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:
Deviating truck
means a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city.
Truck
means any and all truck tractors, van trailers, semi-trailers, house trailers and/or any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, whose body weight or whose rated or licensed combined body and load weight exceeds 17,000 pounds (8-1/2 tons).
Truck route
means a way over certain streets, as designated herein, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city must operate.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-251; 1991 Code, sec. 17-331; 2007 Code, sec. 44-49)
All trucks within the city shall be operated only over and along the truck routes herein established and on the other designated streets over which travel is permitted.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-252; 1991 Code, sec. 17-332; 2007 Code, sec. 44-50)
The provisions of this article shall not prohibit:
(1) 
Operation to destination.
The operation of 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.
(2) 
Emergency vehicles.
The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the city.
(3) 
Public utilities and work on street.
The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city, public utilities or any contractor or material man, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the city.
(4) 
Detoured trucks.
The operation of trucks upon any officially established detour in any case where such truck could lawfully be operated upon the street for which such detour is established.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-253; 1991 Code, sec. 17-333; 2007 Code, sec. 44-51)
All trucks entering the city for a destination point in the city shall proceed only over one of the streets designated for truck traffic, and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street upon which such traffic is permitted, nearest to the destination point. Upon leaving the destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-254; 1991 Code, sec. 17-334; 2007 Code, sec. 44-52)
All trucks entering the city for multiple destination points shall proceed only over one of the streets designated for truck traffic, and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street upon which such traffic is permitted, 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 and only upon streets upon which such traffic is permitted. Upon leaving the last destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-255; 1991 Code, sec. 17-335; 2007 Code, sec. 44-53)
The city secretary 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 city secretary and shall be available to the public.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-258; 1991 Code, sec. 17-338; 2007 Code, sec. 44-56)
The chief of police shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which truck traffic is prohibited to be clearly signposted to give notice of the provisions of this article.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-259; 1991 Code, sec. 17-339; 2007 Code, sec. 44-57)
No person shall be charged with violating the provisions of this article by reason of operating a truck upon a street wherein truck travel is prohibited unless appropriate signs are posted on such street.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-260; 1991 Code, sec. 17-340; 2007 Code, sec. 44-58)
The chief of police and city policemen shall have the authority to require the 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 public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether this article has been complied with, and such person’s failure or refusal to proceed as required shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
(1973 Code, sec. 30-261; 1991 Code, sec. 17-341; 2007 Code, sec. 44-59)
(a) 
Definitions.
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:
Authorized emergency trucks
shall mean fire department trucks, police trucks, public ambulances for which permits have been issued by the state board of health, emergency trucks of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the governing body of an incorporated city, private trucks operated by volunteer firemen or certified emergency medical volunteers while answering a fire alarm or responding to a medical emergency, and trucks owned by the state or by a political subdivision engaged in emergency utility repair or electric, water, or wastewater services.
Light truck
shall mean any truck with a manufacturer’s rated carrying capacity of two thousand (2,000) pounds or less, including trucks commonly known as pickup trucks, panel delivery trucks, and carryall trucks.
Proof of route
shall mean a written verification of pick-ups, deliveries, or destinations, which 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.
Truck
shall mean any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, including “truck tractors,” “road tractors,” “trailers,” “semi-trailers,” “pole trailers,” and “special mobile equipment” as those terms are defined in Texas Transportation Code Annotated, section 541.201.
Terms not defined herein shall be construed in accordance with customary usage.
(b) 
Through truck traffic.
(1) 
Regulation.
A person commits an offense if the person operates a truck upon a public street designated as a no through truck street.
(2) 
Affirmative defenses.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if:
(A) 
The truck was an authorized emergency truck;
(B) 
The truck was a bus or light truck; or
(C) 
The truck:
(i) 
Was being driven to seek service or repairs at a facility that engages in the business or repairs of commercial motor vehicles or the truck was being driven to or from home or to fulfill a local commercial obligation to a buyer or seller at a given destination, evidenced by a bill or sale or invoice; and
(ii) 
The public street was the only route to such destination.
(c) 
Through truck traffic is prohibited on the following streets:
Street
Extent or Limits
Derrick Drive
1st Street to Treble Drive
Humble Place Drive
1st Street to Wilson Road
Rotary Drive
Wilson Road to Derrick Drive
Rough Neck Drive
Rotary Drive to Humble Place Drive
Shallow Drive
Humble Place Drive to Treble Drive
Treble Drive
Wilson Road to Derrick Drive
Brenda Lane
Memorial Glen Drive to Nancy Lane
Nancy Lane
Brenda Lane to Glen Hollow Drive
Memorial Glen Drive
Brenda Lane to Glen Hollow Drive
Glen Hollow Drive
Nancy Lane to South Terminus
Amy Lane
Windswept Drive to Laura Lane
Laura Lane
Windswept Drive to Amy Lane
Thomas Lane
Glen Hollow Drive to East Terminus
Sandra Lane
Windswept Drive to East Terminus
Lollipop Lane
Windswept Drive to East Terminus
Michael Drive
Windswept Drive to Wilson Road
Windswept Drive
McDugald Road to Michael Drive
(Ordinance 21-898 adopted 4/22/21)