Chapter 10.30
TRUCK ROUTES
Sections:
10.30.020 Designated truck routes.
10.30.010 Definitions.
A. “Truck” means motor truck as defined in RCW 46.04.310.
B. “Trailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.620.
C. “Semitrailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.530. (Ord. 2005-324 § 1; Ord. 99-188 § 1).
10.30.020 Designated truck routes.
A. Trucks over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) are restricted to operating over one of the following designated truck routes when traveling within the city:
1. Coal Creek Parkway;
2. Newcastle Golf Club Road; or
3. Newcastle Way between Coal Creek Parkway and Newcastle Golf Club Road.
B. Trucks which need to make deliveries or pickups off the designated truck routes shall take the most direct arterial route to or from one of the designated truck routes when making their deliveries or pickups. Trucks may use nondesignated routes for access to and from their place of business.
C. This section shall not apply to buses operated by any school or charitable institution, public transit, garbage trucks, city maintenance vehicles and emergency vehicles.
D. The city reserves the right to restrict truck traffic on both designated and nondesignated routes subject to current or future structural conditions as may be determined by the public works director, city engineer or other designated official.
E. All route limitations imposed by this section shall apply to vehicles based upon the vehicle’s weight rate designation, regardless of the actual vehicle weight or load in any given trip, or at any given time. (Ord. 2005-324 § 1; Ord. 2005-307 § 1; Ord. 99-188 § 2).
10.30.030 Penalty.
Any violation of this chapter shall be considered an infraction with a fine in the amount of $250.00. Any truck, trailer, or truck-trailer combination over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) parked on a nondesignated truck route shall be in violation of this chapter and subject to immediate impoundment without prior notification to the owner. (Ord. 2006-346 § 1; Ord. 2005-324 § 1; Ord. 2005-307 § 3. Formerly 10.30.040).