A.
No person shall operate, drive, use, park or place any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six thousand pounds on any street, road or highway within the city, unless within the following exceptions:
1.
When such commercial vehicle is being so operated on a state highway or on a designated unrestricted street (truck route) hereinafter set forth in this chapter;
2.
If such commercial vehicle has a point of destination or a point of origin in the city, the same shall proceed over unrestricted streets as provided in this chapter.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such a commercial vehicle may traverse streets restricted in respect to weight limits in order to proceed from a point of origin or a point of destination on a restricted street when such vehicle is kept, stored or maintained, or where the point of origin or destination is the place where goods, wares, merchandise or materials are to be or are picked up or delivered, all in accordance with Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code, but then only by such deviation from the nearest intersection of an unrestricted street or domicile of the operator of such a commercial vehicle used for or intended to be used for the storage or parking of such a vehicle shall not be considered a point of origin or destination for qualification under this exemption unless there is a pickup or delivery of such goods, wares, merchandise or materials to said residence, home or domicile, or unless the same is zoned for C-M, C-G, I-L or I-G uses.
C.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or any passenger stage corporation or vehicle subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 1031 through 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code, or to any emergency vehicle such as a police, fire, ambulance or private ambulance.
D.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.
(Prior code § 3370)