No driver of a motor vehicle shall overtake and attempt to pass another motor vehicle in a school zone as defined in this chapter.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall turn so as to proceed in the opposite direction in a business district or at any place where prohibited by sign; provided that in a business district the same shall be permitted at a place where the highway contains four (4) or more marked traffic lanes, a median, protected turn lane and no traffic-control signal.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley or private driveway, within the Central Business District shall proceed straight ahead or make a righthand turn, and any vehicle entering such alley or private driveway shall do so by making a righthand turn, except in case of one-way streets when a lefthand turn is required by the one-way regulation. For the purposes of this section, the Central Business District shall constitute all property zones CA under the terms of the zoning ordinance.
The following streets and alleys or portions thereof herein described are hereby designated as one-way streets and alleys for movement of traffic only in the indicated direction during the time specified:
(1) 
Streets.
Street
Extent
Direction of Traffic Movement
Time Applicable
Austin Street
North Garland Avenue to N. Thirteenth Street
East
All
E. Avenue B
Bankhead Street to S. First Street
West
All
W. Avenue B
S. First Street to S. Garland Avenue
West
All
E. Avenue D
S. First Street to State Highway 66
East
All
W. Avenue D
S. Garland Avenue to S. First Street
East
All
Forest Lane
Bryan Drive to Marion Drive
West
All
Forest Lane, South
Marion Drive to S. Garland Avenue
East
All
E. Garland Avenue
E. Avenue D to E. Avenue B
West
All
W. State Street
North Garland Avenue to N. Thirteenth Street
East
All
(2) 
Alleys.
Street
Extent
Direction of Traffic Movement
Time Applicable
Embree Addition
W. State Street to Main Street
South
All
Between W. Main Street and W. Avenue A
Twelfth Street to 260 feet west of Twelfth Street
East
All
(Ordinance 4406, secs. 1, 2, adopted 3/13/90; Ordinance 4688, sec. 1, adopted 7/9/93)
(A) 
Definitions.
In this section:
(1) 
Commercial vehicle
means a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or passenger car, that is used by a business for the transportation of private personal property, including any motor vehicle used for delivery purposes.
(2) 
Designated truck route
means a route established in subsection (D) as a truck route, including United States and state highways.
(B) 
Off-route violations.
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a commercial vehicle upon any street within the city that is not a designated truck route.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a diesel-powered tractor or truck-tractor combination on any predominantly residential street between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
(C) 
Affirmative defenses.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for the offense in subsection (B)(1) that the commercial vehicle was being operated on the street on a direct route:
(1) 
From the nearest designated truck route to a delivery location; or
(2) 
From a delivery location to the nearest designated truck route.
(D) 
Truck routes established.
Every United States and state highway within the limits of the city is hereby designated as a truck route under the terms of this section, and the following streets are further hereby designated as truck routes by name as follows:
W. Avenue B, from S. First Street to Forest Lane.
W. Avenue D, from S. First Street to S. Garland Avenue.
Belt Line Road, from the west city limits to W. Buckingham Road.
Broadway Boulevard, from S. First Street to the south city limits.
E. Buckingham Road, from First Street to Lavon Drive.
Centerville Road, from Firewheel Parkway to E. Miller Road.
E. Centerville Road, from E. Miller Road to S. First Street.
W. Centerville Road, from S. First to IH-635.
Country Club Road, from State Highway 66 to Pleasant Valley Road.
N. First Street, from W. Buckingham Road to Main Street.
S. First Street, from Main Street to Broadway Boulevard.
Firewheel Parkway, from President George Bush Turnpike frontage roads to the east city limits.
Forest Lane, from S. Garland Avenue to the west city limits.
N. Garland Avenue, from Main Street to State Highway 190.
S. Garland Avenue, from Main Street to the south city limits.
S. Jupiter Road, from Forest Lane to the south city limits.
E. Kingsley Road, from S. First Street to Broadway Boulevard.
W. Kingsley Road, from west city limits to S. First Street.
Lavon Drive, from N. First Street to the north city limits.
E. Miller Road, from E. Centerville Road to the east city limits.
W. Miller Road, from S. Shiloh Road to the west city limits.
Northwest Highway, from IH-635 to W. Centerville Road.
N. Plano Road, from north city limits to Upland Way.
S. Plano Road, from Upland Way to the south city limits.
Pleasant Valley Road, from Country Club Road to the north city limits.
President George Bush Turnpike frontage roads from Firewheel Parkway to Lavon Drive.
S. Shiloh Road, from IH-635 to Forest Lane.
State Highway 66, from S. First Street to the east city limits.
E. Walnut Street, from Country Club Road to N. First Street.
(E) 
The Director shall mark the truck routes established herein by the erection of appropriate signs.
(Ordinance 6326, sec. 1, adopted 7/7/09; Ordinance 7089 adopted 9/17/19)
(A) 
The following designated streets and highways, or segments thereof, shall be the only ones within the City on which a person, firm or corporation may move a mobile home and/or a component part thereof, which in combination with the towing vehicle, is in excess of the legal length or width, provided by law, to wit:
West Miller Road from its place of intersection with the City’s western City limits line to its intersection with Jupiter Road;
Forest Lane from its place of intersection with the City’s western City limits line to its intersection with Jupiter Road;
Jupiter Road from its place of intersection with the City’s southern City limits line to its intersection with Buckingham Road;
Buckingham Road from its intersection with Jupiter Road to its intersection with State Highway No. 78;
State Highway No. 78 from its place of intersection with the City’s northern City limits line to its intersection with Castle Drive;
Castle Drive from its intersection with State Highway No. 78 to Rowlett Creek or the City’s eastern City limits line whichever is more easterly;
State Highway No. 66 from its intersection with Centerville Road to Rowlett Creek or the City’s eastern City limits line whichever is more easterly;
Centerville Road from its intersection with Castle Drive to its place of intersection with the City’s southern City limits line near its location parallel to and south of East Miller Road, thence where said Centerville Road re-enters said City’s City limits line, if the same be different, on the northeast to its, the said Centerville Road’s intersection with the Dallas City limits on the southwest. For the purposes of this division only, the term, or terms, “Centerville Road” shall be construed to mean “Centerville Road” and/or “East Centerville Road,” and/or “West Centerville Road,” or any combination thereof as applicable;
Broadway Boulevard from its intersection with Centerville Road to its intersection with Long Branch Creek or the northern City limits line of Sunnyvale whichever shall be more southerly. “Centerville Road” for the purposes of this division only shall mean “Centerville Road” and/or “East Centerville Road,” and/or “West Centerville Road,” or any combination thereof. “Broadway Boulevard” shall mean “Broadway Boulevard” and/or “Belt Line Road;”
Interstate Highway No. 635 from its point of intersection with the western City limits line of the City to its place of intersection with the southern City limits line of the City, all of the descriptions in this division lying and being situated in the City between West Kingsley Road, Northwest Highway, Jupiter Road and Shiloh Road, all of the same being public streets and highways, either Garland, where said City limits line lies near and in said City or the City of Dallas, or in both said cities;
Interstate Highway No. 635 from its point of intersection with the western City limits line of the City, where said City limits line lies near and northeast of the intersection of Shiloh Road and Northwest Highway or Groves Road or both said Northwest Highway or Groves Road, said intersection lying in the City, the City of Dallas, or both said cities, to said Interstate Highway No. 635’s intersection with the City limits of the City of Mesquite where the same lies near Long Branch Creek; and
Interstate Highway No. 30 where the same enters the City limits of the City on the west, southwest approximately 3,000 feet west, southwest of Long Branch Creek to its intersection with a 10 foot strip annexed to the City, being in Lake Ray Hubbard Reservoir, or its intersection with the northeast shore line of Lake Ray Hubbard or its intersection with the eastern City limits line of the City, whichever of the same lies more easterly or northeasterly.
For the purposes of the laws of the state relating to traffic regulations, including, but not limited to, title 116, public school grounds shall be designated as highways.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle in any City park except on the pavement and, if no pavement exists, on the main traveled portion of the roadway.
For the purpose of this chapter only, commercial vehicle shall mean any vehicle (other than a motorcycle) used for transportation of property for trade or business purposes.
No person shall, while driving and operating a motor vehicle upon the public streets and highways, allow such vehicle to strike or collide with the rear portion of another vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked in a lawful manner.
Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal is prohibited from turning right at the following locations, to wit:
Location
Approaches
Broadway Boulevard, E. Centerville Road, E. Kingsley Road
North (Broadway)
W. Campbell Road, Big Springs Elementary Driveway
East (Campbell)
S. Garland Avenue, S. Shiloh Road, McCree Road
North (Shiloh)
Lavon Drive, Bankhead Street, N. First Street
North (First)
W. Carolyn Drive and S. First Street
West (Carolyn)
(Ordinance 4806, secs. 1, 2, adopted 9/20/94; Ordinance 5526, sec. 1, adopted 1/9/01; Ordinance 7470 adopted 10/10/2023)
No person shall operate a motorcycle, a motor-driven cycle, or a motor-assisted bicycle on the public streets or highways unless a minimum of two (2) wheels remain in contact with the ground at all times.
(A) 
Definitions.
The following definitions apply to this section:
(1) 
Axle load
shall mean the load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose center may be included between two (2) parallel transverse vehicle planes, forty (40) inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle.
(2) 
Hazardous waste
means solid waste identified or listed as a hazardous waste by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(3) 
Solid waste
shall mean garbage, rubbish, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material.
(4) 
Tandem axle group
shall mean two (2) or more axles spaced forty (40) inches or more apart from center to center, having at least one (1) common point of suspension.
(B) 
Maximum permissible weights of vehicles.
A person commits an offense if he operates a commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer or semi-trailer, or combination of such vehicles, on public roads other than state highways, having a weight in excess of one or more of the following limitations:
(1) 
No such vehicle or combination of vehicles may have a greater weight than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds carried on any one axle, including all enforcement tolerances; or with a tandem axle weight in excess of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds, including all enforcement tolerances; or with an overall gross weight on a group of two (2) or more consecutive axles produced by application of the following formula:
W  =  500  x  
LN
+  12N  +  36
N-1
Where W = overall gross weight on any group of two (2) or more consecutive axles to the nearest five hundred (500) pounds, L = distance in feet between the extreme of any group of two (2) or more consecutive axles, and N = number of axles in group under consideration, except that two (2) consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds each providing the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets tandem axles is thirty-six (36) or more; provided, that such overall gross weight may not exceed eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, including all enforcement tolerances.
(2) 
No such vehicle nor combination of vehicles shall have a greater weight than six hundred fifty (650) pounds per inch width of tire upon any wheel concentrated upon the surface of the highway; and no wheel shall carry a load in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds; nor any axle a load in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds; and
(3) 
No such vehicle or combination of vehicles may have a weight exceeding the manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight capacity or axle design rating.
(C) 
Defenses.
It is a defense to prosecution under (B)(1) or (B)(2) of this section that:
(1) 
The person was operating the vehicle exclusively to transport solid waste (except hazardous waste as defined in this section) and the said vehicle had a tandem axle gross load less than forty-four thousand (44,000) pounds, a single axle gross load less than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, and a gross load for the vehicle less than sixty-four thousand (64,000) pounds, provided that where the vehicle was operated with a tandem axle gross load in excess of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds, the owner (except if the owner is a municipality) of such vehicle shall first have filed with the City, a surety bond in the principal sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each vehicle; said bond conditioned on the owner of such vehicle paying to the City, within the limits of such bond, all damages done to public streets by reason of the operation of such vehicle with a tandem axle gross load in excess of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds; such bonds being subject to the approval of the Street Department of the City;
(2) 
The person was using the vehicle exclusively to transport solid waste (except hazardous waste as defined in this section) for a governmental entity, and the said vehicle, being a three-axle vehicle, had a tandem axle gross load less than forty-four thousand (44,000) pounds, a single axle gross load less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) pounds, and a gross load for the vehicle less than sixty-four thousand (64,000) pounds;
(3) 
The person was using the vehicle exclusively to transport solid waste (except hazardous waste as defined in this section) for a governmental entity, and the said vehicle, being a two-axle vehicle, had a single axle gross load less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) pounds, and a gross load for the vehicle less than forty-five thousand (45,000) pounds;
(4) 
The person was using the vehicle exclusively to transport milk, and the distance between the front wheel of the forward tandem axle and the rear wheel of the rear tandem axle, measured longitudinally, was at least twenty-eight (28) feet, and the maximum load carried on any group of axles did not exceed sixty-eight thousand (68,000) pounds;
(5) 
The person was using the vehicle exclusively to transport ready-mixed concrete and the said vehicle has a tandem axle load less than forty-four thousand (44,000) pounds, a single axle load less than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, and a gross load less than sixty-four thousand (64,000) pounds, provided that where the vehicle was operated with a tandem axle load in excess of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds, the owner of such vehicle shall first have filed with the City a surety bond in the principal sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each vehicle, said bond conditioned on the owner of such vehicle paying to the City, within the limit of such bond, all damages done to the public streets and highways by reason of the operation of such vehicle with a tandem axle load in excess of thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds; such bond being subject to the approval of the Street Department of the City;
(6) 
The person was operating the vehicle or vehicles exclusively to move a structure pursuant to a valid permit;
(7) 
The person was operating a vehicle owned by a public, private, or volunteer Fire Department;
(8) 
The person was operating or causing to be operated a vehicle under a valid and subsisting permit for the operation of overweight or oversize equipment, for the transportation of such commodities as cannot be reasonably dismantled, issued by the state highway department under the provision of article 6701a of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as said article now exists or might from time to time be amended; or
(9) 
The person was operating or causing to be operated a vehicle under a valid permit for the operation of overweight or oversize equipment, for the transportation of such commodities as cannot be reasonably dismantled, issued by the Street Department of the City.
(D) 
Weighing loaded vehicles by police officers.
(1) 
Any police officer of the City having reason to believe that the gross weight or axle load of a loaded vehicle is unlawful, is authorized to weigh the same by means of portable or stationary scales furnished or approved by the City, or cause the same to be weighed by any public weigher, and to require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest available scales for the purpose of weighing. In the event the gross weight of such vehicle be found to exceed the maximum gross weight authorized by ordinance, plus a tolerance allowance of five (5) percent of the gross weight, such police officer shall demand and require the operator or owner of such vehicle to unload such portion of the load as may be necessary to decrease the gross weight of such vehicle to the maximum authorized weight plus such tolerance allowance. Such operator or owner shall forthwith unload such vehicle to the extent necessary to reduce the gross weight thereof to such lawful maximum weight and such vehicle shall not be operated further over the public streets of the City until the gross weight of such vehicle has been reduced to a weight not in excess of the maximum limit plus such tolerance allowance.
(2) 
In the event the axle load of any such vehicle be found to exceed the maximum authorized by ordinance, plus a tolerance allowance of five (5) percent of the axle load authorized, such officer shall demand and require the operator or owner thereof to rearrange his cargo, if possible, to bring such vehicle load within the maximum axle load authorized, and if this cannot be done by rearrangement of said cargo, then such portion of the load as may be necessary to decrease the axle load to the maximum authorized plus such tolerance allowance shall be unloaded before such vehicle may be operated further over the public streets of the City.
(3) 
It is further provided that in the event unloading is required, the police officer of the City is authorized to require the vehicle to be moved to a safe location for the purpose of parking and/or unloading.
(Ordinance 4248, sec. 1, adopted 10/4/88)