3.01.020 Definitions

There are no words or phrases in this chapter that require further elaboration except for the following:

(a) Abandoned Vehicle: A vehicle left unattended, on private or public property, for an unreasonable length of time, and which, after being reported to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police ("SRMTP") and after diligent inquiry it is determined the vehicle:

(1) is not stolen; or

(2) is not registered.

(b) Motor Vehicle: any vehicle propelled by the use of an internal combustible engine, electricity or motor vehicle fuel.

(c) Official Traffic-Control Devices: all signs, signals, markings and devices placed or erected by authority of a public body or official with the responsibility to regulate, warn or guide traffic.

(d) Off-road vehicle or ORV: any motor vehicle designed for or capable of travel off of paved roads and/or over natural terrain, including dirt roads and trails, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh and swampland, and includes but is not limited to dirt motorcycles, motocross motorcycles, dual sport motorcycles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles including utility task vehicles (UTVs) or also known as side-by-side vehicles (regardless of number of wheels).

(e) Saint Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation: includes both the Saint Regis Mohawk Reservation ("Reservation") as established by the 1796 Treaty with the Seven Nations of Canada, 7 Stat. 55 and any other lands over which the Tribe exercises jurisdiction now or in the future.