This chapter is enacted pursuant to the California
Vehicle Code,
Division 15, Chapter 5, Article 4, Sections 35700 through 35721, inclusive.
(Ord. 211 § 1, 1979)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no vehicle, having
a combined gross weight in excess of twenty-five thousand pounds shall
be operated or parked along and upon any city street within the city
that is designated a restricted street by a formal resolution of the
city council and posted at the entry thereof with one or more signs
installed by the city and reading as follows: "Commercial Vehicles
Over 25,000 Pounds Prohibited."
(Ord. 211 § 2, 1979)
The following classes of vehicles shall be excepted from the provisions of Section
10.40.020:
A. Commercial
vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress
by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for
the purpose of providing a direct service requiring the utilization
of such vehicles or making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares,
and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the
restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be
used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or
construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street
for which a building permit has previously been obtained;
B. Any
vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily
in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility;
C. Vehicles
as may be reasonably necessary:
1. For
the purpose of transporting farm or ranch supplies, produce, or animals
to and from ranches or farms situated along a street otherwise forbidden
to be used by such vehicle, and
2. For
the purpose of transporting a trailer and/or boat to and from locations
along a street otherwise forbidden to be used by such vehicles.
(Ord. 211 § 3(1)—(3),
1979)
The superintendent of streets may issue exemption permits with
appropriate conditions, including time limits, for vehicles not otherwise
exempt upon a showing by the applicant of the need for the exemption.
The superintendent of streets shall determine that the issuance of
such permit is reasonably necessary for the preservation of the health,
safety, and welfare of residents of the city and does not adversely
affect others by such use. Street and road conditions in the area
involved shall be a factor to consider. Commercial vehicle owners
or operators residing in the city on or before the effective date
of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be eligible for such
permit for one commercial vehicle, but shall not be entitled to such
permit unless the granting of such permit will not result in damage
to city streets or cause a pedestrian or traffic hazard or adversely
affect adjacent properties. A fee shall be charged for all applications
for an exemption permit, as shall be established by resolution of
the city council.
(Ord. 211 § 3(4), 1979)
This chapter shall not apply to the following streets:
A. Any street that is not posted as indicated in Section
10.40.020;
B. Any
highway that is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the city of
Loma Linda.
(Ord. 211 § 4, 1979)
This chapter shall not be effective with respect to any city street until appropriate signs have been erected by the city at the entryways to such street indicating the vehicle weight limitation in the form set forth in Section
10.40.020.
(Ord. 211 § 5, 1979)