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Council adopts ordinance clarifying e-bike rules and banning golf carts on town streets
Summary
The council adopted ordinance 3-94a to clarify the town's rules for electric bicycles and motorized low-speed devices and to explicitly state that golf carts are not legal on town streets under the revised text.
Winfield adopted ordinance 3-94a, an amendment clarifying regulation of electric bicycles, low-speed electric devices and motorized electric devices. Staff explained the amendment's single substantive change is to remove ambiguity that some residents had read as permitting golf carts; as staff put it, "This cleans that up by specifically stating, no golf carts." The council moved and carried the ordinance on a voice vote.
Council members confirmed the item was an amendment to an existing ordinance and treated the action as a title-only reading for the amendment. One council member said they were "a no on the golf carts" in practice but the ordinance as amended carried with the majority.
