(A) Except when operated by public safety personnel or park maintenance personnel, golf carts or off-highway vehicles shall not be operated on any sidewalk, pedestrian walkway, jogging path, park trail or any location normally used for pedestrian traffic.
(B) All golf carts or off-highway vehicles are entitled to the full use of a lane on the authorized public streets, parking areas and traffic ways of the City of Lindsay, and no vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any golf cart or off-highway vehicle of the full use of a lane.
(C) The driver of a golf cart or off-highway vehicle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(D) No driver shall operate a golf cart or off-highway vehicle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(E) The driver of a golf cart or off-highway vehicle operating the vehicle on a public street may only cross a multi-lane federal, county or state route at an intersection controlled by an official traffic control device which stops traffic from all directions. The driver of a golf cart or off-highway vehicle may cross a multi-lane road, other than a federal, state, or county route, if it is required to cross from one portion of a golf course to another portion of the same golf course. If a golf cart crossing path is provided for transition between one section of a golf course to another section of the same golf course across a multi-lane road, the operator shall cross at and within the golf cart crossing path.
(F) The number of occupants in a golf cart or off-highway vehicle shall be limited to the number of persons for whom factory seating is installed and provided on the vehicle.
(G) Children must be properly seated while a golf cart or off-highway vehicle is in motion and may not be transported in a reckless or negligent manner.
(H) Except as specifically authorized in this section, golf carts or off-highway vehicles may not be used for the purpose of towing another golf cart, off-highway vehicle, trailer or vehicle of any kind including, without limitation, a person on roller skates, skateboard or bicycle. A person employed by a golf course may tow a golf cart(s) for the purpose of relocating the cart(s) from one portion of a golf course to another portion of the same golf course. A person may use an off-highway vehicle permitted under this chapter for the purpose of towing a trailer for a hayride on Halloween.
(I) Golf cart or off-highway vehicles shall not be operated during inclement weather or when visibility is impaired by weather, smoke, fog, or other condition, or at any time when there is insufficient light to clearly see persons or vehicles on the roadway at a distance of 500 feet.
(Ord. 0120-2, passed 2-10-2020)