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Lewis County committee proposes raising motorized-event insurance threshold, adding OHV trail-permit requirement
Summary
County staff proposed revising the local event-permit rule so organized motorized-vehicle events would not require event insurance until attendance exceeds 2,000; instead organizers would be required to verify individual vehicle insurance through a county OHV trail permit and sign waivers.
Tim (staff member) presented proposed changes to Lewis County's special-event permit rules, focusing on events involving motorized vehicles.
Tim said the current rule requiring event organizers to carry insurance for any all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) event over 500 people is “problematic” because “right now any event ATV event over 500 requires insurance and no 1 can get that insurance.” He proposed raising the organizer-insurance threshold to 2,000 participants for motorized events while keeping notification and permit requirements in place.
Under Tim's proposal, "Events with motorized vehicles only. You would remove the insurance requirement. There would still be a notification requirement and a permit requirement, but they…
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