This subchapter is adopted to address the interest of public safety. Golf carts and utility vehicles are not designed or manufactured to be used on the public streets and the city in no way advocates or endorses their operation on public streets or roads. The city, by regulating such operations, is merely trying to address potential safety issues, and adoption of this subchapter is not to be relied upon as a determination that operation on public streets is safe or advisable if done in accordance with the subchapter. All persons who operate or ride upon golf carts on public streets or roads do so at their own risk and peril, and must be observant of, and attentive to the safety of themselves and others, including their passengers, other motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. The city has no liability and the city assumes no liability, for permitting golf carts and utility vehicles to be operated on the designated streets and neighborhoods under the special legislation granted by the state’s legislature. Any person who operates a golf cart or utility vehicle is responsible for procuring liability insurance sufficient to cover the risk involved in using a golf cart or utility vehicle on the public streets and roads.
(Ord. passed 8-26-2013)