Chapter 10.44
TRUCK ROUTES

Sections:

10.44.010  Establishment.

10.44.020  Pickup and delivery.

10.44.030  Exemption.

10.44.040  Designated.

10.44.050  Signposting.

10.44.060  Applicability of provisions.

10.44.010 Establishment.

Whenever any resolution of the city council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a gross weight of eight tons, the traffic engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as “Truck Traffic Route” for the movement of vehicles exceeding a gross weight of eight tons. (Ord. 78-3 § 1, 1978; Ord. 74-6 § 8.3(a), 1974)

10.44.020 Pickup and delivery.

When any such truck traffic route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a gross weight of eight tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other except that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a gross weight of eight tons coming from a “Truck Traffic Route” having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodelling, or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained. (Ord. 78-3 § 1, 1978; Ord. 74-6 § 8.3(b), 1974)

10.44.030 Exemption.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission or to any vehicle owner by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility. (Ord. 78-3 § 1, 1978; Ord. 74-6 § 8.3(c), 1974)

10.44.040 Designated.

Those streets and parts of streets so marked are declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a gross weight of eight tons. (Ord. 78-3 § 1, 1978; Ord. 74-6 § 8.3(d), 1974)

10.44.050 Signposting.

Whenever any regulation of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such regulations. (Ord. 82-10 § 8, 1982; Ord. 74-6 § 8.4, 1974)

10.44.060 Applicability of provisions.

Those streets and parts of streets so marked are declared to be streets the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission nor to commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodelling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained. (Ord. 82-10 § 8, 1982; Ord. 74-6 § 8.4, 1974)