[Adopted 2-25-2015 by Ord. No. 317 as Ch. 34, Art. III, of the 2015 Pittsfield Charter Township Code; amended in its entirety 6-14-2017 by Ord. No. 327]
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.
GROSS COMBINATION WEIGHT (or GCW)
The combined weight of a combination of vehicles and any load on those vehicles.
GROSS WEIGHT, GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (or GVW)
The combined weight of a motor vehicle and any load on that vehicle.
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
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.