"Motor truck"
means a motor vehicle that is primarily designed or used for carrying loads other than passengers and that has either: (A) three or more axles; or (B) a registration weight exceeding 20,000 pounds. The term "motor truck" includes a combination vehicle consisting of a truck tractor and one or more truck trailers.
"Registration weight"
means the loaded weight required under ORS 803.430 to be declared and established as the maximum loaded weight at which certain vehicles may be operated on public roads.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
A. 
Section 10.40.020 shall not apply to:
1. 
Motor trucks owned by a Federal, State, or local government while being used for a public purpose.
2. 
Motor trucks operated as emergency vehicles, as defined in ORS 801.260.
3. 
Motor trucks operated on a detour approved by the City.
4. 
Motor trucks operated in conjunction with a capital improvement project funded by the City.
5. 
Motor trucks operated in conjunction with a private development project along routes approved by the City.
6. 
City franchise utility providing garbage and waste disposal services provided the vehicle has not exceeded its registration weight.
7. 
Motor truck performing pickup or delivery, performing or receiving a service, or store the motor truck and could not reach the destination by using a truck route, but had used a truck route to reach the intersection closest to the destination.
B. 
It is a defense to a charge of violation of Section 10.40.020 if the person so charged can establish any of the following:
1. 
That the person was going to a destination to make a pickup or delivery, performing or receiving a service, or store the motor truck and could not reach the destination by using a truck route, but had used a truck route to reach the intersection closest to the destination.
2. 
That the person was coming from a destination described in subsection (B)(1) of this section and was directly headed to the closest truck route from the destination.
3. 
That the person was coming from a destination described in subsection (B)(1) of this section and was directly headed to another destination to make a pickup or delivery, perform a service, or store the motor truck, and that the second destination was located closer to the first destination than the first destination was located to the closest truck route.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
The following roadways and portions of roadways within the City limits are hereby designated as truck routes:
A. 
State Highway 211 (Main Street) from the westerly City limits to the easterly City limits.
B. 
State Highway 213 from the northerly City limits to the southerly City limits.
C. 
Molalla Avenue from the northerly City limits to Heintz Street and southerly City limits to Section Street.
D. 
Heintz Street from Molalla Avenue to Grange Avenue.
E. 
Grange Avenue from East Heintz Street to State Highway 211 (Main Street).
F. 
Section Street from Molalla Avenue to Shaver Avenue.
G. 
Shaver Avenue from Section Street to State Highway 211 (Main Street).
H. 
Mathias Road from the southerly City limits to State Highway 211 (Main Street).
I. 
Molalla Forest Road from Ona Way to State Highway 211 (Main Street).
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
The following roadways are hereby designated as restricted to truck traffic except as identified in Section 10.20.030 and shall be posted at each end and at intersections where truck routes cross the restricted section of roadway:
Molalla Avenue from Heintz Street to Section Street.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
Pursuant to ORS 810.040(3) and (4), the City shall erect and maintain signs in a conspicuous manner placed at each end of a street or section of street where a designation or prohibition is imposed by this chapter 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 chapter is effective when signs giving notice thereof are posted in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
Any peace officer may require a person moving or driving a truck on a road other than a truck route to proceed to any available public or private scale for the purpose of weighing the truck.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)
A. 
A violation of this chapter is a Class B traffic violation under the Molalla Municipal Code and ORS 811.450.
B. 
In addition to any penalty that may be imposed under this ordinance, the owner and driver of a motor truck using a road in violation of this chapter shall be jointly and severally liable to the City for all damages done as a result of the violation.
(Ord. 2020-12 §1)