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Georgetown council adopts ordinance permitting low-speed and utility vehicles on village roads
Summary
The council approved Ordinance No. 1411 in a second reading to allow under-speed and utility vehicles on certain village roadways, aligning inspection requirements with an Ohio form and maintaining a DMV license-plate requirement. Council members asked about permitted routes, seat-belt expectations and enforcement; the ordinance was adopted by roll call.
The Village of Georgetown council voted to adopt an ordinance authorizing the use of low-speed and utility vehicles on village roadways, the council president announced after a roll-call vote.
Council discussion at the second reading centered on revisions since the prior meeting. One council member said the ordinance now uses the village term "under speed" instead of "aggressive low speed" and that inspection requirements were pared back to mirror the form the speaker identified as used by the "Ohio VNB." "We used the inspection form that the Ohio VNB uses, and so there are less requirements out there," the council member said, adding that the chief was comfortable with the standards. The ordinance keeps a license-plate requirement "as required by the DMV," the same speaker said.
Several members asked for clarifications about where the vehicles could operate. A council member noted the ordinance allows travel on roads with speed limits above a specified threshold inside municipal limits; the speaker said that meant certain routes would be allowed in Yorktown municipal limits. Another council member asked about seat belts for rear-facing passengers; a council member responding said the referenced inspection form does not require safety belts but added, "If it has seat belts, though, then they have?" and later, "I would wear them if it's got seat belts."
After discussion, a council member moved to adopt the ordinance and a fellow council member seconded the motion. The chair called the roll and declared the motion passed; the ordinance was assigned the number 1411 on the record.
The council did not provide a specific effective date during the meeting; implementation details and enforcement procedures were not specified and may be clarified by staff or at a future meeting.
