Educational Post - Golf Carts
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We've had several complaints about the use of golf carts within city limits lately. Here is a reminder of the ordinance to follow when operating your golf cart in city limits. (permit can be obtained by coming into City Hall)
14-601. Operation of golf carts.
(a) Golf carts may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads and alleys within the corporate limits of the city; provided, however, that no golf cart may be operated upon any public highway, street, road and alley with a posted speed limit in excess of 30 miles per hour. No golf cart shall be operated on any interstate highway, federal highway or state highway; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit a golf cart from crossing a federal or state highway with a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles per hour.
(b) No golf cart shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley between sunset and sunrise.
(c) Every person operating a golf cart on the public highways, streets, roads and alleys of the city shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a driver of a vehicle imposed by law.
14-602. Same; valid driver’s license required; penalty
No person shall operate a golf cart on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city unless such person has a valid driver’s license. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment
14-603. Same; definition.
“Golf cart” means a motor vehicle that has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, an unladen weight of not more than 1,800 pounds, is designed to be operated at not more than 25 miles per hour and is designed to carry not more than four persons, including the driver.
For the full code, visit: http://stjohnks.citycode.net/index.html#!674
