[Adopted 4-18-1995 by Ord. No. 101]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any delivery truck, common carrier, tractor trailer, van,
tow truck, or dump truck which is used or employed by its operator
or owner as a vehicle by which products, goods, commodities, or raw
materials are transported either from an origin or place within the
corporate limits of the City and the Township of New Buffalo to a
place or destination within or without the corporate limits of the
City and the Township of New Buffalo or are transported from an origin
or a place outside the corporate limits of the City and the Township
of New Buffalo to a place or destination within the corporate limits
of the City and the Township of New Buffalo.
Any individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
Any delivery truck, common carrier, tractor trailer, van,
tow truck, or dump truck which is used or employed by its operator
or owner as a vehicle by which products, goods, commodities, or raw
materials are transported from an origin or place other than within
the corporate limits of the City or the Township of New Buffalo to
a place or destination other than within the corporate limits of the
City or the Township of New Buffalo.
A.
Through truck traffic is expressly prohibited upon any street within
the corporate limits of the City.
B.
Local truck traffic is specifically restricted to the following streets
within the corporate limits of the City:
1.
Whittaker Street from south City limits.
2.
Marquette Drive from east City limits.
3.
Detroit Street from the west City limits.
4.
Madison Street from west City limits.
5.
Jefferson Street from east City limits.
6.
Clay Street from east City limits.
7.
Bell Avenue from east City limits.
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Local truck traffic is prohibited upon any street within the
corporate limits of the City, except as listed above.
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The provisions of this article are not intended to restrict
in any manner emergency use of streets by through or local truck traffic
other than those listed in this article, nor are they intended to
restrict casual use by retail or wholesale establishments or moving
companies when use of a street by a truck is necessitated for pickups
and deliveries to a location in the City.
A police officer or a duly authorized agent of the Department
of State Highways and Transportation or a County Road Commissioner
having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is
unlawful may require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of
the vehicle all as provided in Section 724, Chapter VI of Act 300
of 1949, as amended, of the Michigan Vehicle Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 257.724.
Any person who violates a prohibition or limitation established
pursuant to this article is responsible for a civil infraction as
that term is defined in the Michigan Vehicle Code and as further defined
in the Uniform Traffic Code for Cities, Townships, and Villages, which
traffic code has heretofore been adopted by reference as the traffic
code for the City.
