A. 
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate truck traffic on streets within the City.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter will be applied to state highways within the City only after approval of the California Department of Transportation.
C. 
"Truck" as used in this chapter means a commercial truck and trailer combination, a commercial tractor and trailer combination, or any truck or vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 14,000 pounds.
(Ord. 93-09)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a truck on City streets unless in accordance with an exception provided in this chapter.
A. 
Trucks may be operated on streets which have been designated by resolution of the City Council as truck routes.
B. 
Vehicles owned, operated, controlled, or used by a public utility in connection with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of any public utility facility are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
C. 
Vehicles used for the collection and transportation of garbage, rubbish, or refuse using traditionally used routes. "Traditionally used routes" are any streets used for a period of one year or more as access to or from a solid waste disposal site.
D. 
Any commercial vehicle carrying a legal load coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
E. 
A person may operate an interstate truck on a route designated by the City when traveling to or from an interstate truck terminal.
All streets and portions thereof established by the resolution of the Council as truck routes, as hereinafter set forth, shall be posted with appropriate signs displaying in letters not less than four inches in height, the words "truck route."
1. 
El Camino Real - Manchester Ave. to North C/L.
2. 
Encinitas Blvd. - Highway 101 to Rancho Santa Fe Road.
3. 
Highway 101/First Street - South C/L to North C/L.
4. 
La Costa Ave. - Highway 101 to East C/L.
5. 
Manchester Ave. - El Camino Real to I-5.
6. 
Olivenhain Rd. - El Camino Real to East C/L.
7. 
Rancho Santa Fe Rd. - Encinitas Blvd. to East C/L.
8. 
San Diego Freeway - South C/L to North C/L.
(Resolution 87-107, adopted September 28, 1987, and Resolution 89-87, adopted December 6, 1989)