(a)
"Commercial
vehicle", for the purposes of this article, shall mean a vehicle of
a type required to be registered under the Vehicle Code of the State
and used, maintained, or designed primarily for the transportation
of goods, services, or property.
Passenger vehicles which are not used for the transportation
of goods, services, and property and motor homes shall not be commercial
vehicles for the purposes of this article.
(§ 1, Ord. 2168 c.s., eff. January 21, 1976)
(a)
Basic
weight limit. Any commercial vehicle having an unladen weight as defined
in Section 660 of the California Vehicle Code of 6,000 pounds or more
or having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as defined
in Section 390 of the California Vehicle Code of 10,000 pounds or
more is hereby prohibited from using any street in the City, except
as otherwise provided by this article.
(b)
Special
weight limit. Any commercial vehicle having a fully laden weight of
20,000 pounds or more is hereby prohibited from using 190th Street/Anita
Street between Anza Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway.
(§ 1, Ord. 2168 c.s., eff. January 21, 1976, as amended by § 1, Ord.
2249 c.s., eff. August 23, 1978, §
1, Ord. 2534 c.s., eff. March 23, 1989, and § 2, Ord. 2555 c.s., eff. August
31, 1989)
Any commercial vehicle having an unladen weight as defined in
Section 660 of the California Vehicle Code of 6,000 pounds or more
or having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as defined
in Section 390 of the California Vehicle Code of 10,000 pounds or
more may use the following streets within the City limits:
(a)
Artesia
Boulevard within the City limits;
(b)
Aviation
Boulevard within the City limits;
(c)
Compton
Boulevard within the City limits;
(d)
Hawthorne
Boulevard within the City limits;
(e)
Inglewood
Avenue between Compton Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard;
(f)
Manhattan
Beach Boulevard within the City limits;
(g)
Pacific
Coast Highway within the City limits;
(h)
Redondo
Beach Boulevard within the City limits;
(i)
Torrance
Boulevard from the eastern boundary of the City to Pacific Coast Highway;
and
(j)
190th/Anita Streets from Hawthorne Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway, subject to the provisions of Section 3-7.902(b).
The City shall erect and maintain appropriate signs in the City
designating as truck routes those streets over which commercial vehicles
having an unladen weight as defined in Section 660 of the California
Vehicle Code of 6,000 pounds or more or having a manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight rating as defined in Section 390 of the California
Vehicle Code of 10,000 pounds or more may be driven.
(§ 1, Ord. 2168 c.s., eff. January 21, 1976, as amended by § 1, Ord.
2249 c.s., eff. August 23, 1978, §
1, Ord. 2534 c.s., eff. March 23, 1989, and § 2, Ord. 2555 c.s., eff. August
31, 1989)
The City Clerk shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting
out streets upon which traffic is permitted by commercial vehicles
having an unladen weight as defined in Section 660 of the California
Vehicle Code of 6,000 pounds or more or having a manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight rating as defined in Section 390 of the California
Vehicle Code of 10,000 pounds or more.
(§ 1, Ord. 2168 c.s., eff. January 21, 1976, as amended by § 1, Ord.
2249 c.s., eff. August 23, 1978, and §
1, Ord. 2534 c.s., eff. March 23, 1989)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, nothing
set forth in this article shall be deemed to prohibit any vehicle
from traveling on a restricted street if:
(a)
The
vehicle is designated specifically for the carriage of passengers
for the purpose of public convenience and operating as a public passenger
carrier under a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity issued under
the authority of the Public Utilities Code of the State or is subject
to Sections 1031 to 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code;
(b)
The
vehicle involved is coming from an unrestricted street having ingress
and egress, by direct route, to and from a restricted street when
necessary for the purpose of making pickups or 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 (Section
35703 of the Vehicle Code of the State);
(c)
The
vehicle is designated specifically for emergencies; and
(d)
The
vehicle is owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor and
while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair
of any public utility.
(§ 1, Ord. 2168 c.s., eff. January 21, 1976, as amended by § 1, Ord.
2534 c.s., eff. March 23, 1989)
