Before considering amendments to the town’s existing golf cart policy, North Judson Officials are waiting to see how Starke County’s new UTV ordinance fares in the summer season.
Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe explained that there have been multiple inquiries made about the town’s golf cart policy and whether officials would be willing to add UTVs to the kinds of vehicles that would be permitted in town. Continue reading
The Starke County Commissioners held a public hearing Monday night on the proposed UTV Ordinance.
The county’s ordinance authorizes and regulates the use of Recreational Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs or side-by-sides) and Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on certain county roads.
The Starke County Commissioners will meet tonight where a public hearing is set for the UTV Ordinance. The county’s ordinance authorizes and regulates the use of Recreational Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs or side-by-sides) and Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on certain county roads. A copy of the ordinance is available in the Starke County Auditor’s office in the Starke County Annex Building No. 1 on 53 E. Mound Street in Knox.
The Starke County Commissioners passed the UTV ordinance on second reading.
County Attorney Marty Lucas clarified the wording of “county highway” in the ordinance. He said the wording is a little aged, but it means county road and does not reflect any permission on the state highways to operate UTVs. Highways such as U.S. 35, U.S. 30, State Road 8, State Road 10, State Road 39 and U.S. 421 that run through Starke County are the jurisdiction of the state or federal highway system.
