AB 2073, as introduced, Holden. Golf carts: City of La Verne.
Existing law authorizes a local agency to designate a highway under its jurisdiction, generally not to exceed one mile in length, that is located adjacent to, or provides access to, a golf course and related facilities, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and golf carts. Existing law also authorizes a city or county to adopt a golf cart transportation plan, under which separated golf cart lanes are to be developed and constructed in the plan area. Existing law excepts the City of La Verne from the construction of separated golf cart lanes if that city makes specified findings and the street and highway segments meet certain requirements. For the purposes of these provisions applicable to the City of La Verne, “golf cart” includes a utility style golf cart, used for transporting maintenance equipment, and a shuttle style golf cart.
This bill would not withstand certain existing definitions of “golf cart” for the purposes of the provisions applicable to the City of La Verne.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1957 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) If a city or county adopts a golf cart transportation
4plan, it shall do both of the following:
5(1) Establish minimum general design criteria for the
6development, planning, and construction of separated golf cart
7lanes, including, but not limited to, the design speed of the facility,
8the space requirements of the golf cart, and roadway design criteria.
9(2) In cooperation with the department, establish uniform
10specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control
11devices to control golf cart traffic; to warn of dangerous conditions,
12obstacles, or hazards; to designate the right-of-way as between
13golf carts, other vehicles, and bicycles; to state the nature and
14destination of the golf cart
lane; and to warn pedestrians, bicyclists,
15and motorists of the presence of golf cart traffic.
16(b) The construction of separated golf cart lanes, as required
17under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), does not apply in any of
18the following locations:
19(1) A residence district, as defined in Section 515 of the Vehicle
20Code, located within any city containing a population of less than
2150,000 residents with a geographical area of more than 20 square
22miles in which city there are at least 20 golf courses, if the speed
23limit in that district is 25 miles per hour or less.
24(2) (A) The City of La Verne, on those street and highway
25segments for which the city council makes a finding that the street
26or highway segment is suitable to safely permit the use of regular
27vehicular traffic and also the driving of
golf carts, and makes a
28separate finding that the construction of separated golf cart lanes
29is infeasible given the physical space limitations of the street or
30highway segment. In addition, these street or highway segments
31shall meet all of the following requirements:
32(i) Have speed limits of 25 miles per hour or less, as established
33by an engineering and traffic survey.
34(ii) Be immediately adjacent to or surrounded by the campus
35of a university or a retirement community.
36(iii) Provide a route between unconnected portions of the campus
37of a university or the real property of a retirement community, or
38provide direct access to an otherwise inaccessible portion of the
P3 1campus of a university or the real property of a retirement
2community.
3(iv) Be approved
for purposes of this paragraph by the law
4enforcement agency with primary traffic jurisdiction over the street
5or highway segments.
6(v) Accommodate golf carts without adversely impacting traffic
7safety or the travel needs of commuters and other users, according
8to a safety determination made by a traffic engineer.
9(vi) Be limited to golf carts owned by the university or
10retirement community and equipped with a windshield, headlights,
11brake lights, and seatbelts.
12(vii) Limit the use of golf carts to employees of the university
13or retirement community acting within the scope and course of
14employment for the maintenance or security of the university or
15the retirement community.
16(B) begin deleteFor end deletebegin insertNotwithstanding
Section 1951 of this code and Section
17345 of the Vehicle Code, for end insertpurposes of this paragraph, “golf cart”
18includes, but is not limited to, a utility style golf cart, used for
19transporting maintenance equipment, and a shuttle style golf cart.
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