road recreational vehicle and must be presented,
upon demand, to any peace officer or police officer so demanding.
B.
It shall be unlawful to operate any off-road recreational
vehicle within the Town of Corinth in such a manner as to create loud, unnecessary
or unusual noise so as to disturb or interfere with the peace and tranquillity
of other persons.
C.
It shall be unlawful to operate any off-road recreational
vehicle in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger or be
likely to endanger the safety or property of any persons, including the operator
of said vehicles.
D.
It shall be unlawful to operate any off-road recreational
vehicle at a rate of speed greater than reasonable and prudent.
E.
It shall be unlawful to operate any off-road recreational
vehicle within five hundred (500) feet of any dwelling other than the dwelling
house of the operator.
[Added 12-5-1996 by L.L.
No. 2-1996]
In addition to the regulations herein, snowmobiles shall be regulated by Chapter 103, Snowmobiles.
A failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
a violation, and the violator shall be subject to a fine not exceeding two
hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen (15) days,
or both.
A.
Any enforcement officer of the Town of Corinth and any
peace officer or police officer having jurisdiction within the Town of Corinth
who shall encounter any person operating an off-road recreational vehicle
in violation of this chapter shall remove said vehicle to a place designated
by the Saratoga County Sheriff. The owner or duly designated agent of the
owner of such vehicle may regain the same upon payment of expenses and charges
necessarily and actually incurred by the removal of said vehicle.
B.
In the case of a second or subsequent violation, the
court may order confiscation of said vehicles in lieu of any fine and/or imprisonment.
Any vehicle which is confiscated pursuant to this section will be sold at
public auction according to the appropriate procedures and law affecting public
auctions by municipalities.
The Saratoga County Sheriff's Department and New York State Police shall
enforce the provisions of this chapter and the Town of Corinth may appoint
such other enforcement officers as may be necessary.
