Chapter 10.64
TRUCK ROUTES
Sections:
10.64.020 Application of regulation.
10.64.040 Truck route established.
10.64.050 Truck traffic in the city – Outside origin.
10.64.060 Truck traffic in city – Inside origin.
10.64.100 Violation – Penalty.
10.64.010 Definitions.
“City” is the city of East Wenatchee.
“Deviating truck” is a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city.
“Person” is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
“Truck” is any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight or whose gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 26,000 pounds.
“Truck route” and “supporting truck route” are a way over certain streets, as designated in this chapter, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city must operate. (Ord. 18-12 § 5, 2018; Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.020 Application of regulation.
No person may operate a truck within the city except upon a truck route established in this chapter. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.030 Exceptions.
This chapter does not prohibit:
A. Operation on Street of Destination. The operation of a truck upon any street where necessary to the conduct of business at a destination point, provided streets upon which such traffic is permitted are used until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point;
B. Perishable Commodities. The operation of a truck while transporting a perishable commodity;
C. Government Vehicles. The operation of a truck owned and operated by a government agency;
D. Emergency Vehicles. The operation of an emergency vehicle upon any street in the city;
E. Public Utilities. The operation of a truck owned or operated by the city, public utilities, any contractor or materialman, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the city;
F. Recreational Vehicles. The operation of a recreational vehicle including a motor home, a camper, or a travel trailer;
G. Solid Waste. The operation of a truck while engaged in the collection of solid waste within the city; or
H. Detoured Trucks. The operation of a truck upon any officially established detour. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.040 Truck route established.
A. The city council establishes the following truck routes:
1. State Route 28 from 19th St. NE to 3rd St. SE.
2. Grant Rd. from SR 28 to Kentucky Ave.
B. Supporting Truck Route. A truck transporting agricultural commodities and entering or exiting the city from Badger Mountain Road may use the following route as part of the supporting truck route system to connect with the SR 28 designated truck route:
1. Southbound on Eastmont Ave. from the north city limits to 9th St. NE and then westbound on 9th St. NE to the SR 28 truck route.
2. From SR 28, eastbound on 9th St. NE to Eastmont Ave. then northbound on Eastmont Ave. to the north city limits.
C. A truck entering the city for a destination point outside the city may only operate over and along a route designated in this section. (Ord. 18-12 § 6, 2018; Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.050 Truck traffic in the city – Outside origin.
A. One Inside Destination Point. A truck entering the city for a destination point within the city must proceed only over an established truck route and may deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the destination point. Upon leaving the destination point, a deviating truck must return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
B. Multiple Inside Destination Points. A truck entering the city for multiple destination points must proceed only over established truck routes and may deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the first destination point. Upon leaving the first destination point, a deviating truck must proceed to other destination points by the shortest direction. Upon leaving the last destination point, a deviating truck must return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.060 Truck traffic in city – Inside origin.
A. Outside Destination Point. A truck, on a trip originating in the city, and traveling in the city for a destination point outside the city, must proceed by the shortest direction over streets on which such traffic is permitted to a truck route as established in this chapter.
B. Inside Destination Points. A truck on a trip originating in the city, and traveling in the city for destination points in the city, must proceed as provided in EWMC 10.64.050. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.070 Maps.
The city council directs the city clerk to keep and maintain an accurate map setting out truck routes and streets upon which truck traffic is permitted. The city clerk must keep the map on file at the office of the city clerk and must publish it on the city’s website. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.080 Signs.
The city council directs the city engineer to post clearly marked signs along the designated truck routes to give notice that this chapter is in effect. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.090 Weigh-in.
A police officer may require a person driving or in control of a truck, not proceeding over a truck route, to proceed to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether this chapter has been complied with. (Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)
10.64.100 Violation – Penalty.
Violation of any provisions of this chapter is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00. (Ord. 18-12 § 7, 2018; Ord. 17-19 § 5, 2017)