2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 189 - Traffic regulations -- vehicle equipment and storage 189.283 Regulation of commercial parcel delivery made by means of low-speed vehicle, golf cart, or utility vehicle -- Administrative regulations.
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189.283
Regulation of commercial parcel delivery made by means of
low-speed vehicle, golf cart, or utility vehicle -- Administrative
regulations.
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As used in this section:
(a) "Commercial delivery personnel" means employees of a licensed
commercial delivery service;
(b) "Golf cart" has the same meaning as in KRS 189.286;
(c) "Local government" has the same meaning as in KRS 189.286;
(d) "Low-speed vehicle" has the same meaning as in KRS 186.010;
(e) "Residential area" means areas zoned primarily or exclusively for
single-family or multifamily residential use; and
(f) "Utility vehicle" means a vehicle designed and manufactured for general
maintenance, security, and landscaping purposes, but does not include
any vehicle designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or
property on a street or highway, a golf cart, or an all-terrain vehicle as
defined in KRS 189.010.
Commercial delivery personnel may operate low-speed vehicles, golf carts, or
utility vehicles solely for the purpose of delivering express envelopes and
packages if:
(a) The operator has a valid operator's license in his or her possession;
(b) The vehicles are solely operated in residential areas and on public
roadways with a posted speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour or
less;
(c) At any point after a required notice of intent to operate is provided to the
local government pursuant to subsection (8) of this section, the local
government having jurisdiction over the public roadways described in
paragraph (b) of this subsection has not enacted an ordinance prohibiting
commercial delivery personnel from operating on those roadways;
(d) The size of the combined length and girth packages does not exceed one
hundred thirty (130) inches and the weight of the packages does not
exceed one hundred fifty (150) pounds; and
(e) The vehicles are being operated between:
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Sunrise and sunset; or
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A time period specified by local ordinance under the provisions of
subsection (6) of this section.
Vehicles operating under subsection (2) of this section shall:
(a) Be titled in accordance with KRS Chapter 186A;
(b) Be registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a);
(c) Be insured in compliance with KRS 281.655;
(d) Meet the federal motor vehicle safety standards for low-speed vehicles
set forth in 49 C.F.R. sec. 571.500;
(e) Be marked in a conspicuous manner with the name of the delivery
service;
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Bear an identifying sticker or tag issued by the cabinet. The sticker or tag
shall carry a unique ID; and
(g) Comply with vehicle standards established by administrative regulations
promulgated under subsection (9) of this section.
Commercial delivery personnel may pull a trailer from vehicles operated under
this section if the trailer is registered in accordance with KRS 186.675(4).
Commercial delivery personnel operating a vehicle on a public roadway under
this section shall be subject to the traffic regulations in this chapter.
The governing body of a local government may, by local ordinance, regulate a
vehicle operating under this section on any public roadway under its jurisdiction
by specifying:
(a) Each roadway that is prohibited for use by vehicles operating under this
section; and
(b) The time period during which vehicles under this section may operate.
A local ordinance adopted under this section shall not assess fees or set forth
vehicle equipment requirements.
At least sixty (60) days prior to commencing the operation of low-speed
vehicles, golf carts, or utility vehicles under this section, a commercial delivery
service shall provide notice to a local government of its intent to operate on
roadways under the local government's jurisdiction. Notification under this
subsection shall not be required for local governments that have adopted an
ordinance under KRS 189.286.
The Transportation Cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to establish requirements and to set forth
standards for vehicles used by commercial delivery personnel operating under
this section, including but not limited to issuance of an identification sticker or
tag.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2017.
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