At the Nov 3 regular city meeting, City Commissioners set in motion the process of changing its ordinance to allow for the rental of golf carts within the City of Apalachicola.
The commission heard from Lisa Hooker for a second time regarding her plans to open and operate a Golf Cart Rental business at the service station that formerly housed Pendleton’s CITGO located at 53 Market Street.
Hooker first presented her plans for the rental business to the commission at their Oct 6, 2009, meeting. However, before she can proceed, the city council must first go through the process of changing its ordinance to allow for the rentals.
Currently City Ordinance No. 2005-01, which governs the operation of golf carts in the city, prohibits the rental of such.
Adopted on February 8, 2005, the ordinance reads in part. “There shall be no operation of Golf Carts in the City of Apalachicola on the various streets rights of way, alleys, or property of the City that are rented or provided for persons for or in connection with commercial or business purposes who are not the owners of the golf carts being operated”.
The commission instructed Hooker to go back to the Franklin County Community Traffic Safety Team (FCCTST) for an endorsement while city staff schedules and advertise for a series of two public hearings to address the ordinance change.
Hooker attended the most recent FCCTST meeting prior to the city’s Nov 3 meeting, but failed to obtain an endorsement from the committee whose primary duty is to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes within the community.
The commission heard from Lisa Hooker for a second time regarding her plans to open and operate a Golf Cart Rental business at the service station that formerly housed Pendleton’s CITGO located at 53 Market Street.
Hooker first presented her plans for the rental business to the commission at their Oct 6, 2009, meeting. However, before she can proceed, the city council must first go through the process of changing its ordinance to allow for the rentals.
Currently City Ordinance No. 2005-01, which governs the operation of golf carts in the city, prohibits the rental of such.
Adopted on February 8, 2005, the ordinance reads in part. “There shall be no operation of Golf Carts in the City of Apalachicola on the various streets rights of way, alleys, or property of the City that are rented or provided for persons for or in connection with commercial or business purposes who are not the owners of the golf carts being operated”.
The commission instructed Hooker to go back to the Franklin County Community Traffic Safety Team (FCCTST) for an endorsement while city staff schedules and advertise for a series of two public hearings to address the ordinance change.
Hooker attended the most recent FCCTST meeting prior to the city’s Nov 3 meeting, but failed to obtain an endorsement from the committee whose primary duty is to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes within the community.
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