[Added 9-7-1999 by Ord. No. 5866]
For the purposes of this article the following
terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning
given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in
the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include
the singular number, and words in the singular number included the
plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
A truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while
traveling within the City.
Any vehicular-type unit built on or for use on a chassis
and designed primarily as living quarters for recreational, camping,
vacation or travel use and which has its own motive power or is mounted
on or drawn by another vehicle and which has a body width not exceeding
eight feet and a body length not exceeding 40 feet, but such term
shall not include a unit which has no electrical system which operates
above 12 volts and has no provisions for plumbing, heating, and any
other component or feature for which a standard is adopted by the
State Uniform Standards Code for Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles.
Every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than the
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of
property.
A way over certain streets, as designated herein, over and
along which trucks coming into and going out of the City must operate.
Any motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles or trailers and not so constructed as to carry a load
other than a part of the weight of the vehicle or trailer being drawn.
A.
Any truck tractor, semitrailer or any combination
thereof with a weight in excess of 17,000 pounds unloaded operated
within the City may be operated only on streets designated as US Highway
400 and US Highway 59. The operation of any such vehicle on any other
City street is prohibited.
B.
Exceptions. The section shall not prohibit:
(1)
Operation on street of destination. The operation
of truck tractors, semitrailers or any combination thereof with a
weight in excess of 17,000 pounds unloaded shall be permitted upon
any street where necessary to the conduct of business at a destination
point, provided that the truck route is used until reaching the intersection
nearest the destination point and the operation of said vehicle resumes
on the truck route at the intersection nearest the departure point.
(2)
Emergency vehicles. The operation of emergency vehicles
upon any street in the City.
(3)
Public utilities. The operation of trucks owned or
operated by the City, public utilities, or any contractor or supplier
while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets,
street improvements, or street utilities within the City.
(4)
Detoured trucks. The operation of trucks, semitrailers
or any combination thereof with a weight in excess of 17,000 pounds
unloaded upon any officially established detour in any case where
it could lawfully be operated upon the street for which such detour
is established.
(5)
Recreational vehicles. This section shall not apply
to recreational vehicles as defined in this article.
(6)
Truck tractor parked at owner's residence. A truck
tractor may be operated on streets other than the designated truck
route and travel to the home of the owner of the truck tractor for
the purposes of parking so long as the most direct and accessible
route from the truck route is used.
A.
Clerk maintains maps. The City Clerk shall keep and
maintain accurate maps setting out truck routes and streets upon which
truck traffic is permitted; the maps shall be kept on file in the
office of the City Clerk and shall be available to the public.
B.
Chief of Police maintains signs. The Chief of Police
of the City shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which
truck traffic is prohibited to be clearly sign-posted to give notice
that this article is in effect.
C.
Checking of placards. Any law enforcement officer
shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control
of any commercial vehicle not proceeding over a truck route or street
over which truck traffic is permitted to show the law enforcement
officer the placard which displays the weight of the truck unloaded
for the purpose of determining compliance with this article.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating any
motor vehicle within the corporate City limits of Parsons, Kansas,
to use any compression-release-type engine brake or any mechanical
exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any
vehicle which results in the excessive, loud, unusual or explosive
noise from such vehicle.
B.
Exception. Compression-release-type engine brakes
are not prohibited in times of emergency. Emergencies would include
a risk of danger to the driver, other drivers, pedestrians or property.
A truck tractor may be parked off street in
a residential district if the principal owner of the residential property
is the owner of the truck tractor and the most direct and accessible
route from the designated truck route is used to travel to the residential
location.
The first violation of the above provisions
shall be punishable with a fine of not less than $100 and not more
than $500. The second violation of the above provisions shall be punishable
with a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $500. The third
violation of the above provisions shall be punishable with a fine
of not less than $300 and not more than $500. The fourth violation
and subsequent violations of the above provisions shall be punishable
with a fine of not less than $400 and not more than $500.
