{"id":237186,"date":"2026-07-07T02:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237186\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:49:06","slug":"city-council-passes-1st-reading-of-u-t-v-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237186\/","title":{"rendered":"CITY COUNCIL PASSES 1ST READING OF U-T-V ORDINANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CITY-HALL-1-e1696444464636.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CITY-HALL-1-e1696444464636-640x483.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"CITY HALL 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE FIRST OF THREE REQUIRED READINGS TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR U-T-V\u2019S IN SIOUX CITY MONDAY, BUT THERE\u2019S A LOT THAT REMAINS TO BE DECIDED BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE.<\/p>\n<p>THE OPERATION OF OFF-ROAD UTILITY VEHICLES ON STREETS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED ONLY IN ALLEYS AND ON ONE- OR TWO-LANE STREETS AND THE DRIVERS MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD.<\/p>\n<p>IOWA LAW PROHIBITS THEIR USE ON FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES.<\/p>\n<p>POLICE CHIEF REX MUELLER WAS ASKED BY THE COUNCIL HOW HIS OFFICERS WILL ENFORCE THOSE RULES:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV4.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV4.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UTV4 OC\u2026\u2026. WITHIN COMPLIANCE. :26<\/p>\n<p>COUNCILMAN RICK BERTRAND WANTS STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF WHATEVER THE FINAL VERSION OF THE CITY CODE ENDS UP AS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV5.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV5.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UTV5 OC\u2026\u2026.MAKE SENSE. :14<\/p>\n<p>CHIEF MUELLER SAYS HIS OFFICERS WILL ENFORCE CITY AND STATE REGULATIONS, BUT NOT EVERY INCIDENT WILL WARRANT A MAXIMUM FINE OR CITATION:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV6.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV6.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UTV6 OC\u2026\u2026SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. :19<\/p>\n<p>BERTRAND IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT AN INCREASE IN ALL TERRAIN 4 WHEELED VEHICLE USE, WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED.<\/p>\n<p>CHIEF MUELLER SAYS THE CITY WILL HAVE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF A NEW ORDINANCE PASSES WHAT THE RULES TO RIDE ARE:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV7.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kscj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UTV7.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UTV7 OC\u2026..TALKING ABOUT UTV\u2019S. :22<\/p>\n<p>THE CITY ATTORNEY\u2019S OFFICE WILL DRAW UP A REVISED ORDINANCE BASED ON MONDAY\u2019S DISCUSSION AND BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND ROUND CONSIDERATION IN TWO WEEKS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE FIRST OF THREE REQUIRED READINGS TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR U-T-V\u2019S IN SIOUX CITY&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-237186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}