Commercial delivery route.
Those streets or highways or portions of streets or highways
designated by ordinance. Such ordinances are not included in this
section, but they are specifically saved from repeal and are on file
in the city secretary’s office.
Local delivery.
A delivery which has as its termination point (point of physical
delivery) a location or address which is within the city limits.
Local pickup.
A pickup which has as its point of physical receipt a location
or address which is within the city limits.
Truck route.
Those streets or highways or portions of streets or highways
designated by ordinance. Such ordinances are not included in this
section, but they are specifically saved from repeal and are on file
in the city secretary’s office.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(a); Ordinance
adopting Code)
It shall be an offense for a person to operate a truck tractor,
semitrailer, pole trailer, short-bed dump truck, bobtail truck, or
vehicle used for delivery of concrete or cement upon a street or highway
within the city, not being a truck route or a commercial delivery
route, when:
(1) Not engaged in a local delivery or pickup; and
(2) The street or highway is not the most direct route between the truck
route or a commercial delivery route and the local delivery or pickup.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(b))
It is not a violation of this article for a truck tractor, semitrailer,
pole trailer, short-bed dump truck, bobtail truck, or vehicle used
for delivery of concrete or cement to use a city street if it is the
most direct route between the operator’s point of origin and
the nearest truck route.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(c))
A person operating a semitrailer, pole trailer, short-bed dump
truck, bobtail truck, or vehicle used for delivery of concrete or
cement upon a street or roadway which is not designated a truck route
by this article shall have in his or her possession for the inspection
of police officers his or her log book, delivery slips or other evidence
of his or her destination and point of origin to justify the presence
of the vehicle on a street or roadway other than a designated truck
route.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(d))
The director of public works shall erect appropriate signs and
markings advising motorists of the truck routes established by this
article.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(e))
When a street or roadway designated as a truck route is under
repair or otherwise temporarily out of use, the director of public
works is authorized to designate alternate truck routes.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(f))
Any person violating any portion or provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by the assessment of a fine as provided for in section
1.01.009, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(g))
Any vehicle owned or controlled by the United States government,
state, county, or city is excluded from compliance with this article.
(1990 Code, sec. 10.1300(h))