In Johns Creek’s ongoing efforts to create a multi-modal city, the city is amending the city’s traffic and vehicle ordinance by adding guidance for Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs). The new strategy will complement the city’s sidewalk policy by focusing on bicycling and PTVs, including golf carts.
The regulations allow for the operation of PTVs on public streets with speed limits 25 miles per hour or less. The suggested requirements for PTV equipment, age of PTV operators and minimum operation requirements all align with state law requirements.
In the city’s most recent decision, an opt-in provision for neighborhoods has been removed and the anticipated use of signage has been minimized to align with state law. In practice, rather than posting signage at the exit of each neighborhood, signage will only be posted on neighborhood streets that intersect with state routes (including Ga. 141/Medlock Bridge Road and Ga. 120/Abbotts Bridge Road).
To allow time for community awareness, for the police department to prepare to enforce the new regulations, and for the manufacture and installation of required signage, the proposed ordinance will not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2023.
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