The following words and phrases shall have the meanings set
forth, and if any word or phrase used in this chapter is not defined
in this section, it shall have the meanings set forth in the California
Vehicle Code; provided, that if any such word or phrase is not defined
in the
Vehicle Code, it shall have the meaning attributed to it in
ordinary usage.
"Terminal"
means any facility at which freight is consolidated to be
shipped or where full load consignments may be loaded and off loaded
or at which the vehicles are regularly maintained, stored or manufactured.
"Interstate truck"
means a truck tractor and semi-trailer or truck tractor,
semi-trailer and trailer with unlimited length as regulated by the
Vehicle Code.
"Caltrans"
means the state of California Department of Transportation
or its successor agency.
(Ord. 300 § 1, 1984)
The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for terminal
designation and truck route designated to terminals for interstate
trucks operating on a federally designated highway system and to promote
the general health, safety and welfare of the public.
(Ord. 300 § 1, 1984)
The transportation engineer may revoke any approved terminal
or route if the terminal or route becomes a traffic hazard for vehicular
traffic. A safety hazard includes the inability of interstate trucks
to negotiate the route or if said vehicles cause unsafe driving conditions
for other vehicular traffic or pedestrians.
(Ord. 300 § 1, 1984)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the
ordinance codified in this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this chapter, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
(Ord. 300 § 1, 1984)