It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a through
truck upon any street or highway within the city that has not been
designated as a truck route. For purposes of this provision, the following
are designated as the truck routes:
(Ordinance 95-58, sec. 1, adopted 10/24/95; 1957 Code, sec. 18-51; Ordinance 2017-30, sec. 1, adopted 6/27/17; Ordinance 2017-42, sec. 1, adopted 9/26/17; Ordinance 2018-28, secs. 2–3, adopted 7/24/18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a through
truck transporting hazardous materials, as defined by US-DOT, on any
street or highway within the city that has not been designated as
a hazardous cargo route. For purposes of this provision, the following
are designated as hazardous cargo routes:
(Ordinance 95-58, sec. 1, adopted 10/24/95; 1957 Code, sec. 18-52.1)
(a)
Any
person operating any of the aforesaid vehicles upon any street or
highway which is not designated a truck or hazardous cargo route as
provided for hereinabove shall have in his possession for the inspection
of police officers his log book or evidence of his destination and
point of origin to justify the presence of said vehicle on a street
or highway other than a designated truck or hazardous cargo route.
Failure to have such log book or evidence in his possession shall
not be an offense, but shall create a presumption that such person
is unlawfully operating one of the aforesaid vehicles upon a street
or roadway which is not designated a truck route.
(b)
The
driving of a truck upon a street or highway not designated as a hazardous
cargo or truck route in any of the following situations shall not
constitute a violation:
(1)
The pickup or delivery of merchandise at a location not situated
on the designated truck route, provided the truck leaves and returns
to the designated truck route by the most direct route available.
(2)
Traveling to or from a service or repair shop, provided the truck
leaves and returns to the designated truck route by the most direct
route available.
(3)
For local trucks, traveling to or from a place where a truck can
be legally parked or stored while not in use, provided the truck leaves
and returns to the designated truck route by the most direct route
available.
(4)
A truck shall not be required to enter or exit directly onto the
designated truck route if such entry or exit would be unsafe from
a traffic safety standpoint as determined and as so designated by
the director of public works for the city.
(5)
Authorized emergency vehicles (as defined by article 6701d, Vernon’s
Texas Civil Statutes), school buses, church buses, and municipal and
utility service trucks.
(Ordinance 95-58, sec. 1, adopted 10/24/95; 1957 Code, sec. 18-53; Ordinance 2017-42, sec. 2, adopted 9/26/17)
Appropriate signs and markings shall be erected and maintained
advising the operators of trucks of the designated streets and highways
which constitute the truck route and the hazardous cargo route.
(Ordinance 95-58, sec. 1, adopted 10/24/95; 1957 Code, sec. 18-54; Ordinance 2017-42, sec. 3, adopted 9/26/17)
