The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this
article:
Alley
means any street having no regular or official name other
than “alley” of twenty (20) feet or less in width.
Commercial vehicle
means every vehicle which is self-propelled and designated,
maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property and
has a gross vehicular weight of seven thousand five hundred (7,500)
pounds or more, and every trailer with a gross vehicular weight of
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) pounds or more.
Driver or operator
means every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle or assumes control of a vehicle.
Local commercial vehicle
means any commercial vehicle whose origin and/or destination
is within or without the city and any locally operated commercial
vehicle.
Street or highway
means the entire width between the boundary lines of every
way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of
the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Truck route
means a street, road, or highway designated by the city council
upon which it shall be lawful for all through commercial vehicles
and local commercial vehicles to travel.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 7A; 2001
Code, sec. 12.501)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a through commercial
vehicle upon any street, boulevard, avenue, or alley within the limits
of the city, except that such commercial vehicle may travel or be
operated upon any street, boulevard, or avenue designated as a U.S.
or state highway, or as a truck route.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 7B; 2001
Code, sec. 12.502)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any local commercial
vehicle upon any street, boulevard, avenue, or alley within the limits
of the city, except on a designated U.S. or state highway or a designated
truck route. A local commercial vehicle may leave any designated U.S.
or state highway or a designated truck route and travel on any street,
boulevard, avenue, or alley within the city for the purpose of delivering
or picking up goods, wares, materials, and/or merchandise, or returning
to its established place of business or home. When a local commercial
vehicle enters a street, boulevard, avenue, or alley as herein permitted,
such vehicle shall enter such street, boulevard, avenue, or alley
at the intersection nearest the point of pickup or delivery or its
established place of business or home and return to the truck route
by the nearest route. Where more than one (1) pickup or delivery is
required, additional pickups or deliveries may be made, and the vehicle
shall not be required to return to the truck route after each individual
pickup or delivery but shall return to the truck route upon the completion
of all pickups or deliveries.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 7C; 2001
Code, sec. 12.503)
Every U.S. and state highway within the limits of the city is
hereby designated as a truck route under the terms of this article,
and the following streets, roads, and highways are hereby designated
truck routes by name as follows:
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 7D; 2001
Code, sec. 12.504)