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Chief: golf carts illegal on Michigan City streets unless local ordinance allows them
Summary
Police Chief Marty Corley told the Michigan City Common Council that traditional golf carts are illegal on Indiana roadways unless a city or county ordinance permits them; councilors discussed low‑speed vehicle requirements, enforcement and local pilot models used by neighboring cities.
Michigan City Police Chief Marty Corley told the Common Council on Tuesday that "golf carts are illegal to be operated on a roadway here in Indiana" unless a local ordinance creates an exception.
"The only way a golf cart can be operated on on, a roadway here in Indiana if there is ordinance basically through the county or local city government," Corley said, and he cited a state provision that local ordinances commonly mirror: Indiana Code 9‑13‑2‑94.5, which governs low‑speed vehicles.
Corley told the council that vehicles classified as low‑speed…
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