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Augusta Richmond GA
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ORDINANCE NO. 6436
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY CODE SECTION 3-5-86 SO AS TO PERMIT THE
OPERATION OF MOTORIZED CART ON CERTAIN
DESIGNATED STREETS; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE OPERATION OF MOTORIZED CARTS; TO
EAST ABLISH A FEE FOR A PERMIT FOR SAME; TO
PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAME AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code, Section 3-5-86 which reads:
9 3-5-86.
OPERA TING A MOTORIZED CART ON A
PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY.
"No person shall operate any motorized cart upon a street,
road or public highway in Augusta-Richmond County, or on private
property without the permission of the owner of such private
property. "
is hereby deleted in its entirety, and sin lieu thereof, a new 9 3-5-86 is enacted which provides as
follows:
9 3-5-86.
OPERATING A MOTORIZED CART ON A
PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY.
a. No person shall operate any motorized cart upon a
street, road or public highway in Augusta-Richmond County,
except as specifically provided for herein. Further, no person
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shall operate any motorized cart on private property without
the permission of the owner of such private property.
b. Pursuant to a.e.G.A. 94-6-331, the following public
streets and portions thereof are hereby designated for the
combined use of motorized carts and regular vehicular traffic,
upon the conditions hereinafter set forth.
1. 1. Dewey Gray Circle, Wainbrook, Devore Place,
and that secti~n of Interstate Parkway lying between
the intersection of Wainbrook and Devore Place, are
hereby designated for the combined use of motorized
carts and regular vehicular traffic as provided herein.
c. Appropriate signs giving notice of the combined use
of motorized carts and regular vehicular traffic shall be posted
on said roads as directed by the Traffic Engineer.
d. No motorized carts shall operate on said streets except
between the hours of 30 minutes following sunrise and 30
minutes prior to sunset.
e. All motorized carts shall be equipped with headlights,
brake lights, a yellow caution light mounted on the top of
such motorized cart, and a caution sign.
f. - All such motorized carts shall be registered with the
Richmond County Sheriffs Office for a fee of Fifteen Dollars
($15.00), with the license for same to remain permanently
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with such cart unless such cart is' sold, at which time the
license shall be destroyed.
g. All motorized carts shall obey all rules of the road
governing vehicular traffic on said public roads.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. Should any section, provision, or clause of any part ofthis Ordinance be
declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as applied to
any particular situation or set of circumstances be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such
invalidity shall not be construed to affect portions of this Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or the
application of this Ordinance to other circumstances not so held to be invalid. It is hereby declared
as the intent that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not been included
herein.
Duly adopted by the Augusta-Ric
County Commission, this 20th day of
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Novemb~r2001.
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First Reading: 11-7-0)
Second Reading: 11-20-01
Published in the Augusta Chronicle Decewber 6, 2001