[Adopted 2-8-1993]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
STREET
Any street, highway, avenue, boulevard, road, byway or parking lot owned and maintained by the Town of Simsbury.
TRUCK
Every commercial vehicle other than public safety, educational, municipal/state, public utility or municipal/state purpose vehicles designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, including a motor vehicle designed and used for the purpose of drawing a semitrailer, as well as the vehicle drawing a semitrailer and the trailer itself.
A. 
No person shall operate a truck with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) in excess of 20,000 pounds on any street on which such trucks have been excluded by resolution of the Board of Selectmen except while on a trip with a point of origin from or a destination to a location on said street or on an intersecting street solely served by said street.
B. 
The Chief of Police shall cause to be erected appropriate signs on any street(s) designated to exclude trucks with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds, which signs shall clearly spell out that such trucks are prohibited on such street(s) in accordance with this article.
Given that a convenient alternative route exists, the following factors alone will be considered in the designation of streets on which trucks in excess of 20,000 pounds GVW will be prohibited:
A. 
Whether a significant number of properties, especially residential properties, are constructed in closer proximity to the street line than required by the minimum front setback line;
B. 
The degree to which the road does not meet engineering standards for safety and capacity, such as width, grade, curvature and structure;
C. 
If the road is classified as a scenic road as identified in § 137-11 of Chapter 137, Streets and Sidewalks;
D. 
If the abutting properties contain historic buildings or structures or a district(s) listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the State Register of Historic Places; or
E. 
Whether the average daily traffic (ADT) is greater than the minimum specified in the subdivision regulations for the classification of road (i.e., greater than 1,000 per day for a collector road or 3,000 per day for an arterial road).
Any person violating the terms of this article shall be guilty of an infraction as provided for in Connecticut General Statutes §§ 51-164m and 51-164n. Pursuant to General Statutes, § 51-164p, any violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $90 for each offense.