PRESENTER: Presenter
Greg Malatek, Public Works Director
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Presentation with recommendation to City Council to amend the existing Golf Carts and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles ordinance to include other Recreational Off-highway Vehicles.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Staff received requests from residents to amend the existing private use of golf cart and neighborhood electric vehicles ordinance to include additional off-highway vehicles. The existing ordinance generally prohibits the operation of off-highway vehicles on a public street in Sec. 126-481, unless allowed by state law. In 2015, when the existing ordinance was adopted by the City of New Braunfels, off-highway vehicles were not allowed to drive on roads or highways per the state Transportation Code. In 2019, the Transportation Code was amended by the Texas legislature to expand the ability of off-highway vehicles to drive on roads or highways, but the statute allows for a city to prohibit their operation on public roads or highways if they find it is in the interest of public safety. Additionally, the Texas Transportation Code was amended in 2019 to update the definition of an off-highway vehicle to provide clarification of different terms used to describe these types of vehicles.
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