The purpose of the chapter is to provide a means of travel that is not only convenient and safe but conserves and protects the environment. Golf carts, if properly used, can be an effective way to travel for short distances within the city. However, to ensure the public safety and welfare, the operation of golf carts must not only comply with normal regulations regarding vehicles but should comply with special safety regulations intended to protect the operator and passengers in a vehicle that is primarily designed for operation on a golf course or for recreational purposes. This chapter established the basic, minimum standards of care to be used by the operators of golf carts on public roads, street and highways. Likewise, the public safety required that golf carts, when used as a means of transportation, must also meet certain minimum safety standards that can only be assured through a system of regulation and inspection.
(Ord. passed 8-20-2013)