(a) While operating a golf cart on the streets within the Village, any owner or operator shall comply with any and all laws pertaining to motor vehicles including, without limitation, safety requirements and insurance requirements.
(b) While a golf cart is being operated on the streets of the Village, it shall at all times be in compliance with the requirements of the golf cart inspection sheet.
(c) No person shall operate a golf cart upon any street or highway having an established speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour.
(d) Village employees are authorized to operate golf carts within the boundaries of the Village within the scope and duties of their employment.
(e) Nothing shall prohibit a person operating a golf cart from proceeding across an intersection of a street or highway having a speed limit greater than thirty-five (35) miles per hour as set forth by Ohio R.C. 4511.214(B).
(f) The Village reserves the right to permit or prohibit a golf cart from operating on any street within the Village as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4511.215.
(g) Lap belts shall be properly installed and available with respect to each seating position located on a golf cart. There shall be no more than two (2) seating positions in any row of seating on a golf cart. All persons shall wear lap belts while operating or riding in a moving golf cart on a public roadway.
(h) Shoulder belts shall be properly installed and available with respect to each passenger seating position located on a golf cart when a child restraint is in use as set forth under Ohio R.C. 4511.81. Rear-facing child restraint seats are not permitted on a golf cart.
(i) The driver of any golf cart shall be responsible for ensuring that all passengers are in compliance with any child restraint law in effect for motor vehicles.
(j) The persons operating a golf cart must have a valid operator's license (ORC 4510.12) and show proof of insurance covering the golf cart (ORC 4509.101) while on the public streets of the Village.
(k) Any golf cart approved for operation on the streets of the Village shall have no fewer than three (3) wheels as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(xx); any low-speed vehicle operating on the streets of the Village shall have no fewer than three (3) wheels as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(WW).
(l) No golf cart shall be operated on any sidewalks, except to cross the sidewalk.
(m) No golf cart shall be stored or kept for more than two (2) hours on the grass-covered portion of a residential property.
(n) Any golf cart that has been modified for equipment or increased/decreased speed and no longer meets the criteria after inspection and approval will be immediately denied further operation and become subject to a citation.
(o) Golf carts are considered seasonal vehicles. Due to the possibility of an accident, the use of such vehicles will be strictly prohibited from operation when the roadways are snow or ice covered.
(p) Operators of golf carts must follow all motor vehicle laws. Golf carts and operators not complying with the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subject themselves to citation and/or impoundment at their expense.
(q) The Village has implemented this chapter in conjunction with the ORC and OAC, specifically as they relate to Ohio R.C. 4511.214 and Ohio R.C. 4511.215.
(r) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, nothing in the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Perrysville shall make it a violation to use a utility vehicle or all purpose vehicle to clear snow from sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots in the Village, and for travel to and from those areas for the purpose of snow removal.
(s) No person shall operate a golf cart in the Village without displaying a Village-issued permit sticker, as referenced in Section 343.02(g), in visible and conspicuous location on the rear of the vehicle. Ashland County Sheriff and other law enforcement officers authorized to stop vehicle in the State of Ohio may stop any such vehicle from being operated in the Village without displaying the necessary permit stickers.
(Ord. 5-2022. Passed 6-6-22.)