Chapter 8.08
SPECIAL PERMITS AND PERMIT PROCEDURES (DRIVERS AND VEHICLES)
Sections:
8.08.040 Overlegal trucking operation.
8.08.060 Conditions of trucking permits.
8.08.080 Moving, loading or parking operation.
8.08.100 Conditions of loading or moving permit.
8.08.110 Size, weight and load regulations.
8.08.220 Special permits for oversize or overweight movements.
8.08.240 Maximum gross weight – Special permit.
8.08.260 Special permits – Solo truck – Additional gross load fee.
8.08.280 Special permits – Class A additional tonnage permits.
8.08.300 Special permits – Class B additional tonnage permits.
8.08.320 Special permits – Regulations.
8.08.340 Special permit – Display.
8.08.350 Fire department permit – Display.
8.08.360 State or county permits – Validity.
8.08.020 Application.
Application for any permit required by Chapters 8.06 through 8.14 NPMC shall be made to the city manager or designee via submittal of a traffic study. The traffic study shall incorporate the following items:
(1) Haul routes;
(2) Number of trucks;
(3) Impacts to streets and intersections;
(4) Structural integrity of streets along truck route;
(5) Peak period impacts. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.040 Overlegal trucking operation.
If a permit is required by NPMC 8.08.220, 8.08.240, 8.08.260, 8.08.280 or 8.08.300, such application shall contain a description of the object to be transported, or the vehicle, or vehicles, to be driven or used, the route desired to be traversed, the hours within which it is desired to perform the work, the means of locomotion to be used, and such other information as may be required. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.060 Conditions of trucking permits.
The city manager or designee shall specify in permits issued pursuant to NPMC 8.08.220, 8.08.240, 8.08.260, 8.08.280 or 8.08.300, the routes to be traversed and the hours during which the operation may be undertaken, in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 8.06 through 8.14 NPMC. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.080 Moving, loading or parking operation.
If the application is for a permit to move, load, stand, park or angle park a vehicle contrary to the provisions of Chapters 8.06 through 8.14 NPMC, such application shall show the location and explain the necessity for the operation, shall explain whether the operation may endanger other traffic or prevent it from using the street and such other information as may be required. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.100 Conditions of loading or moving permit.
The city manager or designee shall authorize and specify in permits for loading or moving the hours under which the activity will be permitted, the manner in which it shall be performed, and shall outline any special precautions which may be required to protect the public. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.110 Size, weight and load regulations.
Projects requiring continuous operations of vehicles with a gross weight of 18,000 pounds, including load, as specified in NPMC 8.06.280, on city of Normandy Park streets and rights-of-way other than those specified in NPMC 8.10.060 shall obtain a special permit from the city authorizing and conditioning such continuous operations. Conditions may include, but are not limited to, establishing a portable or stationary scale at a specified location to weigh each truck and its load, restricted hours of continuous operation, restricted days of continuous operation, repair of road damage during continuous operation, reconstruction of streets before their use of continuous operations. Special permit fees shall be required to recover the cost of administration, monitoring, and enforcement of a special permit. (RCW 46.44.093) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.120 Fee schedules.
The city of Normandy Park shall adopt a schedule of fees for all permits issued pursuant to the trucking and parking regulations of Chapters 8.06 through 8.14 NPMC. The fees shall be commensurate with the cost of administration, inspection, policing and roadway maintenance involved in the use of the streets and alleys within the city and shall, whenever possible, correspond with the fees specified in RCW 46.44.094, 46.44.095 and 46.44.096. Such schedule, when approved by the city council of the city of Normandy Park by ordinance or resolution, shall govern the amount of the fee for such permit, and said fee shall be collected by the city as a condition to the issuance or continuance of any such permit. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.220 Special permits for oversize or overweight movements.
A special permit in writing may be obtained from the city manager or designee upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size, weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in Chapter 8.06 NPMC or otherwise not in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 8.06 NPMC upon any street or alley.
No overweight permit shall be issued to any vehicle or combination of vehicles unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles is licensed for the maximum gross weight allowed by law. (RCW 46.44.090) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.240 Maximum gross weight – Special permit.
No special permit shall be issued for movement on any street or alley where the gross weight, including load, exceeds 22,000 pounds on a single axle or 43,000 pounds on any group of axles having a wheel base between the first and last axle thereof less than 10 feet; provided, that the weight limitations pertaining to single axles may be exceeded to permit the movement of equipment operating upon single pneumatic tires having a rim width of 20 inches or more and a rim diameter of 24 inches or more or dual pneumatic tires having a rim width of 16 inches or more and a rim diameter of 24 inches or more; provided further, that permits may be issued for weights in excess of the preceding limitations on streets or alleys that have been designed and constructed for weights in excess of such limitations; or the gross weight limitations may be waived when certification is made by military officials, or by officials of public or private power facilities that such movement or action is a necessary movement or action, and in the opinion of the city manager or designee the structures and street or alley surfaces on the routes involved are determined to be capable of sustaining weights in excess of such limitations. Application to waive or exceed gross weight limitations shall be made in writing on special forms provided by the city manager or designee, and shall be submitted at least 36 hours in advance of the proposed movement. (RCW 46.44.091) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.260 Special permits – Solo truck – Additional gross load fee.
When fully licensed to the maximum gross weight permitted under NPMC 8.06.300 and 8.06.360 a two-axle truck or a three-axle truck operated as a solo unit and not in combination shall be eligible to carry gross weight in excess of that permitted for such a vehicle in NPMC 8.06.300 and 8.06.360 upon the payment of a fee to the city manager or designee, as prescribed by NPMC 8.08.120; provided, that the axle loads of such vehicles shall not exceed the limits specified in NPMC 8.06.260 and the tire limits specified in NPMC 8.06.420 or the wheel base requirements specified in NPMC 8.06.440. (RCW 46.44.095) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.280 Special permits – Class A additional tonnage permits.
When fully licensed to a minimum gross weight of 72,000 pounds, a three or more axle truck tractor, dromedary truck tractor, or truck, operating in combination with another vehicle (the licensed gross weight of which, if any, shall be included when computing the minimum gross weights set forth above), shall be eligible, under special permits issued by the city manager or designee, to carry additional gross loads beyond the limit specified in NPMC 8.06.360 upon the payment of a fee as specified in NPMC 8.08.120. The axle loads of such vehicles shall not exceed the limits specified in NPMC 8.06.260 or the tire limits specified in NPMC 8.06.420. The gross weight of a three or more axle truck operated in combination with a two or three-axle trailer shall not exceed 76,000 pounds, and the gross weight for a three or more axle truck-tractor operated in combination with semi-trailer shall not exceed 73,280 pounds except where the semi-trailer is eligible to carry a gross load of 36,000 pounds pursuant to the provisions of NPMC 8.06.320 in which event the maximum gross weight of the combination shall not exceed 76,000 pounds. The minimum additional tonnage to be purchased pursuant to this paragraph for a three or more axle tractor to be operated in combination with a semi-trailer shall be not less than 1,280 pounds. The permits, provided for in NPMC 8.08.260 and this section shall be known as Class A additional tonnage permits. (RCW 46.44.095) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.300 Special permits – Class B additional tonnage permits.
In addition to the gross weight fees paid pursuant to RCW 46.16.070 and 46.16.115 and the gross weight permits issued pursuant to NPMC 8.06.240, 8.08.260, and 8.08.280, and when a permit for the maximum gross weight permitted by law for a combination of vehicles has been purchased, a special permit for additional gross weight may be issued by the city manager or designee upon the payment of a fee as specified in NPMC 8.08.120; provided, that the tire limits specified in NPMC 8.06.420 shall apply, and the gross weight on any single axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the gross load on any group of axles shall not exceed the values shown in the table in NPMC 8.04.440(1). (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.320 Special permits – Regulations.
The special permits provided for in NPMC 8.08.260, 8.08.280 and 8.08.300 shall be used under such rules and regulations, and upon such terms and conditions consistent therewith, as may be prescribed by the city manager or designee. Such special permits shall entitle the permittee to carry such additional load in such an amount upon such streets or alleys as may be determined by the city manager or designee to be capable of withstanding such increased load without undue injury to the street or alley. (RCW 46.44.095) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.340 Special permit – Display.
Every special permit issued hereunder shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer or authorized agent of any authority granting such permit. (RCW 46.44.097) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.350 Fire department permit – Display.
Every vehicle requiring a fire department permit shall carry a copy of the permit in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer or authorized agent of the fire department. (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).
8.08.360 State or county permits – Validity.
Trucks carrying overlegal loads to or from the city under valid state or county permit shall obtain a validation number for that state or county permit from the city manager or designee which will authorize operation to any destination within the city, by such route and at such time as the city manager or designee may prescribe. The validation number shall be noted on the back of the state or county permit by the operator and any police officer checking this permit shall report the time, date, and validation number to the city manager or designee for determination of the validity of the operation. Violation of the terms of the validation will void the right of the permittee to further use of this privilege, and will require said permittee to obtain a written permit in the manner prescribed in this chapter. (RCW 46.44.096) (Ord. 647 § 2, 1998).