§ 9.42.060. Operation on property of another or municipally owned property.

A.

No person may operate, drive or stop an O.H.V. on lands not owned by the operator or owner of the O.H.V. in any area or in such a manner as to unreasonably expose the underlying soil, to create an erosion condition, or to injure, damage or destroy trees, growing crops or other vegetation. In addition to any penalties provided in this Code for violations of municipal ordinances, the operator of an O.H.V. shall be liable for any damage to property, including damage to trees, shrubs, growing crops or other vegetation injured as the result of travel by the O.H.V., and the owner of such property may recover three times the amount of actual damage from the operator.

B.

Operation of an O.H.V. may be permitted in or upon a park or other municipally owned property when such area has been designated as an O.H.V. area by the municipal agency having such authority, or in other specific areas temporarily designated by the municipal agency having such authority for controlled or special O.H.V. events. The operator of an O.H.V. shall remain within the specific boundaries so designated for permitted O.H.V. operation. The absence of any officially posted signs or other markers around such areas shall not be construed to limit the power of the municipality to exercise procedures and remedies set forth in any other provisions of this Code.

(CAC 9.42.070; AO No. 78-72; AO No. 89-52)