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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ind. Law - Proposed Vincennes golf cart ordinance "driven to committee"
Updating this ILB entry from July 22, Jenny Peter of the Vincennes Sun Commercial reports today:
An ordinance that would regulate the use of golf carts on city streets went for the first time before the city council Monday night, and with little fanfare, was sent to a sub-committee for further review.Two men took the podium to speak about the ordinance, each with very different opinions.
Dode Hall, who lives along the 1400 block of Mentor Street, is against the proposed ordinance and said he would rather see golf carts - as well as motorbikes, mopeds and motorized wheelchairs - banned from the city's streets altogether. * * *
But Bob Dunn, who lives along 13th Street, buzzes all over town in his golf cart and says it's possible, even likely, that full-size vehicles and golf carts can share the city's streets amicably.
"So far, everyone has been very courteous," he told the council. * * *
The ordinance will now go before the city council's street and sanitation committee for further review. Typically, the ordinance would go before the public safety committee, but it is currently reviewing a proposed ordinance that would institute a city ambulance service.
City Councilman Don Kirk said the golf cart ordinance was given to the street and sanitation committee to "free up" the public safety committee. No announcement was made at the meeting as to when the street and sanitation committee would next meet.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 29, 2008 09:17 PM
Posted to Indiana Law