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Council approves ordinance allowing business-operated golf carts on city streets with safety rules, inspection fee and operator ID requirement
Summary
Council approved substitute Ordinance 12-15-2025 to permit "under-speed" vehicles (e.g., golf carts) for legitimate business purposes on city streets with speed limits of 35 mph or lower, added a required inspection fee and passed an amendment requiring business name and contact information to be displayed on vehicles.
Cleveland City Council approved a substitute ordinance (12-15-2025) amending the codified ordinances to allow business-operated golf carts and similar under-speed vehicles to operate on city streets with posted speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less, subject to inspection and safety requirements.
The ordinance, sponsored by Councilmembers Harrison, Polencic and Griffin and presented by Director of City Planning Cali Mertzmann, sets a 20-mph maximum for the vehicles, requires safety equipment (headlights, taillights, turn signals, seat belts) consistent with Ohio law and subjects each vehicle to an annual inspection by the Bureau of Traffic. Mertzmann said: "This ordinance authorizes golf carts on city streets that are, that have speed limits no higher than 35 miles per hour... Golf carts are defined as vehicles that can go no faster than 20 miles per hour. The ordinance requires equipment on them such as brake lights, headlights, turn signals, seat belts,…
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