WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- One week after passing an ordinance allowing golf carts on some city streets, the Wichita City Council has voted to delay its final vote until it hears what citizens want. This comes after some people accused the council of a lack of transparency and trying to push through the nation's most restrictive golf cart ordinance. City Council transparency questioned "There's a transparency issue in that this ordinance was never brought to anyone on a district advisory board," Wichita citizen Stephanie Pittman told the council Tuesday. "It was brought during the middle of winter. It was rammed through ... There was absolutely nothing that let anybody know this was coming." The council members said there was no intent to keep people from commenting, but they understood her point. "We all work really hard to build or rebuild trust with the community, and this is just kind of an accidental black eye that we're going to have to try to clean up," District 6 Councilmember Maggie Ballard said. "I had no idea this would be this controversial," District 5 Councilmember J.V. Johnston said. "I thought making golf carts legal when they're illegal now would be a good thing." "We could have done a lot better job communicating," District 3 Councilmember Mike Hoheisel said. "Not every ordinance that comes before this body goes before district advisory boards to get feedback, but we're always trying to actively engage citizens in this process," District 4 Councilmember Dalton Glasscock said. Thousands of Kansas veteran passwords expiring in 10 days Golf cart ordinance criticism Kansas law bans golf carts on city roads unless a city ordinance allows them. Johnston began working on the ordinance last year after learning that someone kept calling the police to ticket neighbors who ride golf carts in the street, which Johnston thought was a waste of police time. He said the ordinance was crafted after reviewing ordinances in other cities. The city's legal department, police, and parks and recreation leaders gave input. The ordinance would allow golf carts on streets with a speed limit of 30 mph or less. They would be prohibited on arterial roads, highways, and the city's core area. Golf carts would need safety equipment such as a "Slow-Moving Vehicle" emblem, tail lamps and seat belts, and drivers would have to be at least 18 and have a driver's license. Wichita’s Riverfront Stadium gets a new name Pittman said she allows her licensed children to drive a golf cart to the neighborhood pool. She said golfers in her neighborhood must cross an arterial street to get to the golf course. She called the city's proposed ordinance draconian. "I believe the golf cart ordinance that's being proposed .... it is, as it's written, the most restrictive regulation on golf cart usage in the United States," Pittman said. Council members pointed out that driving golf carts on city roads remains illegal if there is no ordinance. "If a police officer saw you driving your golf cart in your own neighborhood, you would have been ticketed for that," Hoheisel said. "It's not our intention to really crack down. It's more opening up to a point." Two months for feedback On Tuesday, Johnston moved to defer the ordinance until an evening city council meeting on March 18. He said that would allow time for council members to get feedback from their district advisory boards. Glasscock agreed with many of Pittman's concerns about the ordinance, but he opposed deferring it. "If you pull it today, driving a golf cart is still illegal," he said. Pittman said there aren't many golf carts on the road in the middle of winter. "We have some time to do this the right way, to follow the process, to go get public commentary, and to be able to amend the ordinance so we don't have to try to revisit it," she said. District 2 Councilmember Becky Tuttle suggested the council could also hold a workshop to learn more about golf cart ordinances and options. "If ever there was a topic that warranted some robust discussion, this would be it based on the feedback that I'm getting," she said. The council voted 6-1 to defer the ordinance to March 18. Glasscock voted against it.