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Streator moves closer to approving golf cart, low-speed vehicles on city streets · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter moves closer to approving golf cart low speed vehicles
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  on city streets. Written by Bill Frescos. This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  The Streeter City Council spent part of Wednesday Nights Committee
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  of the Whole Meeting continuing work on a potential ordinance
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  that would allow golf carts and other low speed vehicles
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  on certain city streets. The proposal has been discussed for
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  months now, as the city works through questions involving enforcement, insurance,
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  insurance requirements, and which roads the vehicles should be allowed
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  to use. Since those early discussions, several changes were made
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  to try and simplify the ordinance as much as possible
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  before putting it to a vote. Under the latest draft
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  discussed on Wednesday, golf carts, recreational off highway vehicles, and
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  low speed vehicles would be permitted on streets with posted
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  speed limits of thirty five miles per hour or lower.
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  The ordinance would not allow the vehicles on routes eighteen
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  or twenty three. According to city documents. Owners would be
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  required to have annual permits through the city, carry liability insurance,
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  and have their vehicles inspected by approved mechanics. Required equipment
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  would include headlights, brake lights, turn signals, and seat belts
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  for each passengers. Registration stickers for approved vehicles have already
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  been ordered and letters have been sent to local mechanics
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  interested in performing vehicle inspections. Also, the proposed permit fee
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  would be one hundred and fifty dollars for city residents
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  and two hundred dollars for non residents. No action was
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  taken Wednesday night, but the topic is expected be officially
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  voted on at the next council meeting seven pm on Wednesday,
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  June seventeenth, at City Hall. If eventually approved, the ordinance
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  is expected to take effect July first, to give sits
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  these staff sometime to organize the permit system.