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:
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.
(Prior code § 70.15; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Passenger
buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission;
B.
Any
vehicles owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the
construction, installation or repair of any public utility.
(Prior code § 70.16)
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)
