Chapter 10.28: EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES AND WAGONS

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For statutory provisions authorizing local authorities to prohibit the use of particular highways by certain vehicles, see Veh. Code §21101.

§ 10.28.010 Ten thousand pound load–Five inch wheels.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to haul, move, travel or drive, or to have hauled, moved, traveled or driven, upon and over any public road in Amador County, any wagon loaded with ten thousand pounds or over of weight or freight of any kind, without having tires at least five inches broad on and upon the wheels of said wagon.

(Ord. 65 § 1, 1896)

§ 10.28.020 Eight to ten thousand pound load–Four and one-half inch wheels.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to haul, move, travel or drive, or have hauled, moved, traveled or driven, upon and over any public road in Amador County, any wagon loaded with eight thousand pounds and under ten thousand pounds of weight or freight of any kind, without having tires at least four and one-half inches broad upon the wheels of said wagon.

(Ord. 65 § 2, 1896)

§ 10.28.030 Six to eight thousand pound load–Three and one-half inch wheels.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to haul, move, travel or drive, or have hauled, moved, traveled or driven, upon and over any public road in Amador County, any wagon loaded with six thousand pounds and under eight thousand pounds of weight or freight of any kind, without having tires at least three and one-half inches broad upon the wheels of said wagon.

(Ord. 65 § 3, 1896)

§ 10.28.040 Four to six thousand pound load–Three inch wheels.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to haul, travel, move or drive, or have hauled, moved, traveled or driven, upon or over any public road in Amador County, any wagon loaded with four thousand pounds and under six thousand pounds weight or freight of any kind, without having tires at least three inches broad upon the wheels of said wagon.

(Ord. 65 § 4, 1896)

§ 10.28.050 Three to four thousand pound load–Two and one-half inch wheels.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to haul, travel, move or drive, or have hauled, traveled, moved or driven, upon or over any public road in Amador County, any wagon loaded with three thousand pounds and under four thousand pounds weight or freight of any kind, without tires at least two and one-half inches broad upon the wheels of said wagon.

(Ord. 65 § 5, 1896)

§ 10.28.060 Extra wheel not to drag or slide upon highway.

It is unlawful for any person or persons who are the owners of wagons or his or their agent in the county to chain or tie a wheel upon any wagon so that the tie of said wheel will drag or slide upon the roads of the county.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1905)

§ 10.28.070 Penalty for violation of Section 10.28.060.

Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of Section 10.28.060 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 125 § 2, 1905; Ord. 65 § 6, 1896)

§ 10.28.080 Tractor teeth or grousers not to damage roadway.

It is unlawful for any person to operate, drive or move any tractor equipped with a self-laying track drive for tractors of the so-called Fordson type, or tractor whose wheels are equipped with grousers or teeth or other devices protruding beyond the surface of said wheels, upon any county road or highway in Amador County, which road or highway has been treated or improved with any form of oil or asphalt or other type of permanent surfacing, unless said tractor is equipped with street-plates, or its grousers, teeth or other protruding devices are first removed.

(Ord. 179 § 1, 1933)

§ 10.28.090 Penalty for violation of Section 10.28.080.

Any person who violates any provisions of Section 10.28.080 shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 179 § 2, 1933)

§ 10.28.100 Wheel rims to be rubber covered.

It is unlawful for any person to drive or operate on any county highway, any motor vehicle or trailer on which any wheel rim is not covered by rubber tires.

(Ord. 201 § 1, 1941)

§ 10.28.110 Wheels not to damage roads.

It is unlawful for any person to drive or operate upon any street, road or highway in the county, any vehicle, tractor or implement, the wheels or tracks of which are not so protected or covered as to prevent damage or injury to said streets, roads or highways.

(Ord. 256 § 1, 1951)

§ 10.28.120 Penalty for violation of Sections 10.28.100 and 10.28.110.

Every person who violates Sections 10.28.100 and 10.28.110 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 256 § 2, 1951; Ord. 201 § 2, 1941)