Chapter 8.14
REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERING VEHICLE LOADS

Sections:

8.14.020    Securing vehicle loads.

8.14.020 Securing vehicle loads.

It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or allow a vehicle to be operated on any street or alley without having the load thereon securely fastened and protected by safety chains or other devices and covered, tied down, confined or otherwise secured so as to prevent the material from spilling, escaping, or being deposited outside the vehicle. Vehicles carrying loose materials such as dirt, sand, powders, etc. shall be completely covered so wind blown material may not escape. The city may enforce rules and regulations adopted by the State Commission on Equipment, which are adopted by reference and are on file with the city clerk, as to what shall constitute adequate and safe chains or other devices for the fastening and protection of loads upon vehicles. No vehicle shall be driven or moved in any street or alley unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded, and the load covered or tied down or confined or otherwise secured, as to prevent any of the load from spilling, escaping, or depositing outside the vehicle, or depositing any matter by dragging or tracking, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in the cleaning or maintaining of such roadway by the public authority having jurisdiction. (RCW 46.61.655) (Ord. 647 § 5, 1998).