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CARTS Continued from page 1 Klipsch started the discussion by saying that he had talked to both Huntingburg Mayor Denny Spinner and Washington May- or Joe Wellman about their cit- ies' golf cart ordinances. Hunt- ingburg passed its golf cart or- dinance in 2009, while Wash- ington's golf cart ordinance was passed in 2016. Klipsch said that he had re- viewed the two ordinances' fee structure – Washington charg- es golf cart owners an initial an- nual fee of $40 with annual re- newals costing $25 (provided no new safety inspection is neces- sary) while Huntingburg charg- es a flat $20 for both the initial annual fee and annual renewals – and was suggesting that Peters- burg charge an initial annual fee of $50 with annual renewals cost- ing $25. "This is just what I'm pro- posing, to open for discussion," Klipsch said. "You can do what- ever you want with this. But this is something that needs to be put in that ordinance as Brian pre- pares it." In addition, Klipsch suggested that a $50 fine be assessed for a first violation of the golf cart or- dinance, a $100 fine for a second violation and a $200 fine – and the loss of the permit – for a third vio- lation during a calendar year. "Or $200 every time after that, if you have to keep hitting a guy over the head with it until he gets the message," Klipsch said. "I don't think that will be neces- sary." Klipsch noted that Washing- ton's ordinance assesses a fine of up to $2,500 for a third offense, as well as the immediate seizure and impoundment of the golf cart by law enforcement. "I don't think we want to start repossessing golf carts, but they put some teeth in there," Klipsch said. Council member John Melhis- er suggested that the city mirror Washington's ordinance and as- sess a fine of up to $2,500 – and seizure of the golf cart – for a third violation. "That, hopefully, would deter anyone from repeated offenses," Melhiser said. "We can put that in there any way you want," Klipsch said. Another item raised by Klipsch was the minimum age for a golf cart passenger. "Washington currently will not allow anybody under two years old," Klipsch said. "I think that's too little. I mean, if we're going to address that, I think two's too young." "I don't know," Melhiser re- plied. "I'm kind of, like, if they re- quire a car seat, they're not old enough to be in a golf cart." Klipsch said that he would sug- gest that golf cart passengers must be at least four years old. "They're going to be at least big enough that the seat belt will hold them in there," Klipsch said. "Huntingburg didn't put that on theirs. Washington said two. I told Brian, I think if we were go- ing to put an age, we'd want no- body younger than four." "My concern is seeing some- one running around with a child in a carseat in one," Melhiser said. Council member Gary Leavitt subsequently asked Klipsch how the ordinance would define ex- actly what would be considered a golf cart. "Do these ordinances speci- fy just a golf cart used on a golf course, or do we have them with backseats on them? " Leavitt asked. "I'm not personally in fa- vor of the backseats at all." Klipsch noted that both Hunt- ingburg and Washington defined a golf cart as "a four-wheeled ve- hicle originally and specifically designed and intended to trans- port one or more individuals and golf clubs for the purpose of playing the game of golf on a golf course." "But, however, they both al- low backseats," Klipsch said. "So they basically don't enforce their own ordinance." Petersburg resident Billy Slaven subsequently asked if he could speak to the council. "I understand where Gary's coming from," Slaven said. "But I've went and got six ordinances. I've went to every city around us. And everybody's got a backseat, and the main thing of this thing is to make it a more friendly com- munity. " "To do that, if you don't have a rear seat, you can't haul your wife, so my little boy can sit up front," Slaven continued. "I don't want him on a backseat, and he's old enough to be on the back seat. But I don't want him there. So, to make it a friendly town where she can go with us, you about have to have a backseat." Melhiser said that he had nev- er seen a golf cart with a back- seat. "I guess I should play golf," he joked. "Well, no, you don't see these on the golf course," Klipsch said. Slaven said that golf carts with backseats were widely used in communities that allow them to be used on city streets. "They've all got backseats ... to make it a more friendly town, and haul your wife or your daughter or whoever, around to befriend people," Slaven said. "If you don't, there's no use to it." "I personally wouldn't haul my wife on the back of a golf cart," Leavitt said. 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