(A) Minimum golf cart vehicle design criteria and travel plan areas are hereby established. Golf carts must meet the requirements or minimum standards of safety equipment as set forth in this subchapter. Golf carts must have basic equipment supplied by the manufacturer, including a vehicle identification or serial number. Such equipment must include all safety devices as installed by said manufacturer, including rear view mirror and a rear triangle reflector of the same type required by North Carolina law.
(B) The following elements are minimum design and equipment requirements:
(1) The golf cart must be the shape and size that conforms to industry standards for manufactured golf carts; and
(2) The golf cart must be equipped and safely operated with:
(a) All other factory installed safety equipment;
(b) All mechanical systems must be in good working order, including no gasoline or propane leaks for gas powered cart;
(c) Either a left side and right side mirror, or a wide-angle cross bar rear-view mirror;
(d) Head lights and tail lights if it is to be driven after dark, and slow moving vehicle emblems that conform to G.S. § 20-129;
(e) Rubber or equivalent tires;
(f) Adequate steering gear, brakes, emergency or parking brake;
(g) Speed governor if gasoline powered; and
(h) Golf carts may have “lift kits” but no golf cart may be more than 22 inches high measured from the ground to the floor board of the cart; and
(i) Any other requirements as set forth by the Police Department for inspection.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. O-09-14, passed 11-6-2014; Ord. O-14-24, passed 8-1-2024)