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CITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 02- 56 establishing a
policy that the operation of unregistered golf carts shall be allowed on all
25 miles per hour streets within Palm Desert Country Club.
DATE: May 23, 2002
CONTENTS: 1. Staff Report
2. Resolution No. 02- 56
Recommendation:
Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 02- 56 establishing a policy that the
operation of unregistered golf carts shall be allowed on all 25 miles per hour streets
within Palm Desert Country Club.
Background:
The City of Palm Desert has a Golf Cart Transportation Program which allows and
encourages the use of golf carts on public streets. The program requires that golf carts
be registered by the City and that certain safety equipment be installed on the cart. As
our program currently exists, golf carts driven on public streets within Palm Desert
Country Club are required to be registered and conform to the safety requirements.
The California Vehicle Code does provide that the City can, by ordinance or resolution,
establish that the use of unregistered gold carts on public streets within one mile of a
golf course is appropriate. Golf carts used within Palm Desert Country Club in
conformance with such an ordinance or resolution would be exempted from the safety
equipment requirements of the Golf Cart Transportation Program and they would be
confined to operation within Palm Desert Country Club only. Since the purpose of the
Golf Cart Transportation Program is to encourage the use of golf carts for transportation,
it seems appropriate to allow this operation. Golf cart operation on any street with a
speed limit greater that 25 MPH can only be allowed if the golf cart is registered in the
Golf Cart Transportation Program, which requires the cart to be equipped with
appropriate safety equipment. There are several streets within Palm Desert Country
Club with speed limits greater than 25 MPH.
Staff Report Resolution No. 02-56
Resolution for Golf Carts in PDCC
May 23, 2002
Page 2 of 2
Submitted by:
JOSE H S. GAUGUSH, P. .
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
Approval:
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CITY COUNCII/ACTION:
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ABSTAIN:
VERIFIED BY:
Original on File N h C ty Clerk's Office
RESOLUTION NO. 02-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A POLICY THAT THE OPERATION OF
UNREGISTERED GOLF CARTS BE ALLOWED ON ALL 25 MILES PER HOUR
STREETS WITHIN PALM DESERT COUNTRY CLUB.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert has a Golf Cart Transportation Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert encourages the use of golf carts on public
streets; and
WHEREAS, Palm Desert Country Club is the area bounded by Washington Street,
Fred Waring Drive, Indian Wells City Limit and Hovley Lane East; and
WHEREAS, golf carts have been operated on public streets in Palm Desert Country
Club for many years; and
WHEREAS, the use of unregistered golf carts on public streets within one mile of
a golf course is allowed under the California Vehicle Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, that the operation of unregistered golf carts be allowed on all 25 miles
per hour streets within Palm Desert Country Club, as shown on Exhibit A.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
City Council, held this 23'h day of May, 2002, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, SPIEGEL, KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: FERGUSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
RICHARD S. KELLY, MAYOR
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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