(a)   Golf carts and work-site utility vehicles may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads, and alleys within the corporate limits of the City; provided, however, that no golf cart or work-site utility vehicle may be operated upon any public highway, street, road, and alley with a posted speed limit in excess of 40 miles per hour. No golf cart or work-site utility vehicle shall be operated on any interstate highway, federal highway, or state highway; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit golf carts or work-site utility vehicles from crossing a federal or state highway or a street or highway with a posted speed limit greater than 40 miles per hour.

(b)   No golf cart or work-site utility vehicle shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley between sunset and sunrise.

(c)   Every person operating a golf cart or work-site utility vehicle on the public highways, streets, roads, and alleys of the City shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a diver of a vehicle imposed by law.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)

(a)   Golf cart means a motor vehicle that has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, an unladen weight of not more than 1,800 pounds, is designed to be operated at not more than 25 miles per hour and is designed to carry not more than four persons, including the driver.

(b)   Work-site utility vehicle means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an overall length, including the bumper, of not more than 135 inches, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 800 pounds, and is equipped with four or more low pressure tires, a steering wheel and bench or bucket type seating allowing at least two people to sit side-by-side, and may be equipped with a bed or cargo box for hauling materials. “Work-site utility vehicle” does not include a micro utility truck.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)

(a)   No person shall operate a golf cart or work-site utility vehicle on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the City unless such person has a valid driver’s license.

(b)   No person shall operate a golf cart or work-site utility vehicle on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the City unless such golf cart or work-site utility vehicle has liability coverage in accordance with Section 200 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, and the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act, K.S.A. 40-3101 et seq., and amendments thereto. All provisions of Section 200 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, including penalty provisions, shall be applicable to all owners and operators of golf carts and work-site utility vehicles.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)

It shall be illegal to operate a golf cart or work-site utility vehicle on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the City unless such vehicle displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the vehicle; the slow-moving vehicle emblem shall be mounted and displayed in compliance with K.S.A. 8-1717 and amendments thereto.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)

(a)   Before operating any golf cart or work-site utility vehicle on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the City and each calendar year thereafter, the vehicle shall be registered with the City and a license shall be obtained and placed within the vehicle. The license fee shall be established per calendar year by the City, payable in advance to the City Clerk. The full amount of the license fee shall be required regardless of the time of year that the application is made. The license issued hereunder shall be nontransferable.

(b)   Proof of insurance, as required in section 14-403, shall be furnished at the time of application for registration.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)

Unless specifically provided herein, a violation of this article shall be deemed an ordinance traffic infraction. Upon an entry of a plea of guilty or no contest or upon being convicted of such violation, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with Section 201 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, or such other similar provision as the City may then have in effect.

(Ord. 576; Ord. 579; Ord. 687; Code 2019)