(A) No golf cart may be operated on any street or highway in the city without the following safety features installed:
(1) Headlights and taillights if the operator plans to drive after dark;
(2) Rubber or equivalent tires;
(3) Adequate steering gear, brakes, emergency or parking brake, rear-view mirror, adequately fixed drivers seat;
(4) All other factory installed safety or mechanical systems, including no gasoline or propane leaks;
(5) Speed governor if gasoline powered;
(6) Golf carts with “lift kits” may not be more than 22 inches high measured from floorboard of cart to the ground; and
(7) Either a left side and right side mirror, or a wide-angle cross bar rear-view mirror.
(B) Furthermore, no registration sticker will be issued until the operator presents proof that the golf cart is fully insured, and the operator has a valid North Carolina driver’s license or recognized valid driver’s license from another state.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. O-09-14, passed 11-6-2014; Ord. O-14-24, passed 8-1-2024)