(a) No person shall operate a WATV or ride in a WATV on a public roadway in a negligent or unsafe manner, and all operators and passengers must continuously exercise reasonable regard for their own safety and for the safety of others at all times.

(b) No person shall operate a WATV on a public roadway immediately adjacent to (i.e., next to or beside) another WATV or any motorcycle within a single lane of traffic.

(c) No person shall occupy a WATV on a public roadway unless that person is seated in a seat designed to carry more than one person.

(d) No person shall ride as a passenger in a WATV on a public roadway unless that person is seated in a seat designed to carry no more than one person.

(e) No person shall operate a WATV on a public roadway in violation of any rule, regulation, standard or requirement of this chapter.

(f) Any person who operates or rides as a passenger in a WATV must wear a securely fastened motorcycle helmet while the WATV is in motion, unless the WATV is equipped with seat belts and roll bars or an enclosed passenger compartment.

(g) No person shall tow any trailers, devices, equipment or persons behind the WATV. (Ord. 2170, § 1, 2022.)