The provisions of this chapter are intended to regulate and in some cases prohibit use of city streets by commercial vehicles exceeding a certain gross weight, thereby ameliorating problems presently caused by such use relating to dust, noise, traffic congestion and inordinately high and excessive wear and tear on city streets not designed or constructed for such use.
(Prior code § 5-5.01)
A. 
Prohibitions. No person shall operate any commercial vehicle, as said term is defined in the California Vehicle Code, having a gross weight, including load, in excess of three tons on any street within the city other than those streets designated as commercial vehicle routes in subsection B of this section or excluded from this prohibition in subsection C of this section.
B. 
Designation of Commercial Vehicle Routes. The prohibition contained in subsection A of this section shall not apply to the following streets which are designated as commercial vehicle routes:
1. 
First Street;
2. 
Stanley Boulevard; or
3. 
Sunol Boulevard.
C. 
Exclusions. The following streets or highways are excluded from the prohibition contained in subsection A of this section:
1. 
Any state highway;
2. 
Any highway that is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the city; and
3. 
Any city street on which money from the state highway fund has been or is used for construction or maintenance.
D. 
When Prohibition Effective. The prohibition contained in subsection A of this section shall become effective when the streets enumerated in subsection B of this section are designated by appropriate signs as routes for commercial vehicles having a gross weight, including load, in excess of three tons.
(Prior code § 5-5.02)
A. 
This chapter shall not prohibit any 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 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. As used in this section, "direct route" means the specific haul route that has been designated by the city for any project or development and no other route shall be used. If a specific haul route has not been so designated, a "direct route," as used in this section, means the most feasible route from the closest unrestricted street consistent with the intent to limit the use of streets in the city by commercial vehicles. In selecting the most feasible route for local delivery, trucks shall use arterial streets (e.g., Foothill Road between I-580 and Stoneridge Drive, Stoneridge Drive, Hopyard Road, Santa Rita Road) and shall use the route which minimizes use of residential streets as defined in Section 515 of the Vehicle Code.
B. 
The prohibition contained in Section 11.48.020 shall not apply to the following types of vehicles:
1. 
Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;
2. 
Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction. installation, or repair of any public utility;
3. 
School buses while carrying students to and from school;
4. 
Pickup trucks;
5. 
Motor vehicles designed by the manufacturer for the transportation and collection of garbage, rubbish or refuse and which are used regularly for such collection and transportation by any person or any governmental entity engaged in the business of or in providing the service of collecting, transporting and disposing of garbage, rubbish or refuse.
(Prior code § 5-5.03; Ord. 1129 § 1, 1984; Ord. 1142 § 1, 1984)
The city engineer may issue a permit, either verbally or in writing, for the following:
A. 
Load or loads in excess of sizes and/or weights allowed for in the Vehicle Code if, in his or her judgment, the streets upon which such vehicle or vehicles is to be operated can safely withstand the loads, or if the applicant will guarantee to the city that all costs of repair to the streets or to public property of the city damaged by the movement of such load or loads will be paid in full;
B. 
Load or loads not in excess of the size and/or weights allowed for in the Vehicle Code desiring to use city streets other than the truck route established in subsection B of Section 11.48.020 for a specified period of time.
The permit fee is set forth in the resolution establishing fees and charges for various municipal services. In addition, the city traffic engineer may impose conditions on the permit necessary to protect the public health, welfare and safety and to insure that the damage to the city's streets is minimized. The city traffic engineer may also require the depositing of a bond in an amount established by the aforementioned fees and charges resolution.
(Prior code § 5-5.04)
It is the intent of this chapter to impose additional weight limitations on certain designated commercial routes established in Sections 11.48.010 through 11.48.040 of this chapter, which prohibit commercial vehicles in excess of three tons from the streets of Pleasanton except for the designated commercial routes. Sections 11.48.050 through 11.48.070 will prohibit heavier vehicles in excess of eight tons from the commercial routes. The authority for these sections is California Vehicle Code Section 35701.
(Prior code § 5-5.10)
A. 
Deliveries and Pickups. Sections 11.48.050 through 11.48.070 shall not prohibit any commercial vehicle from using this route when coming from an unrestricted street and using this route for 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 or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on a restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alterations, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained. As used in this section, a "direct route" means the most feasible route from the closest unregulated street, consistent with the intent to minimize vehicles of over sixteen thousand pounds using the commercial routes designated in Section 11.48.060 as well as restricted streets.
B. 
Certain Types of Vehicles. Vehicles of the type described in subsection B of Section 11.48.030 shall be exempt from the restriction imposed by Sections 11.48.050 through 11.48.070.
(Prior code § 5-5.12)
No person shall operate a combination of vehicles of a total width in excess of 96 inches upon any public street in the city, except as provided in Section 11.48.110.
(Prior code § 5-5.21; Ord. 1096 § 1, 1983)
No person shall operate a combination of vehicles of a total length in excess of 60 feet upon any public street in the city, except as provided in Section 11.48.110.
(Prior code § 5-5.22; Ord. 1096 § 1, 1983)
The city council may grant a special permit for vehicles in excess of the width and length limitations of Sections 11.48.080 through 11.48.120. In reviewing any application for a special permit, the city council may impose conditions to protect the public and will consider the following factors:
A. 
Length of city streets to be traversed and impacts upon maintenance costs;
B. 
Impacts upon land uses along the requested route and particularly the protection of areas of special importance such as parks, the downtown area and residential areas;
C. 
The traffic-carrying capacity of the suggested route and possible traffic congestion impacts;
D. 
Public safety including specifically hazards to pedestrian and bicycle users;
E. 
Alternative means and routes to accomplish the same purpose such as use of vehicles within the 60-foot length limitation.
(Prior code § 5-5.23; Ord. 1096 § 1, 1983)