2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §28-1171  Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained by the federal government, the department, a city, a town or a county if any part of the way is generally open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

2. "Off-highway recreation facility" includes off-highway vehicle use areas and trails specifically developed and designated for use by off-highway vehicles.

3. "Off-highway vehicle":

(a) Means a motorized vehicle when operated off of highways on land, water, snow, ice or other natural terrain or on a combination of land, water, snow, ice or other natural terrain.

(b) Includes a two-wheel, three-wheel or four-wheel vehicle, motorcycle, four-wheel drive vehicle, dune buggy, amphibious vehicle, ground effects or air cushion vehicle and any other means of land transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.

(c) Does not include a vehicle that is either:

(i) Designed primarily for travel on, over or in the water.

(ii) Used in installation, inspection, maintenance, repair or related activities involving facilities for the provision of utility or railroad service.

4. "Off-highway vehicle special event" means an event endorsed or sponsored by a county or municipality in which the event participants operate off-highway vehicles on specific routes designated by a local authority pursuant to section 28-627.

5. "Off-highway vehicle trail" means a multiple use corridor that is all of the following:

(a) Open to recreational travel by an off-highway vehicle.

(b) Not normally suitable for travel by conventional two-wheel drive vehicles.

(c) Opened by the managing authority of the property that the trail traverses for the specific designated purpose of recreational off-highway vehicle use.

6. "Off-highway vehicle use area" means the entire area of a parcel of land, except for camping and approved buffer areas, that is managed specifically for off-highway vehicle use through the development or designation of off-highway vehicle trails.