1986-564® CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 86-564
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING OPERATION OF A MOTORIZED
GOLF CART AND DESIGNATING THE MANNER AND LOCATION OF ITS
USE AND OPERATION
follows: BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City of Hopkins as
Section 1. Whenever used in and for the enforcement of
this Ordinance, the following words, titles or phrases shall have
the following meaning:
a. Permit. Means an unexpired document issued by the Hopkins
City Clerk or his representative which certifies and allows
the operation of a motorized golf cart within the City of
Hopkins in the manner provided for and allowed herein.
® b. Physically Handicapped. Means any person who has sustained
an amputation or material disability of either or both arms
or legs, or who has been otherwise disabled in any manner
rendering it difficult and burdensome to walk.
Section 2.
GOLF
CART USE.
No person shall drive or
operate a motorized
golf
cart upon
or across a public street,
avenue or roadway within
the City of
Hopkins except by permit as
hereinafter provided.
Section 3.
APPLICATION FOR
PERMIT. Application shall be
made in writing upon
forms
furnished
by the City of Hopkins and
shall include but not
be limited
to the
following information:
a. Name and address of owner/operator;
b. Description and serial number of the golf cart;
C. Driver license number and date of expiration;
d. Statement outlining the physical handicap;
e. Signed statement of a physician describing to the physical
handicap and certifying that the applicant can safely
operate a golf cart.
Each permit shall be for a period not to exceed one year
and may be annually renewed. The City of Hopkins may revoke an
existing permit at any time upon receipt of evidence that the
person to whom the permit was issued can no longer safely operate a
motorized golf cart on the designated roadways. At any time during
the permit period and upon request by the City of Hopkins, the
applicant shall submit a certificate signed by a physician that the
applicant is able to safely operate a motorized golf cart on the
designated roadways.
Section 4. DESIGNATED ROADWAYS. The roadways upon which
a motorized golf cart may be operated pursuant to permit under this
Ordinance are the routes as outlined in the application by the appli-
cant.
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The operation of golf carts authorized hereunder shall only
be operated from sunrise to sunset. Such operation shall not be
permissible in inclement weather or when visibility is impaired by
weather, smoke, fog or other conditions impeding visibility, or at
any time when there is insufficient light to clearly see persons
and vehicles at a distance of 5001 feet on the designated roadways.
Each motorized golf cart shall display the "slow moving vehicle"
emblem when operating on designated roadways.
Section 5. APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS. Every person
operating a motorized golf cart pursuant to permit hereunder on
designated roadways has all the rights and duties applicable to a
driver of any other vehicle pursuant to the state highway traffic
laws and regulations except when those provisions cannot reasonably
be applied to motorized golf carts except compliance with the
provisions of Chapter 171 pertaining to driver licenses.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City
of Hopkins held August 5 , 1986 and finally read and
approved, adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of
said Council of said City on August 19, 1986.
J. SCOTT RENNE
City Clerk
JERRE A. MILLER
City Attorney
ELLEN LAVIN
Mayos