Chapter 10.76
TRUCK ROUTES AND TRUCK TRAFFIC
Sections:
10.76.010 Purpose.
10.76.020 Restrictions.
10.76.030 Authorized routes.
10.76.040 Truck route signs to be posted.
10.76.050 Unlawful acts.
10.76.060 Penalties for violation.
10.76.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the kinds and classes of traffic on certain streets within the city in order to promote the efficient movement of vehicles while preserving the integrity of the residential communities. (Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.76.020 Restrictions.
No truck tractor, truck and trailer combination or truck semi-trailer combination shall operate on any city street not designated as an authorized truck route unless traveling to or from a destination within the city or to or from a destination within one-half mile of the city limits of the city. (Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.76.030 Authorized routes.
A. All trucks, truck tractors, truck and trailer combinations or truck/semi-trailer combinations over eight feet in width and over 32,000 pounds gross weight and all vehicles transporting radioactive or hazardous cargo, shall be restricted to the state highway system or to one of the following authorized routes while traveling to or from destinations within the City or to and from destinations within one-half mile of the City limits of the City, and whenever practical, shall take the most direct arterial route to or from the following routes when traveling to or from said designations. The following streets and highways are designated and established as through truck routes within the City:
SR 520 from 148th Avenue N.E. to its terminus at Redmond Way (SR 202);
Redmond Way (SR 908) from 132nd Avenue N.E. to West Lake Sammamish Way;
Redmond Way (SR 202) from SR 520 to the East City limits;
Avondale Road from Redmond Way (SR 202) to the north City limits;
Bellevue-Redmond Road from West Lake Sammamish Parkway to N.E. 20th Street;
West Lake Sammamish Way from Redmond Way (SR 908) to West Lake Sammamish Parkway;
148th N.E. from Redmond Way (SR 908) to the south City limits;
West Lake Sammamish Parkway from West Lake Sammamish Way to Bellevue-Redmond Road;
N.E. 51st Street from 148th Avenue N.E. to SR 520.
B. The Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish temporary alternative routes to those specified in subsection A whenever one or more of the specified routes is unavailable for use due to construction, damage or for any other reason. The duration of any approved temporary alternative route shall be limited to the time during which any one or more of the routes specified in subsection A is unavailable. Whenever the Traffic Engineer shall authorize a temporary alternative route, a notice of such authorization shall be transmitted to the City Council for informational purposes. (Ord. 1780 § 1, 1994: Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.76.040 Truck route signs to be posted.
The Director of Public Works shall cause appropriate signs to be posted and created along the truck route described in Section 10.76.030 to designate and locate said truck route. (Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990: Ord. 877 § 2, 1979).
10.76.050 Unlawful acts.
When signs have been posted, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle, truck, trailer or combination thereof exceeding thirty-two thousand pounds gross weight upon the public streets of the city not designated as truck routes, within the Downtown as defined in Redmond Zoning Code Section 21.10.020, Downtown Zones Map, Ordinance No. 875, passed June 5, 1979, except when making local deliveries within such district. (Ord. 2596 § 2 (part), 2011: Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990: Ord. 877 § 3, 1979).
10.76.060 Penalties for violation.
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a traffic infraction, punishable by fine in the amount provided by applicable court bail schedule, or if none is in effect, in the amount of fifty dollars. In addition to any penalty for violation of the provisions of this chapter, such violator shall be liable in a civil action instituted in the name of the city for any damages occasioned to any city street as the result of such violation. (Ord. 1583 § 1 (part), 1990: Ord. 954 § 4, 1980: Ord. 877 § 4, 1979).