[Added 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 632]
The purpose of these rules and regulations is to serve the best interest of the public health, safety and general welfare by prohibiting vehicles over a designated weight from traveling upon certain streets in the Village of Warrensburg and preventing vehicles of extraordinary weight and size from contributing to the rapid destruction of surface streets typical to residential areas.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning given in this section. When not consistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural. "Shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
DEVIATING TRUCK
A truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling in the Village.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
TRUCK
Any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight or whose rated capacity exceeds 10,000 pounds.
TRUCK ROUTE
A way over certain streets, as designated in this article, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the Village must operate.
VILLAGE
The Village of Warrensburg.
All trucks whose weight is above 16,000 pounds within the Village shall be operated only over and along the truck route established in this article and on the other designated streets over which truck travel is permitted.
This article shall not prohibit:
A. 
Operation on street of destination. The operation of any trucks upon any street where necessary to the conduct of business at a destination point, provided streets upon which such traffic is permitted are used until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point.
B. 
Emergency vehicles. The operation of any emergency vehicles upon any street in the Village.
C. 
Public utilities. The operation of trucks owned or operated by the Village, public utilities, any contractor or materialman while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the Village.
D. 
Detoured trucks. The operation of trucks upon any officially established detour in any case where such truck could lawfully be operated on the streets for which such detour was established.
E. 
The operation of trucks by person authorized by the Village to collect, remove or dispose of garbage.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
The following routes are designated as truck routes in the Village:
Beginning at Intersection of
Limits
East Main Street and State Highway 121
West on East Main Street to South Lincoln Street; south on South Lincoln Street to grain elevators
East Main Street and State Highway 121
West on East Main Street to North Main Street
County Road 20 (North Street) and State Highway 121
West on County Road 20 (North Street) to North Main Street; south on North Main Street to East Main Street
South Roosevelt at the Village limits
North on South Roosevelt to East Warren Street; west on East Warren Street to North Main Street and East Main Street
West Street at the Village limits
North on West Street to County Road 20 (North Street); east on County Road 20 (North Street) to State Highway 121 to East Main Street
A. 
One inside destination point. All trucks entering the Village for a destination point in the Village shall proceed only over an established truck route and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the destination point. Upon leaving the destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
B. 
Multiple inside destination points. All trucks entering the Village for multiple destination points shall proceed only on established truck routes and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the first destination point. Upon leaving the first destination point, a deviating truck shall proceed to other destination points by the shortest direction. Upon leaving the last destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
A. 
Outside destination point. All trucks on a trip originating in the Village and traveling in the Village for a destination outside the Village shall proceed by the shortest direction over streets on which such traffic is permitted to a truck route as established in this article.
B. 
Inside destination points. All trucks on a trip originating in the Village and traveling in the Village for destination points in the Village shall proceed as provided in § 705-104.
The Village Administrative Clerk shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting out truck routes and streets upon which truck traffic is permitted. The maps shall be kept on file in the office of the Village Administrative Clerk and shall be available to the public.
The Director of Public Works or his designee shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which truck traffic is prohibited to be clearly sign posted to give notice that this article is in effect. Signs would read: "Vehicle over eight tons GVW or Reg. Wt. used designated truck route only", "not a designated truck route" and "Truck Route" (with arrow pointing way).
Any duly authorized police officer of the Village, having probable cause to believe that a vehicle is violating this article, shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any commercial vehicle, not proceeding over a truck route or street over which truck traffic is permitted, to proceed to any private or public scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining there has been compliance with this article.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
A violation of this article shall be a traffic infraction, punishable by fine(s) in accordance with § 705-13.