[Comp. Ords. 1995, § 21.371; Ord.
No. 122, 10-4-1993]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
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 Village to a place or destination within or
without the corporate limits of the Village or are transported from
an origin or a place outside the corporate limits of the Village to
a place or destination within the corporate limits of the Village.
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 Village to a place or destination other
than within the corporate limits of the Village.
[Comp. Ords. 1995, § 21.372; Ord.
No. 122, 10-4-1993]
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 Village.
A police officer or a duly authorized agent of the state department
of transportation or a county road commission, 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 Public Act No. 300 of 1949 (MCL 257.724),
the Michigan Vehicle Code.
[Comp. Ords. 1995, § 21.375; Ord.
No. 122, 10-4-1993]
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 Village.
