The following words, terms and phrases when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Commercial motor vehicle
means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles designed or used primarily to transport property, excluding a passenger bus, passenger automobile, motorcycle, panel delivery truck or pickup truck.
Motor vehicle
means every vehicle that is self-propelled.
Semi-trailer
means every vehicle of the trailer type so designated or used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Trailer
means a vehicle that is designed or used to carry a load wholly on its own structure; and is drawn or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle.
Truck
means a commercial truck, semi-trailer, trailer, truck-tractor, cement mixer, or any combination thereof.
Truck-tractor
means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing another vehicle; and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load to be drawn.
Vehicle
means a device in or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway, including motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles, trucks, truck-tractors, cement mixers, trailers, and semi-trailers, other than a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
(Ordinance 242 adopted 3/4/15)
(a) 
Except as provided by the exemptions contained herein, no person shall operate a truck, truck tractor, semi-trailer, or any combination thereof upon any municipal street designated as a no through truck street within the corporate city limits of the city.
(b) 
Through truck traffic shall be prohibited on the following streets:
(1) 
Falcon Head and Falcon Head West Subdivision:
(A) 
Falconhead Boulevard from RR 620 to Spillman Ranch Loop.
(B) 
Spillman Ranch Loop.
(C) 
Harrier Marsh Drive from Spillman Ranch Loop to Vail Divide.
(D) 
Vail Divide from the dead end to State Hwy 71.
(2) 
Ladera Subdivision:
(A) 
Ladera Ranch Boulevard from RR 620 to Tordera Drive.
(B) 
Tordera Drive from Bee Cave Parkway to Ladera Ranch Boulevard.
(C) 
Tambre Bend from Tordera Drive to Ladera Ranch Boulevard.
(Ordinance 242 adopted 3/4/15)
The following provisions of this section shall not apply to truck or vehicle:
(1) 
To a vehicle traveling on a street designated as a no through truck street, to or from a location which is for the purpose of loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise within the corporate limits of the city if the operator of such vehicle has in his immediate possession evidence of the local destination and point of origin. Evidence of the local destination may include a log book, delivery slip, shipping order, bill or any other document which identifies and specifies the date, address, and name of the person requesting or directing the pick up or delivery and the destination of the pick up or delivery.
(2) 
To emergency vehicles operating in response to an emergency call.
(3) 
To vehicles operated by a public or private utility in an assigned area for the purpose of inspecting the facilities of such utility or providing maintenance service to such facilities.
(4) 
To vehicles operated for a public service, for example, school bus, garbage pickup, street repair, and water service.
(5) 
To empty vehicles that are legally parked at a driver or owner’s residence.
(Ordinance 242 adopted 3/4/15)
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity violating any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding $200.00. Each day, or any part thereof, during which a violation of this article occurs shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions imposed under this article shall not preclude the city from filing suit to enjoin the violation. The city retains all legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local, state, and federal law.
(Ordinance 242 adopted 3/4/15)