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Katy council reviews proposed ordinance to allow golf carts in neighborhoods and bar ATVs from city streets
Summary
At a March 18 special workshop, Katy officials discussed a draft ordinance that would permit golf-cart operation inside subdivisions while keeping them off main thoroughfares and would prohibit ATVs and UTVs on city streets; staff will draft formal language for a future meeting.
At a March 18 special workshop, Katy city officials discussed a proposed ordinance that would let residents operate golf carts within their subdivisions while prohibiting ATVs and UTVs on city streets.
Police Chief Will told the council that the "state statute for golf carts" currently limits permitted use to the Cane Island master-planned community and that the draft ordinance would expand permitted use to allow operation within other subdivisions, subject to conditions: a licensed driver, passenger limits matching vehicle capacity, insurance and state registration with a golf-cart plate. "Because that's our only actually designated master planned community," Chief Will said of Cane…
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