[R.O. 1996 § 382.010; Code 1985,
§§ 76.740, 91.010; CC 1990 § 14-496]
No vehicle or combination of vehicles
shall be moved or operated on any highway, street or alley in the
City having a greater weight than that described under Section 304.180,
RSMo., provided that the Governing Body and State Highways and Transportation
Commission or their legal agents for their respective jurisdictions,
whenever by thawing or frost, rains, or soft conditions due to construction,
reconstruction and maintenance, adverse critical weather conditions,
or other causes detrimental to the surface or physical condition of
such highways, streets and alleys in the City are hereby authorized
to limit the weights described under this Section to such an amount
and in such manner as will preserve their economical use by the general
public.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.020; Code 1985,
§ 76.745; CC 1990 § 14-497]
When posted or marked it shall be
unlawful to transport any gross load in excess of the posted notice,
and, in addition to conviction and punishment, the registered owner
of any such vehicle shall be held liable in any court of competent
jurisdiction for destructive damage to the surface and physical conditions
pertaining.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.030; Code 1985,
§ 76.750; CC 1990 § 14-498; Ord.
No. 573 § 1, 1-11-1988; Ord. No. 602, 6-27-1988; Ord. No. 610 § 1, 8-8-1988; Ord. No. 978 § 1, 8-28-1995; Ord. No. 1335, 8-28-2000; Ord. No. 2338 § 1, 8-25-2014; Ord. No. 2407, 1-23-2023]
When signs are erected giving notice
thereof, no person shall operate a commercial vehicle with a gross
weight over five (5) tons upon a City street or alleyway or parts
thereof, except that such vehicles may make local deliveries upon
such streets. Construction vehicles working in areas serviced only
by such streets shall enter and leave the area of such streets by
the shortest and most direct routes to other streets servicing such
limited load streets. Restrictions set forth herein apply to the following
streets and appropriate signs shall be posted:
Barr Road, from R.D. Mize Road to
US Highway 40
Broadway Street, Valley Drive to
Main Street
Canon Street, Young Street to Main
Street
EE Kirby Road, US Highway 40 to Eagles
Parkway
Golfview Drive, R.D. Mize Road west
to Tyer Road
Harris Street, Young Street to Main
Street
Nelson Drive, Buckner Tarsney Road
to Cross Creek Drive
Tyer Road, R.D. Mize Road north to
I-70
Tyer Road from Jefferson Street to
the north City limits of the City of Grain Valley
Valley Woods Court, R.D. Mize to
Barr Road
Walnut Street, E.E. Kirby Road to
Main Street
West Front Street, E.E. Kirby Road
to Main Street
West Yennie Street, E.E. Kirby Road
to Main Street
Woodbury Drive, Duncan Road to Buckner
Tarsney Road (BB Highway)
[R.O. 1996 § 382.040; Code 1985,
§ 91.020; CC 1990 § 14-499]
No vehicle or combination of vehicles
having a greater width, height or length than that prescribed under
Section 304.170, RSMo., shall be moved or operated on any highway,
street or alley in the City having a greater weight than that prescribed
under Section 304.180, RSMo., as amended, which Sections are incorporated
by reference herein as though fully set forth.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.050; Code 1985,
§ 91.030; CC 1990 § 14-500]
No truck shall be operated on any
street with a gross weight in excess of the weight for which such
truck has been duly licensed by the State.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.060; Code 1985,
§ 91.040; CC 1990 § 14-501]
Upon the request of any Police Officer,
the operator of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle with its load,
if any, to be weighed on the spot by the use of loadometers or other
weighing device; or if such Police Officer shall so request, shall
forthwith convey such vehicle and load, if any, to the nearest City
scale or public scale to be designated by such Police Officer, for
the purpose of establishing the weight and load of such vehicle; and
if the weight thus established is in excess of the maximum weights
herein limited, such excess load shall be unloaded before such vehicle
may proceed.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.070; Code 1985,
§ 91.060; CC 1990 § 14-502]
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Chapter, the Chief of Police or Public Works Superintendent may, at
his/her discretion, issue a special permit for the carrying of single,
individual loads in excess of the weights herein limited. Such permit
shall prescribe the route and time of movement and traffic safety
requirements as approved by such Chief of Police or Street Commissioner,
as well as precautions to be taken in carrying of such load; and the
beneficiary thereof shall be liable to the City in civil suit for
the cost of repair to public streets or other public places injured
or damaged by anything done under such permit or in violation thereof.
Such Chief of Police or Public Works Superintendent may, at his/her
discretion, require the applicant for such permit to furnish a bond
to the City, conditioned so as to secure to the City the payment of
any such costs of repair. Such permit shall be for no more than one
(1) load or train of loads, and shall be carried in the vehicle and
upon request be shown to any Police Officer of the City.
B. The Chief of Police or Public Works Superintendent
may, at his/her discretion, issue a special permit for loads that
exceed the maximum for width, length, or height. This permit shall
prescribe the route and time of movement, as well as any traffic safety
precautions to be taken in moving such load. The beneficiary thereof
shall be liable to the City in civil suit for any damage to public
streets or other public places resulting from movements made under
this permit. Such special permit must be carried in the vehicle and
upon request be shown to any Police Officer. A violation of the terms
of permits issued by the Chief of Police or Public Works Superintendent,
as provided in this Section, shall be deemed and considered to be
violation of this Chapter and punishable as provided herein.
[R.O. 1996 § 382.080; Code 1985,
§ 91.070; CC 1990 § 14-503]
Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to punishment as provided in Section
100.110 of this Code.