This article shall hereafter be known and may be cited as the
Pittsfield Charter Township "Truck Route Ordinance."
The following words and terms are defined for the purpose of
their use in this article. Any word or term not defined herein shall
be defined according to common or standard usage, or as otherwise
defined by statute or law.
COMMERCIAL TRUCK
Any self-propelled or towed vehicle designed or used on public
highways to transport goods, wares, merchandise, or other property
having either a gross vehicle weight rating or an actual gross weight,
or a gross combination weight rating or an actual gross combination
weight, of 10,001 pounds or more. Commercial trucks shall not include
vehicles carrying or designated to carry passengers, all governmentally
owned or leased vehicles, public utility vehicles, motor homes or
recreational vehicles, or vehicles used exclusively to transport personal
possessions or family members for nonbusiness purposes.
IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY
Every truck and every kind of farm equipment, apparatus and/or
machinery which is used for agricultural purposes by the owner thereof
or his family, employees or contractors in the conduct of agricultural
operations.
PERSON
Includes an agency, company, organization, firm, association,
partnership, joint venture, corporation, trust or entity of any type
or combination thereof as well as a natural person.
The Township shall post or have posted appropriate signage consistent
with the requirements of Section 726 of the Michigan Vehicle Code,
MCL 257.726, to prohibit commercial truck traffic on certain highways
and streets in the Township, and/or to designate what highways and
streets may be used for commercial truck routes. Any person who operates
a commercial truck on streets and highways within the Township that
are not listed herein, or operates a commercial truck in violation
of posted "no trucks allowed" signs shall be subject to the penalties
provided herein.
The following roads in the Township, to the exclusion of all
other roads, are hereby designated as commercial truck routes. No
person shall operate or drive a commercial truck upon a street or
highway within the limits of Pittsfield Charter Township, except those
streets as listed below:
Name of Street
|
Location
|
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Airport Boulevard
|
Entire length
|
Airport Drive
|
Entire length
|
Avis Drive
|
Entire length
|
Bemis Road
|
Entire length
|
Carpenter Road
|
Entire length
|
Clark Road
|
Entire length
|
Concourse Drive
|
Entire length
|
Data Court
|
Entire length
|
Ellsworth Road
|
Entire length
|
Fairfield Court
|
Entire length
|
Golfside Road
|
Between Clark Road and Packard Road
|
Highland Drive
|
Entire length
|
Hines Drive
|
Entire length
|
Hogback Road
|
Entire length
|
I-94
|
Entire length
|
Interfirst Drive
|
Entire length
|
Lavender Lane
|
Entire length
|
Lohr Circle
|
Entire length
|
Lohr Road
|
Entire length
|
Maple Road
|
Entire length
|
McDowell Place
|
Entire length
|
Michigan Avenue
|
Entire length
|
Moon Road
|
Entire length
|
Morgan Road
|
Paved portions
|
Munger Road
|
Between Michigan Avenue and Textile Road
|
North Airport Boulevard
|
Entire length
|
Oak Valley Drive
|
Entire length
|
Old State Road
|
Entire length
|
Packard Road
|
Entire length
|
Platt Road
|
Entire length
|
Plaza Drive
|
Entire length
|
Runway Boulevard
|
Entire length
|
State Circle
|
Entire length
|
State Road
|
Entire length
|
Stone School Road
|
Entire length
|
Technology Drive
|
Entire length
|
Textile Road
|
Paved portions
|
US-23
|
Entire length
|
Varsity Drive
|
Entire length
|
Venture Drive
|
Entire length
|
Washtenaw Avenue
|
Entire length
|
Waters Road
|
Entire length
|
Whitmore Boulevard
|
Entire length
|
The following activities shall be exempt from the provisions
of this article:
A. Fire trucks or other emergency vehicles, or vehicles on emergency
business involved in the saving of lives or property;
B. Implements of husbandry moved on a road as part of an agricultural
operation;
C. Road repair, construction or maintenance vehicles while involved
in the repair, construction or maintenance of roads; public and private
utilities, cable television, and telecommunication trucks while involved
in the installation and/or maintenance of their systems.
D. Trash/garbage service vehicles while involved in the provision of
services to residents and businesses within the Township.
The following activities shall be exceptions from the provisions
of this article:
A. The operation of commercial vehicles or trucks involved in the routine
local pickup, delivery, or service where the destination is on a designated
no-truck road, but only so long as such operation is limited to the
most direct route to and from a designated truck route as provided
for in this article.
B. Operation of a commercial truck or vehicle while leaving from or
returning to a customary storage location in the Township, so long
as such operation is limited to the most direct route to and from
a designated truck route as provided for in this article.
C. Operation of a commercial truck or vehicle at the request of a public
official pursuant to or in accordance with an emergency so declared
by public official or public act.
A person who violates any of the provisions of this article
shall be responsible for a civil infraction and, upon a conviction
thereof, shall be assessed a civil fine of not less than $250 and
not more than $500, plus costs, damages, expenses, and other sanctions
allowed by law. Failure to comply with posted no-truck route or other
truck route signage is also a traffic control device violation under
Section 611 of the Michigan Vehicle Code, MCL 257.611.
The provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or subsection is declared
void or inoperable for any reason by any court, it shall not affect
any other part or portion hereof other than the part declared void
or inoperable.