WILDWOOD, FL (352today.com) – It sometimes seems that some local municipalities’ rules for where golf carts can be driven boil down to “oh, anywhere you’re going somewhere too far from the house to walk, but not far enough to have to get in the car.”
That’s not true, of course–all towns and cities that allow golf carts as a means of transportation (off the golf course) have ordinances in place dictating where residents can drive them. The state does to, in point of fact. But sometimes new traffic patterns, changing demographics and emerging community needs necessitate addendums, amendments and exceptions to those ordinances. And sometimes those little changes add up to an unclear policy that’s out of step with the original intent, or even state law.
That’s why the Wildwood City Commission adopted a new ordinance “stipulating where golf carts and low-speed vehicles can be operated legally on city streets” at their meeting on Monday, July 13, 2026…