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West Miami approves golf-cart ordinance with local registration and nuisance rules
Summary
The City Commission approved a second-reading ordinance allowing street-legal golf carts to operate inside West Miami with a city decal, local registration option and nuisance restrictions; state-registered carts were exempted by amendment.
The City Commission of the City of West Miami on April 2 approved a second-reading ordinance allowing the operation of street-legal golf carts on city streets with a municipal registration option and restrictions aimed at safety and neighborhood noise.
Under the ordinance, residents may register golf carts with the city and receive a yearly decal indicating local permission to operate within West Miami; drivers must hold an approved driver’s license and all vehicles must meet street-legal equipment requirements such as headlights, taillights, turn signals and mirrors. Commissioners added an amendment clarifying that carts already…
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