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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE RIDING OF MOTORCYCi,ES, POWER CYCLES OR
OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES dN R2DERS AND .HIKERS TRAIZ,S, FUBLIC RESOURCES
CQDE (SECTION 5070 et seq.}.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of
California do ordain as follows:
SECTION I
A rider and hikers trail as used in this Ordinance is hereby
defined to mean and refer to
A. Any trail heretofore established pursuant to Article 6,
Chapter 1, Division 5 of the Public Resources Code (Section 5070 et se q)
and which trail has been posted with the officially adopted riding and
hiking trail signs; and
B. Said rider and hikers trails within the County of Butte
which have been heretofore designated pursuant to the Public Resources
Code are commonly known and referred to as the 71Master -Loop Trail',
a portion of which~~is in Butte County, and the Y'droville-Feather Falls
Secondary Trail=', all of which is in Butte County.
SECTION II
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motorcycle,
power cycle or other motor vehicle on any rider and hikers trail
within the County of Butte other than a vehicle used for an emergency
or maintenance purposes, unless the trail traverses a common right
of way.
SECTION III
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to remove,
destroy, or change the location of any of the officially designated
rider and hikers trails signs which have been used to identify said
trails, or to use said signs or any other signs similar to said
officially designated rider and hikers trails signs and identify or
designate any other trail than those hereinabove set forth, and
described as the official rider and hikers trails existing in Butte
County.
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SECTION Iv
This Ordinance shall be effee~ive only to those portions of the.
YeMaster-Loop Trail" and the ~'Oroville-Feather Falls Secondary Trail'
which the State of California has, through its Division of Parks and
Beaches acquired easements, rights of way, licenses or fee interest,
pursuant to the Public Resources Code, and shall in no way be construed
to be operative upon private property or to restrict any individuals
use of private property.
SECTION V
Any violation of Section II or Section III of this Ordinance
is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than ONE HUNDRED
DO~,hARS(~100.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more
than THIRTY (30) DAYS, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
_ SECTION VI
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days from and after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen
(15} days after such passage this Ordinance shall. be published once
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in the oroviile Mercury , a newspaper of
general circulation, published in the County of Butte, .State of
California, together with the names of the members of the Board of
Supervisors voting for .and against the same.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte, State .of California on the 18th day of December ~ ,
196 z , by the following vote.
AYESL Supervisors Giles, Pittman, Steinegger and Chairman Alldredge
NOES; None
ABSENT; Supervisor Pryde `~
Chairman o t Board o Supervisors
County of Butte,. State of California
ATTEST;
Jessie Rogers, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors.
BY eputy C1 '~
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