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Trophy Club holds workshop on golf-cart and micro‑mobility ordinance; staff to draft rules after council direction
Summary
At a Jan. 12 workshop, Trophy Club council and staff discussed draft ordinance language addressing seat belts for children in golf carts, helmet rules for micro‑mobility devices, lighting and sidewalk speed limits, and an education-first enforcement approach; staff will draft ordinance language and return with a formal reading likely in February.
Trophy Club held a workshop Jan. 12 to review a draft ordinance covering golf carts and micro‑mobility devices such as electric bikes and scooters. Chief Patrick Arata facilitated the discussion and emphasized that the session was advisory only; no formal action was taken.
Council members and staff focused first on child passenger safety for golf carts. Staff proposed ordinance language to require that children riding in golf carts be secured, and recommended mirroring relevant Texas Transportation Code child-passenger-seat definitions so parents could legally use car seats or seat belts on carts. The working consensus favored a targeted requirement for children rather than requiring seat belts on every golf cart. Traffic safety officer Sergeant Tyler (referred to in the discussion as “Max”) told council, “You can tell when people are strapped in,”…
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