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AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING AND REGULATING THE OPERATION OF APPROVED GOLF CARTS AND LICENSED LOW SPEED VEHICLES ON CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF FOLEY UNDER CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA as follows:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances, City of Foley, Alabama is hereby amended by the addition of Section 15-22, reading in its entirety as follows:
Section 15-22. Operation of Golf Carts on Certain Public Streets Permitted and Regulated.
(a) Policy Statement. This Section is enacted pursuant to the authority of the Alabama Constitutional Amendment adopted pursuant to Act No. 2016-271. In enacting this Section, the City Council confirms its view that golf carts are not designed or manufactured to be suitable for use on public streets and roads, and the City of Foley in no way advocates or endorses the operation of golf carts on public streets. The City understands that residents within golf course residential communities and other communities desire to have the option to operate their golf carts on a limited basis within those communities in order to access the amenities in and immediately adjacent to those communities, and have secured the adoption of Act No. 2016-271 to allow the enactment of ordinances permitting such operation in Baldwin County subject to the terms of the Act and to such other restrictions the City may impose as authorized by the Act. In designating public streets on which golf carts may be legally operated, the Act requires the City to determine that golf carts may safely travel on such designated streets after consideration of factors including, but not limited to, the speed, volume, and character of motor vehicle traffic using the street. The designation in this Section of certain streets as streets on which golf carts may safely travel is not a determination or...
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