"CFR"
shall mean the Code of Federal Regulations.
"Department of Transportation placard and labeling system"
shall mean that system as defined by CFR 49.172, by which a vehicle carrying specified hazardous materials is required to comply with the Federal Department of Transportation identification system designed to assist and notify emergency responders of the presence of hazardous materials and identification of a specific product and its hazards.
"Designated restricted area"
shall mean all City streets, alleys, and space located between and including Pacific Avenue and Cliff Street from 6th Avenue to South 15th Street, Pacific Avenue from South 15th Street to South 24th Street, and East 11th Street from "A" Street to East "E" Street.
“Hazardous materials”
shall mean:
1. 
Materials which, if not contained, may cause unacceptable risks to human life within a specified area adjacent to a spill, seepage, fire, or explosion, and will consequently require evacuation;
2. 
Materials which, if spilled, could cause unusual risk to the general public and to emergency response personnel responding to the scene;
3. 
Materials which, if involved in a fire, will pose unusual risks to emergency response personnel;
4. 
Materials requiring unusual storage or transportation conditions to assure safe containment; or
5. 
Materials requiring unusual treatment, packing, or vehicles during transportation to assure safe containment.
"Motor vehicle"
shall mean that term as defined in RCW 46.04.670 as now or hereafter amended.
(Ord. 25506 § 1, 1994-06-07)
Motor vehicles required to be placarded under CFR 49.172 transporting hazardous materials shall not be operated on the streets within the designated restricted area.
Exception: Vehicles carrying hazardous materials which are delivering to businesses or picking up hazardous waste from businesses within the designated restricted area may be allowed to operate within the designated restricted area for such deliveries and pick-ups only. Operators within the designated restricted area shall have in their possession at all times papers or other instruments verifying their deliveries or pick-ups.
(Ord. 25506 § 1, 1994-06-07)
A. 
The Fire Department shall be responsible for notifying businesses within the designated restricted area and the industrial port area of the restricted use of streets within this area.
B. 
Vehicles shall be identified as carrying hazardous materials by the Department of Transportation Placard and Labeling Identification required to be posted pursuant to CFR 49.172.
C. 
The Public Works Department shall be responsible for posting signs in appropriate locations which will warn and notify vehicle operators of the restriction on hazardous material traffic.
D. 
The Public Works Department, Road Use Compliance Officers, and Tacoma Police Department shall have the authority to stop vehicles suspected of carrying hazardous material within the designated restricted area.
(Ord. 25506 § 1, 1994-06-07)
Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor pursuant to RCW 46.48.175. Bail for such a violation shall be set at a minimum of $100.00. The fine for such a violation shall be no less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter is the primary responsibility of the owner or lessee of the vehicle which is mentioned in the citation.
(Ord. 25506 § 1, 1994-06-07)