A City of Marion ordinance passed last week allows for the restricted use of golf carts on designated city streets during daylight hours. To qualify for use on streets, the vehicles must be outfitted with certain safety equipment and be inspected by the sheriff’s department to ensure the mandates of the ordinance are met.
The one-time inspection fee is $5. An annual $25 permit to operate on city streets must be obtained at Marion City Hall.
A copy of the ordinance listing the requirements for and restrictions of use of golf carts on public roadways can be also picked up at city hall. A sheriff’s inspection checklist can found below:
- Headlamps
- Front and rear turn signal lamps
- Tail lamps
- Stop lamps
- Reflex reflectors (1 red on back, 1 red on each side on back panel)
- Exterior mirror mounted on drivers side of vehicle
- Parking brake
- Windshield of AS-1 or AS-5 composition with official city permit in lower left drivers side of windshield
- Vehicle identification number (VIN)
- Maximum number of passengers cannot exceed 6
- Four wheels
- Slow moving vehicle emblem in compliance with KRS 189.820
- Valid Kentucky driver’s license number
- Reflective safety flag no less than 7 feet on rear of vehicle
