Vehicle Restrictions

Vehicle Restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful within the Reservoir Project Area to operate any vehicle on the streets, roads or highways unless such vehicle is in compliance with the Mississippi Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law--Equipment and Identification Regulations. (b) It shall be unlawful within the Reservoir Project Area to operate any vehicle: (i) Below or down stream of the toe drain below the main dam of the Reservoir in Madison or Hinds County; (ii) Over or across any portion of any dike, levee, groin, jetty or mole appurtenant to the waters of the Ross Barnett Reservoir or any marina or harbor adjacent thereto, other than along an approved public or private roadway along the top of such dike, levee, groin, jetty, mole or other appurtenant facilities; (iii) On, over or across any District road that is conspicuously marked "No Vehicles Beyond This Point" at each point of ingress thereto from a public roadway; (iv) Within, on, over or across any portion of the Reservoir Project Area which is not paved, graveled or otherwise hard surfaced. Dirt roads are not considered "hard surfaced" for purposes of this regulation. (v) ATVs are prohibited on all Reservoir Project Areas except as allowed in Part 203 Rule 1.4 (c) and Part 203, Rule 5.6. (c) The vehicle restrictions stated in Part 203 Rule 1.4 (b) (iv) above shall not apply to: (i) property within the Reservoir Project Area leased by the District but any use of such property by vehicle operators shall be made only with the permission of and at the sole risk of the lessee(s) of such property; (ii) vehicles which are used for landscape maintenance or gardening purposes provided such vehicles are being operated for such purposes; (iii) construction equipment during the course of construction; (iv) vehicles or equipment used for logging purposes during the course of removing timber; (v) vehicles owned by any agency of the State of Mississippi or of the United States government, or by any city or county as long as the vehicle is being used in the course of employment of the operator; (vi) any all terrain vehicle ("ATV") operated by or used to transport any person 70 years of age or older, or any person with a disability as determined the United States Social Security Administration or the Department of Veteran's Affairs or by any other governmental entity which determines, adjudicates or certifies disabling conditions provided such ATV is being operated for the sole purpose of (aa) accessing public hunting areas for hunting purposes during open seasons or (bb) retrieving deer or hogs. Persons exempt under this section are required to have proof of their age or disability status in their possession and available for inspection by law enforcement officers. (d) The term "all terrain vehicle" as used in this regulation shall mean a motorized, self propelled vehicle designed to travel over unimproved terrain on two or more tires which vehicle is not qualified as suitable for on-road use pursuant to the Mississippi Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law--Equipment and Identification Regulations or by the Inspection Regulations as published from time to time by the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The term "vehicle" as used in this regulation shall mean without limitation every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a street or highway, except nonmotorized devices designed to be moved solely by human power, and shall include without limitation, automobiles, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles (ATV), off road vehicles, motor bikes, buses, vans, dirt bikes, and three-wheelers. (e) Each violation of this regulation shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500).