HCC §24-176
Definitions for Golf Cart Rules
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section defines key terms used in the golf cart rules. It explains what a golf cart, golf cart crossing, golf course maintenance vehicle, and public thoroughfare mean. These definitions help clarify which vehicles and areas the rules cover.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Definitions
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
As used in this division: (1) “Golf cart” means a vehicle designed or used primarily for the transporting of persons and golfing equipment upon a golf course. (2) “Golf cart crossing” means that part of the route of the golf cart pathway which intersects the public thoroughfare. (3) “Golf course maintenance vehicle” means a vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural and lawn maintenance purposes, not subject to registration if used upon the public thoroughfare, which is used or operated for the maintenance of a golf course. (4) “Public thoroughfare” means any public street, highway, sidewalk, bridge, alley, road, square, or land owned or maintained by County.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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