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HomeMy WebLinkAbout641 Golf Cart Ordinance314 ORDINANCE NO. 641 AN ORDINANCE OF THE. CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE X OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF .MERIDIAN ADDING A NEW CHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS "CAHPTER 5, GOLF CARTS", PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF GOLF CARTS, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS, SETTING FORTH THE. ALLOWABLE PLACES OF OPERATION, SETTING FORTH A DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT, OFFENSES, EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS.. AND PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the- Mayor and the City. Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to amend Title X of the REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN to add a new chapter to be -known as "CHAPTER 5; GOLF CARTS" which shall provide for the regulation of golf carts, contain definitions, set forth the driver's license requirements, provide for offenses, equipment. regulations and penalties. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: SECTION 1. That Title X of the REVISED-AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN is hereby amended to add a new chapter to-beknown as "CHAPTER 5, GOLF CARTS", which Chapter shall be known as GOLF CARTS and shall real as follows: 10-501 DEFINITION: The term "golficart" shall mean every self-propelled vehicle upon three or more wheels,. in upon or by which, any person or property, particularly golf clubs or golf equipment, may be carried or transported. 10-502 DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a golf cart who is not a licensed motor vehicle driver and whose license is valid at the time of operating or driving a golf. cart. 10-503 A. EQUIPMENT: No golf cart shall be operated in the City. unless it is equipped.-with the following: 1. At least one brake which may be operated by hand or foot and at least oneparking brake. Such brakes may be controlled by one mechanism but if in one mechanism, the brake must be capable of being locked on for parking purposes. 2. If the golf cart is propelled by an internal combustion engine, it must have a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke; no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device. B. PLACES OF OPERATION: 1. Except as authorized herein,. no golf cart shall be driven or operated on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, easements, or land owned by the GOLF CART ORDDNANCE PAGE 1 315 City, in any area- of the City that is outside of the following described approxima#e square mile, in which the Cherry Lane Golf Course is located:. North of the north street right-of-way line of Cherry Lane; East of the east street right-of-way line of Black Cat Road; South of the south street right-of-way line of Ustick Road; West of the west street right-of-way line of Ten Mile Road. 2. No golf carts shall be driven or operated on, or in, the right-of--way of Cherry Lane, Black Cat Road, Ustick Road, or Ten Mile Road. 3. Golf carts may be operated on the streets, alleys, easements within the City, or land owned by the City, within the parcel of land described in paragraph 1 above, but not on the roads and streets set forth in paragraph 2 directly above and not on the sidewalks, except set forth in 10-504 A. Golf carts may not be operated or be driven in any area that has been posed by the City with a notice that prohibits such operation at the location described in the notice. 4. Golf carts may be operated or driven on privately owned land or premises. 10-504 REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS: A, tt shall be unlawful to drive, operate or park a golf cart on any sidewalk in the City, unless traversing the sidewalk for purposes of going to or from the road or street to a home or from the home to the road or street. B. It shall be unlawful operate a golf cart at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour. C. It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a golf cart while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. D. It shall be unlawful) to operate a golf cart carelessly or heedlessly, or without due caution and circumspection or at a speed or in a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property E. All golf carts shall conform to all vehicular traffic controls. F. All golf carts shall abide by all traffic laws, rules, and regulations. G. Ali owners of golf carts shall have liability insurance on all their golf carts; it shall be unlawful not to have such liability insurance. 10-505 PENALTIES: Any person convic#ed of a violation of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not longer than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 2. If an section, provision or part of this orddnance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjuration shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invald or unconstitutional. SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefore, GOLF CART ORDINANCE PAGE 2 31~ which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall bein full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of April, 1994. APPROVED: G~4NT P. KINGSFOaD, MIA~OR ATTEST: l ~~~~ WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., CI C RK GOLF CART ORDINANCE PAGE 3 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. LP -11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE X OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ADDING A NEW CHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS "CHAPTER 5, GOLF CARTS", PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF GOLF CARTS, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS, SETTING FORTH THE ALLOWABLE PLACES OF OPERATION, SETTING FORTH A DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT, OFFENSES, EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to amend Title X of the REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN to add a new chapter to be known as "CHAPTER 5, GOLF CARTS" which shall provide for the regulation of golf carts, contain definitions, set tortn the driver's license requirements, provide for offenses, equipment regulations and penalties. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: SECTION 1: That Title X of the REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN is hereby amended to add a new chapter to be known as "CHAPTER 5, GOLF CARTS", which Chapter shall be known as GOLF CARTS and shall read as follows: 10-501 DEFINITION: The term "golf cart" shall mean every self-propelled vehicle upon three or more wheels, in, upon or by which, any person or property, particularly golf clubs or golf equipment, may be carried or transported. 10-502 DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a golf cart who Page - 1 GOLF CART ORDINANCE is not a licensed motor vehicle driver and. whose license is valid at the time of operating or driving a golf cart. 10-503 A. EQUIPMENT: No golf cart shall be operated in the City unless it is equipped with the following: 1. At least one brake which may be operated by hand or foot and at least one parking brake. Such brakes may be controlled by one mechanism but if in one mechanism, the brake must be capable of being locked on for parking purposes. 2. If the golf cart is propelled by an internal combustion engine, it must have a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke; no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device. B. PLACES OF OPERATION: 1. Except as authorized herein, no go1L cart shall be driven or operated on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, easements, or land owned by the City, in any area of the City that is outside of the following described approximate square mile, in which the Cherry Lane Golf Course is located: North of the north street right-of-way line of Cherry Lane; East of the east street right-of-way line of Black Cat Road; South of the south street ri(jht-of- way line of Ustick Road; West of the west street right-of-way line of Ten Mile Road. 2. No golf carts shall be driven or operated on, or in, the right-of-way of Cherry Lane, Black Cat Road, Ustick Road, or Ten Mile Road. 3. Golf carts may be operated on the streets, alleys, easements within the City, or land owned by the City, within the parcel of land described in paragraph 1 above, but not on the GOLF CART ORDINANCE Page - 2 roads and streets set forth in paragraph 2 directly above and not on the sidewalks, except as set forth in 10-504 A. Golf carts may not be operated or be driven in any area been by the City with a notice that has posted that prohibits such operation at the location described in the notice. 4. Golf carts may be operated or driven on privately owned land or premises. 10-504 REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS: A. It shall be unlawful to drive, operate or park a golf cart on any sidewalk in the City, unless traversing the sidewalk for purposes of going to or from the road or street to a home or from the home to the road or street. B. It shall be unlawful operate a golf cart at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour. C. It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a golf cart while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. D. It shall be unlawful to operate a golf cart carelessly or heedlessly, or without due caution and circumspection or at a speed or in a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property. E. All golf carts shall conform to all vehicular traffic controls. F. All golf carts shall abide by all traffic laws, rules and regulations. G. All owners of golf carts shall have liability insurance on all their golf carts; it shall be unlawful not to have such liability insurance. 10-505 PENALTIES• Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not Page - 3 GOLF CART ORDINANCE longer than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 2: If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED AND APPROVED this M-Or day of April, 1994. CITY OF MERIDIAN By• GRANT P. KINGSFO D,i OR ATTE . WILLIAM BERG, CITY C-ERK GOLF CART ORDINANCE Page - 4