Chapter 11.70
REGULATING THE KINDS AND CLASSES OF TRAFFIC ON CERTAIN STREETS1
Sections:
11.70.010 Purpose.
11.70.020 Definitions.
11.70.040 Restrictions – Operation of trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations.
11.70.060 Authorized routes – Operation of certain trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations.
11.70.061 Trucks prohibited – Portion of SE 63rd Street.
11.70.062 Restrictions to truck traffic on West Lake Sammamish Parkway.
11.70.065 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Misdemeanor.
11.70.080 Operation of certain vehicles on nonarterial streets.
11.70.100 Parking of trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations on public rights-of-way.
11.70.110 Certain RCW sections adopted by reference.
11.70.120 Operation of vehicles in residential areas during certain hours.
11.70.130 Permit decal required.
11.70.140 Engine compression brakes.
11.70.150 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Placards.
11.70.160 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Suspension of operations.
11.70.170 Violations.
11.70.180 Severability.
11.70.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the kinds and classes of traffic on certain streets within the city of Bellevue in order to promote the efficient movement of vehicles while preserving the integrity of the residential communities. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.020 Definitions.
Terms used within this chapter are defined as follows:
A. “Arterial” means that term as now or hereafter designated on the city’s arterial functional classification system.
B. “Parking” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.381, as now or hereafter amended.
C. “Hazardous cargo” means “hazardous materials,” as defined in RCW 70.136.020(1), as now or hereafter amended.
D. “Residential area” means those areas defined as “residential district” in RCW 46.04.470, as now or hereafter amended.
E. “Semitrailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.530, as now or hereafter amended.
F. “Trailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.620, as now or hereafter amended.
G. “Truck” means “motor truck” as defined in RCW 46.04.310, as now or hereafter amended.
H. “Truck tractor” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.650, as now or hereafter amended.
I. “Vehicle” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.670, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.040 Restrictions – Operation of trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations.
No truck, truck tractor, truck and trailer combination or truck tractor and semitrailer combination shall operate on any city of Bellevue street, unless traveling to or from a destination within one-half mile of the city limits of the city of Bellevue. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.060 Authorized routes – Operation of certain trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations.
It is the purpose of this section to restrict truck traffic in the city of Bellevue to the maximum extent possible to the state highway system or to authorized truck routes, and to prohibit truck traffic on city arterials and streets except where no alternative state highway route or authorized truck route is available. In furtherance of this purpose, all trucks, truck tractors, truck and trailer combinations or truck tractor and semitrailer combinations over eight feet in width, over 30 feet in length, or over 32,000 pounds licensed 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 and from locations within the city; provided, when such locations are not immediately adjacent to a state highway route or an authorized truck route, vehicles described in this section shall use the shortest and most direct city arterial route between the nearest highway route or authorized truck route and such departure location or destination location, and such vehicles may not use city nonarterial streets except when traveling directly between such locations and the nearest arterial, highway or authorized truck route:
Route 1 – 148th Avenue between Interstate 90 and State Route 520.
Route 2 – Bellevue Way between Interstate 90 and State Route 520.
Route 3 – NE 8th Street between Bellevue Way NE and 156th Avenue NE.
Route 4 – 124th Avenue NE between Bel-Red Road and State Route 520.
Route 5 – NE 12th Street/Bel-Red Road between Bellevue Way and 156th Avenue NE.
Route 6 – Northup Way between Bellevue Way and 148th Avenue NE.
Route 7 – 112th Avenue NE between NE 12th Street and Bellevue Way SE.
Route 8 – 156th Avenue NE between NE 8th Street and Bel-Red Road.
Route 9 – 116th Avenue/Lake Hills Connector between NE 12th Street and SE 8th Street.
Route 10 – Bel-Red Road/120th Avenue NE between NE 8th Street and Northup Way.
Route 11 – SE 8th Street between 112th Avenue SE and Lake Hills Connector.
Route 12 – Forest Drive SE between Coal Creek Parkway and Lakemont Boulevard SE.
Route 13 – Lakemont Boulevard SE between the south city limits (just south of Forest Drive SE) and SE Newport Way.
Route 14 – NE 4th Street between Bellevue Way NE and 116th Avenue NE.
Route 15 – 112th Avenue/108th Avenue NE between NE 12th Street and Northup Way.
Route 16 – SE Eastgate Way between Richards Road and 150th Avenue SE.
Route 17 – SE 36th Street/SE 38th Street between Factoria Boulevard SE and 150th Avenue SE.
Route 18 – Factoria Boulevard SE between Coal Creek Parkway and SE Eastgate Way.
Route 19 – Coal Creek Parkway between I-405 and the south city limits.
Route 20 – 150th Avenue SE between SE Eastgate Way and SE 38th Street. (Ord. 5284 § 1, 2001; Ord. 5140 § 1, 1999; Ord. 4652 § 1, 1994; Ord. 4642 § 1, 1994; Ord. 3934 § 1, 1988; Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.061 Trucks prohibited – Portion of SE 63rd Street.
No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles and trailers exceeding 10,000 pounds gross licensed weight on SE 63rd Street between 151st Avenue SE and 200 feet east of 151st Avenue SE except to provide local deliveries only to 15104 SE 63rd Street and 15112 SE 63rd Street. (Ord. 3933 § 1, 1988.)
11.70.062 Restrictions to truck traffic on West Lake Sammamish Parkway.
No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles and trailers exceeding 10,000 pounds gross licensed weight, except authorized buses and solid waste disposal vehicles on West Lake Sammamish Parkway between the NE 1900 block and the SE 900 block, unless traveling to or from a destination north of the intersection of SE 34th Street and West Lake Sammamish Parkway SE and south of the intersection of Bellevue-Redmond Road and West Lake Sammamish Parkway NE. (Ord. 5289 § 1, 2001; Ord. 4652 § 2, 1994.)
11.70.065 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Misdemeanor.
Any person operating a vehicle transporting radioactive or hazardous cargo in violation of BCC 11.70.060 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.080 Operation of certain vehicles on nonarterial streets.
No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles and trailers exceeding 10,000 pounds gross licensed weight, except authorized buses and solid waste disposal vehicles, on any street that is not designated by the city as an arterial street; provided, that this section does not prohibit operation of such vehicles on other than arterial streets when necessary to travel to or from destinations within the city, or to or from destinations within one-half mile of the city limits of the city of Bellevue. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.100 Parking of trucks, truck tractors, truck-trailers or truck semitrailer combinations on public rights-of-way.
No person shall park a truck, truck tractor, semitrailer, or truck tractor and semitrailer over eight feet in width, over 30 feet in length, or over 32,000 pounds licensed gross weight, upon any public right-of-way without a Type B or D permit as provided in BCC 14.30.080 of the Right-of-Way Use Code. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.110 Certain RCW sections adopted by reference.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though said sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.90.720, 46.90.730, and 46.90.740. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.120 Operation of vehicles in residential areas during certain hours.
No person shall operate a truck, truck tractor, truck and trailer, or truck tractor and semitrailer combination over eight feet in width, over 30 feet in length or over 32,000 pounds licensed gross weight, except authorized buses and solid waste disposal vehicles, within a residential area between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. without a Type B or Type D permit for such operation as provided in BCC 14.30.080 of the Right-of-Way Use Code, except on those streets designated as authorized truck routes in BCC 11.70.060. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.130 Permit decal required.
Possession of a Type B or Type D permit as required by BCC 11.70.100 or 11.70.120 must be evidenced by a Type B and Type D permit decal, issued by the department of public works, and prominently displayed on the lower right front or lower left front windshield of such truck. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.140 Engine compression brakes.
Engine compression brakes shall not be used at any time on city streets by trucks or truck tractors except public safety emergency vehicles. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.150 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Placards.
In addition to any other prohibition or restriction under this chapter, no person shall operate any vehicle transporting any radioactive or hazardous cargo unless at the time of such transportation there are affixed, to both sides of the vehicle and the front and the rear of the vehicle, placards and identification numbers in conformity with Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as now or hereafter amended. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.160 Radioactive or hazardous cargo – Suspension of operations.
The city manager or his designee may issue an order temporarily suspending the operations within the city of some or all vehicles carrying radioactive or hazardous cargo, without notice, whenever an emergency exists or less than safe road conditions exist due to human-caused or natural disasters or extreme weather conditions upon any city street, or part thereof, and may declare closure of and may temporarily reroute traffic from any such affected street. Any person violating an order of the city manager or his designee issued under this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.170 Violations.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided herein, any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be found to have committed a traffic infraction and shall be punished by a penalty of $50.00. 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. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
11.70.180 Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected. (Ord. 3692 § 1, 1986.)
Prior legislation: Ord. 3596.