Dayton is looking to follow other Northern Kentucky cities like Fort Thomas, Ludlow, and Bellevue in authorizing the use of golf carts on city streets.
The city held the first reading at Tuesday’s city council meeting to consider allowing golf carts on streets with a speed limit of 25 miles per hours or less.
“The City of Fort Thomas last year passed the ordinance and allowed it, and Bellevue just finished doing the same thing,” Dayton City Administrator Jay Fossett said. “This ordinance is similar to those ordinances and has a number of requirements you have to have.”
Those requirements include headlights, taillights, blinkers, horns, and seatbelts. The carts must be inspected by the sheriff’s office and have a city-permitted sticker, which costs $25.
The city will outline speed limits, age requirements, and hours of operation in the ordinance.
Operators’ licenses, which is separate from a drivers’ license, will also be required.
This decision follows Bellevue’s ordinance from last month to allow the use of golf carts on city streets. At the Bellevue city council meeting on July 13, Bellevue City Administrator Frank Warnock said he is working on an interlocal agreement allowing golf cart transportation between the cities.
“We’re all trying to get together on the rules, and I also called Newport and talked to (City Manager) Tom Fromme, and he’s interested in trying to do it too,” Bellevue Mayor Charlie Cleves said.
Cleves also said Silver Grove and Covington were interested in implementing a golf cart ordinance.
Since this was the first reading, no vote was taken. Voting takes place at the second reading of an ordinance, which should be at the next Dayton city council meeting on August 2.Â
