The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall for the purpose hereof have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:
Gross weight per axle.
Gross weight per axle shall be determined by taking the total weight of the truck or vehicle as defined herein and its then-present contents and dividing such weight by the number of axles of such truck or vehicle. For example, if a truck and its contents should weigh a total of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, and such truck had two (2) axles, then the gross weight per axle would be six thousand (6,000) pounds. Should a truck tractor and trailer combination (a vehicle hereunder) and its contents weigh a total of thirty thousand (30,000) pounds, and such vehicle had five (5) axles, then the gross weight per axle would be six thousand (6,000) pounds.
Local commercial vehicle.
A truck or other vehicle, including a truck tractor and trailer combination, which shall be considered hereunder as a vehicle, which is self-propelled and designed or used primarily for the transportation of property and which including its then present contents has a gross weight in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds per axle of said vehicle, and as to which, as to the trip then engaged upon, either its origin or its destination is within the city.
Place of business.
A place of business of the commercial or business establishments using such truck or vehicle in its business, and same shall not be construed to include a place that is primarily used for residential purposes.
Through commercial vehicle.
A truck or other vehicle, including a truck tractor and trailer combination, which shall be considered hereunder as a vehicle, which is self-propelled and designed or used primarily for the transportation of property and which including its then present contents has a gross weight in excess of five thousand (5,000) pounds per axle of said vehicle, and as to which, as to the trip then engaged upon, both its origin and destination are outside the city.
Truck route.
A street, road or highway designated by the city council upon which it shall be lawful for a through commercial vehicle and a local commercial vehicle to travel.
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(a))
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(d))
(a) 
Through commercial vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a through commercial vehicle upon any street or alley within the limits of the city, except that such through commercial vehicle may travel or be operated upon any street, road or highway designated as a truck route.
(b) 
Local commercial vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a local commercial vehicle upon any street or alley within the limits of the city, except that such local commercial vehicle may travel or be operated upon any street, road or highway designated as a truck route; provided further, however, a local commercial vehicle may travel or be operated upon any street or alley within the city not designated as a truck route for the purpose of delivering or picking up goods, wares, materials or merchandise within the city or leaving or returning to its place of business within the city. When a local commercial vehicle enters a non-truck route street or alley as herein permitted, such vehicle shall enter same at the point nearest the place of pickup or delivery or its place of business and travel to or return to a truck route by the nearest feasible route. When more than one (1) pickup or delivery is required, same may be made and the vehicle shall not be required to return to a truck route after each pickup or delivery and shall return to a truck route after all pickups or deliveries.
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(b)(1), (2))
The following streets, roads and highways, within the city, are hereby designated truck routes by name and portion thereof as follows:
(1) 
State Highway 71 (Travis Street);
(2) 
U.S. Highway 77 (Jefferson Street).
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(b)(3))
The city engineer shall mark or cause to be marked the truck routes established herein by the erection of suitable signs.
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(b)(4))
All officers of the city in investigating a possible violation of this article shall have the right to require that such truck or vehicle involved in such investigation be driven or taken to an appropriate scale for the purpose of weighing such truck or vehicle, and the operation of same on any street in the city for such purpose shall not be a violation of this article.
(1987 Code, sec. 22-297(c))