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1. Operation on City Streets by Person with Disabilities. A person with disabilities, as defined by Chapter 321L of the Code of Iowa, possessing a valid motor vehicle operator’s license issued pursuant to Chapter 321 of the Code of Iowa, may operate a golf cart on City streets except Hickman Road, University Avenue, University Boulevard, and N.W. 86th Street during daylight hours and subject to the following conditions:
A. Identification. A person with a disabilities permit issued pursuant to Section 321L.2 of the Code of Iowa, shall be prominently displayed on the golf cart at all times during operation.
B. Registration. Operation shall not commence until the person with disabilities has registered their name, address, operator’s license number, person with disabilities identification number, and a brief description of the golf cart to be operated with the Police Department.
C. Equipment. The golf cart shall be equipped with a slow-moving vehicle sign, bicycle safety flag, adequate brakes, and reflectorized warning devices on the front and rear.
2. Street Crossings. Authorized persons operating golf carts pursuant to Subsection 1 of this section shall be allowed to cross University Boulevard but shall cross Hickman Road, University Avenue, and N.W. 86th Street only at intersections controlled by traffic control signal lights.
3. Motor Vehicle Law. Persons authorized to operate golf carts pursuant to Subsection 1 of this section shall obey all statutes and ordinances governing the operation of motor vehicles.
4. Penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by this chapter for any particular provision or section, any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted herein by reference shall, upon conviction, be subject to the standard penalty as stated in Section 1-4-1.
1. Conduct Prohibited. No person, while a passenger on any vehicle which transports members of the public at-large from place to place in consideration for the payment of a fare, shall intentionally do any of the following acts:
A. Smoke or possess any lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette;
B. Consume any beverages, food, or alcohol;
C. Deface, damage, alter, destroy, write upon, or soil any part of such vehicle;
D. Spit, urinate, or defecate in or upon or from any part of such vehicle;
E. Throw, deposit, or place any paper, bottles, cans, or any other garbage or solid waste in or upon such vehicle;
F. Throw any object of any kind within such vehicle or out any door or window of such vehicle;
G. Play or operate any radio, television, tape players, record player, or similar electronic sound amplification device unless it is played through an earphone;
H. Bring any pet or animal onto such vehicle other than a seeing eye dog accompanying a blind person or an animal in a cage or held exclusively on the lap of a rider;
I. Stand or remain in front of any white line marked on the forward end of the floor of such vehicle after being asked to step back by the driver;
J. Enter such a vehicle through the rear door unless authorized to do so by the driver or other transit authority employee;
K. Interfere in any way with the bus driver’s operation of such vehicle; or
L. Make loud and raucous noise which causes unreasonable distress to another person, engage in fighting or violent behavior, or in any manner disrupt or impede the safe operation of such vehicle.
2. Penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by this chapter for any particular provision or section, any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted herein by reference shall, upon conviction, be subject to the standard penalty as stated in Section 1-4-1.