(A) The City Commission finds that all streets located within the territorial boundaries of the city and under its jurisdiction are designed and constructed so as to safely permit their use by operators of motorized carts and low speed motor vehicle (“LSMV”), except as stated elsewhere in this subchapter.
(B) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LSMVs. Those four-wheeled vehicles whose top speed exceeds 20 mph, but does not exceed 25 mph and which possess some mechanical, electrical or similar system other than merely decreased pressure on the accelerator wherein the vehicles’s top speed can be prohibited from exceeding 20 mph by the operator.
MOTORIZED CARTS. Those electric and gasoline-powered pleasure carts, commonly called golf carts, which do not exceed 20 mph.
(1994 Code, § 15-801) (Ord. 628, passed 5-27-2003)