A. 
Whenever any ordinance of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of 10,000 pounds, the chief of police is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "truck routes," for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons.
B. 
When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five tons coming from a "truck route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual bona fide repair, alterations, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor. This section shall not apply to the following street segments:
1. 
Lathrop Road east of Golden Valley Parkway to Interstate 5 southbound off-ramp.
2. 
Golden Valley Parkway south of Dos Reis Road to Lathrop Road.
3. 
Dos Reis Road, west and east of Golden Valley Parkway.
4. 
Lathrop Road between Harlan Road and McKinley Avenue.
C. 
Notwithstanding subsection B, box trucks (which may exceed the maximum gross weight limit of five tons) are permitted to access restricted streets for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on or adjacent to such restricted streets. As defined, "box trucks" also referred to as "cube trucks" or "box vans," are medium-sized straight trucks with a cuboid-shaped cargo storage area connected to the cabin by a single chassis or frame. These characteristics differentiate box trucks from semi-trucks, which are not connected through a single frame (they consist of a semi or cab, and a separate trailer). Box trucks do not have the capability to haul container loads and can only transport loose cargo.
D. 
Notwithstanding subsection B, service and merchant delivery trucks (e.g. fuel, food and beverage, medical, or similar use) are permitted to access restricted streets for the purpose of providing service to a building or structure located on or adjacent to such restricted streets.
(Prior code § 70.15; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023
The streets or portions of streets within the corporate city limits which are established as commercial vehicle and truck routes governed by the provisions of this chapter shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 06-262 § 2)
It is unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated upon any highway located in an incorporated residential or subdivision area any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of 10,000 pounds.
(Prior code § 70.18)
A. 
No person shall move or operate upon any of the city streets any vehicles with a load or loads in excess of those permitted by the vehicle code without a written permit from the public works director.
B. 
The public works director may, by written permit, authorize a load or loads in excess of those allowed for in the vehicle code, if in his judgment, the streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight, or if the applicant will guarantee to the city that all costs of repair to the streets or to the public property of the city damaged by the movement of such load or loads will be paid in full. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the city traffic engineer in his or her discretion may require.
(Prior code § 70.19)