[Ord. No. 2165, Enacted, 2-17-1998; Ord. No. 2231, Amended, 3-21-2000; Ord. No. 2727, Amended, 11-1-2016]
1. 
Definition of Motor Truck. "Motor Truck" means a motor vehicle that is primarily designed or used for carrying loads other than passengers and has a gross weight in excess of 8,000 pounds.
2. 
Truck Operation on Designated Routes. Except as provided in Section (3), no person shall operate any motor truck upon any street within the City except of a state highway or county road unless designated as a truck route under Section (4). A state highway or county road within the City limits may be designated as a truck route or restricted upon written approval of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) or the Board of County Commissioners of the affected County.
3. 
Exemptions.
a. 
Motor trucks may be operated on streets not designated as truck routes under subsections (4) or (5) of this section as follows.
i. 
Emergency vehicles may be operated off a truck route.
ii. 
Utility vehicles may be operated off a truck route when responding to an emergency or when installing, repairing or maintaining a public utility on or accessed by a street not designated as a truck route.
iii. 
Motor trucks may operate off a truck route when picking up or discharging goods at any business establishment or residence in the City accessed from a non-designated street.
iv. 
Motor trucks may operate off a truck route when delivering fuel, services and repairs at any business establishment or residence in the City accessed from a non-designated street.
v. 
Motor trucks may operate off a truck route to service construction sites accessed from a non-designated street.
vi. 
Garbage and recycling collection motor trucks may operate off a truck route when providing services to premises accessed from a non-designated street.
vii. 
Motor trucks may operate off a truck route when re-routed by the City or pursuant to the City’s approval as a result of an emergency situation, construction on or along a truck route, or other circumstance requiring a detour.
viii. 
Motor trucks may be operated off a truck route in the following circumstances:
A. 
The motor truck is owned by a resident of property not accessible by a truck route; and
B. 
The motor truck is stored on the property in a garage or area screened from view of the public street or right-of-way.
b. 
Except in an emergency as described in subsections 3(a)(i) and (ii) of this section or when directed to use a specific route as described in subsection 3(a)(viii) of this section, a motor truck lawfully operating off a truck route pursuant to subsection 3(a) of this section shall use the most direct route to and from the closest designated truck route.
4. 
Truck Routes. The following streets are hereby designated as truck routes:
a. 
Streets classified as freeways, major arterials and minor arterials in the Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan (Connected Communities chapter).
b. 
Streets or portions of streets classified as major collectors, neighborhood collectors or local streets in the Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan (Connected Communities chapter) when located within a commercial or industrial zone as designated on the Lake Oswego Zoning Map.
5. 
Adding or Removal of Truck Routes. After the effective date of this ordinance, the City Council may by council order add a street to or remove a street from the list of designated truck routes in the following manner:
a. 
The City Council shall first hold a public hearing on the proposed addition or closure of a truck route. Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The second publication of the notice shall occur not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing. In addition, notice of the hearing shall be mailed at least 15 days in advance of the hearing to the Chair of any neighborhood association in which the road or portion of the road proposed for designation or removal is located. The notice shall state the date, time and place of the public hearing and contain a concise statement of the proposed action, including a descriptions of the road and streets affected.
b. 
The Council shall only designate or remove a truck route based upon one or more of the following findings:
i. 
Doing so is necessary or convenient to providing vehicular access. In making a determination under this section, the Council shall balance the need for motor truck access, including a consideration of the availability of reasonable alternative routes, against negative impacts on the properties surrounding the proposed route.
ii. 
Prohibiting or permitting motor truck access is necessary to protect the public infrastructure on the subject route or on alternative routes.
iii. 
Designation or removal of a truck route is necessary to provide for public safety or the quiet enjoyment of property. Considerations under this section shall include the functional classification of the subject street or streets, whether the subject street or streets are adequately designed or in a condition to support truck traffic, and whether the street or streets abut schools or travel through residential neighborhoods.
6. 
Signage. Pursuant to ORS 810.040(3) and (4), the City shall erect and maintain signs in a conspicuous manner and place at each end of a street or section of street where a designation or prohibition is imposed to give notice of the prohibitions or the designations imposed, and shall erect signs at such other places as may be necessary to inform the public. A prohibition or designation imposed under this section is effective when signs giving notice thereof are posted as required by this subsection.
7. 
Penalty. A violation of this Article is a Class B traffic violation under the Lake Oswego City Code.