All streets forming part of such truck route
system shall be marked by conspicuous signs bearing the words "truck
route" in letters not less than five inches in height, such signs
to be spaced not more than 1,500 feet apart. In addition, conspicuous
signs bearing lettering not less than five inches in height, adequately
illuminated between sunset and sunrise or to be constructed of a reflecting
material so as to be easily readable at night when lights from vehicle
headlights fall upon such signs, shall be placed on each main highway
entering the City, at or near the point where such highway crosses
or meets the boundary line of the City, indicating that trucks having
a weight in excess of five tons, including load, are excluded from
all streets within the City, except those streets designated as part
of the authorized truck route system.
[Amended 10-26-2009]
No person, firm or corporation shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or operated any excluded truck into, upon, along or through the streets of the City in violation of the provisions of this article unless it has first obtained a special hauling permit for over dimensional and overweight vehicles from the Director of Public Works and paid the applicable fees in accordance with §
175-3B, Licenses and Permits.
[Amended 12-21-2005]
In addition to the above-designated system of
truck routes, the following described and bounded unrestricted area
of the City and the streets enclosed therein shall also constitute
and be a part of the City's system of truck routes:
A. East Second Street from Tiffany Avenue at easterly
City line to East Fourth Street; to Prendergast Avenue; to East Sixth
Street; to North Main Street; to Eighth Street; to Fairmount Avenue;
to Jones & Gifford Avenue; to westerly City line; along westerly
City line to railroad tracks, along railroad tracks to West Sixth
Street; to Whitley Avenue; to Steele Street; to West Harrison Street,
to Washington Street (Bridge); along Washington Street to Arterial,
to Institute Street; to Allen Street; to Tiffany Avenue at easterly
City line; and to the point of beginning, namely: East Second Street
at Tiffany Avenue at easterly City line.
[Amended 11-27-1995; 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
An accurate map setting out the truck route
system shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer
and shall be available to the public.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to enforce the provisions of this article. In enforcing this article,
the Chief of Police shall have the authority to require any person
driving or in control of any commercial vehicle proceeding over a
truck route or street over which truck traffic is prohibited to proceed
to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing
and determining whether this article has been complied with.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a traffic
infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished pursuant
to § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the state.