Chapter 10.44 — GOLF CARTS ON CITY ROADWAYS

Golf carts may only operate on streets with a speed limit for vehicles of twenty-five miles per hour or less as designated by this chapter, or if the golf cart is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles, bears a license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and is properly equipped pursuant to the California Vehicle Code. (Ord. 23-04, 6/13/2023)

The following crossings are designated for use by golf carts:

• A. Brassie Lane, approximately three hundred fifty feet north of Crystalaire Drive.

• B. Honors Drive, approximately one hundred fifty feet west of Vardon Drive/Balata Drive.

• C. Honors Drive, approximately three hundred eighty feet east of Brassie Lane.

• D. Royal Birkdale Drive, approximately two hundred feet east of Temeku Drive.

• E. Temeku Drive, approximately one hundred eighty feet south of Gleneagles Drive.

• F. Temeku Drive, approximately one thousand forty feet south of Bay Hill Drive.

• G. Camino Rubi, approximately fifty feet south of Caminito Rosado.

• H. Corte Zaragoza at the intersection of Peppercorn Drive.

• I. Kohinoor Way at Peach Tree Street.

• J. Rainbow Canyon Road, approximately one thousand forty feet south of Bay Hill Drive. (Ord. 23-04, 6/13/2023)

• A. The following streets are designated for joint use of golf carts and vehicles:

  1. Honors Drive from Margarita Road to Tee Drive.

  2. Temeku Drive from Tee Drive to La Serena Way.

  3. Royal Birkdale Drive from Meadows Parkway to Temeku Drive.

• B. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.44.010, it is unlawful for a vehicle or golf cart to be operated in violation of the following rules and regulations:

  1. Golf carts shall only travel on streets with separate travel lanes, delineated with painted striping, for vehicular traffic and golf cart traffic. The designated golf cart lane may also allow for bicycle travel.

  2. Vehicles shall travel in the designated travel lanes and shall not travel in the area designated for golf carts unless necessary for an emergency.

  3. Golf carts shall travel in a designated eight-foot travel lane and shall not travel in the vehicular lane. The designated golf cart lane may allow for bicycle travel.

  4. Golf carts shall only travel on streets with posted speed limits for vehicles of twentyfive miles per hour or less, except as otherwise designated by this chapter.

  5. Golf cart operators shall observe all applicable provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

  6. Golf cart crossings shall be permitted across the streets at the locations designated in Section 10.44.020.

  7. Operation of golf carts in the designated crossing zones and streets is allowed during daytime only. Golf cart operation on the designated crossing zones and streets designated by this chapter is prohibited during hours of darkness. "Darkness" is defined as anytime from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise per California Vehicle Code Section 280.

• (Ord. 01-09 § 1; Ord. 18-05 § 1; Ord. 23-04, 6/13/2023)