Money. That’s all. It’s time for CDD9 to get rid of that commissioner.

I don't know what you're driving, but I've never seen a "top heavy" golf cart. Every golf cart I've ever seen has a plastic roof (might weight 5 pounds) but the engine/motor & batteries plus drive axle, which are the bulk of the cart's weight, are under and behind the seat. That's why you never see a golf cart tipped upside down. It might be on it's side but not completely overturned.

You got that right, once the can of worms is open who knows what would be next? Annual safety and emissions inspections, excise tax, GPS monitoring and taxes per mile driven? People enjoy golf carts because they are NOT cars, keep it that way.

Money,money,money is the answer Just another way to tag another fee for something

You answered your own question. It's for money. But, it is because people are damaging gates (yes on golf carts) and parking on the grass in Sawgrass Grove. The latter cost $35,000 in landscaping to try to correct carts parking on the grass. Registration would pay for some of that. In fact, I've been warning the people in the Southern Oaks area that registration might happen if they don't stop parking on the grass.

Be careful. They implemented this on Galveston Island, Texas. You pay an annual fee to the city (currently $25) for a sticker that must be placed on your cart. For some reason they wont mail it and you have to pick it up in person at a city office. The kicker is it also requires an annual cart inspection, which varies in price but is generally around $100, but more if they come to you. It also requires certain safety features depending on where the cart is operated (seat belts, reflectors, slow moving vehicle sign, etc.). Just another hassle and shadow tax.

I remember when we could register our bicycles too! I think it was just a $1 registration fee - they'd write our name, address, and phone number down in a ledger, and get a sticker to put just under the handlebar. Each sticker was numbered.

It was intended as a theft deterrent. Bike thieves would steal bikes that weren't registered first, because it's less work they have to do, to ensure that they don't get caught. No sticker to remove (and they didn't just peel off, you had to scrape them off, which could damage the frame, which makes it harder to sell for parts).

We got our stickers every summer at the playground, it was a service offered by the parks and rec department of the town.

I don't think a registration plate would even be necessary. Just a chip under the steering column or under the front end of the cart above the driver's side tire. That chip could even be made to open the gates - no card needed. But it would also record that -that- vehicle just went through -that- gate. So if your vehicle was stolen and driven away somewhere, the police would be able to track it better.

Again - a deterrent - not a true prevention. But still, I'd pay $10 for that every year, especially if I had a newer model golf cart that someone might actually want to steal.

Registration, insurance, and require people to have a motorcycle license to drive one. They're just as dangerous as mopeds.

Nope
 

That was a post by someone in CDD 7, not someone in CDD 9.

There seems to be an increase in the number of cart-cart hit and runs. If a cart is taken in for suspicious damage registration may help the enforcement process. Rental carts registered as well as personally owned. I’d pay a modest price if it helped victims recover some of the costs of repair/medical expenses. And it would certainly be fun to look at the bad parking photos and identify the transgressors…might even improve the situation.

I think Don Wiley is correct, this is a nothing burger.

And let’s put stickers on pedestrians too. You know for the one who walk on the wrong side or walk at night in dark clothes, or walk 3 and 4 side by side.

TOTALLY AGREE! People need to think things through before making suggestions that just wastes everybodies time and money!

This has played before. Careful what you wish for.

While you're at it, let's register all the idiots here too.
Yeah, there is a small problem with some golf carts. But that isn't a reason to cause all owners to pay for registration. It would be an annoyance and inconvenience for most of us.
Maybe it's better just to leave well enough alone.