Chapter 10.35
TRUCK ROUTES ESTABLISHED
Sections:
10.35.020 Application of regulations.
10.35.040 Truck routes established.
10.35.050 Truck traffic in the City – Outside origin.
10.35.060 Truck traffic in City – Inside origin.
10.35.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this title, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning given in this section. When not consistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural. “Shall” is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A. “City” is the City of University Place.
B. “Deviating truck” is a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city.
C. “Person” is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
D. “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 rated capacity exceeds 10,000 pounds.
E. “Truck route” is 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. 200, 1998).
10.35.020 Application of regulations.
All trucks within the City shall be operated only over and along the truck routes established in this chapter and on the other designated streets over which truck travel is permitted.
(Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.030 Exceptions.
This chapter shall not prohibit:
A. Operation on Street of Destination. The operation of any trucks 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. Emergency Vehicles. The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the City;
C. Public Utilities. The operation of trucks 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;
D. Detoured Trucks. The operation of trucks upon any officially established detour in any case where such truck could lawfully be operated on the street for which such detour was established.
(Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.040 Truck routes established.
A. Bridgeport Way West: from 19th Street West (north City limits) to south City limits.
B. Cirque Drive West: from east City limits to Bridgeport Way West.
C. Chambers Creek Road West: from Chambers Creek Bridge to Chambers Lane West.
D. Chambers Lane West: from Chambers Creek Road West to Bridgeport Way West.
E. 64th Street West: from Grandview Drive West to Chambers Creek Road West.
F. 27th Street West: from Grandview Drive West to 67th Avenue West.
G. 67th Avenue West: from Bridgeport Way West to 44th Street West.
(Ord. 208 § 1, 1998; Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.050 Truck traffic in the City – Outside origin.
A. One Inside Destination Point. All trucks entering the City for a destination point in the City shall proceed only over an established truck route and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the destination point. Upon leaving the destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
B. Multiple Inside Destination Points. All trucks entering the City for multiple destination points shall proceed only over established truck routes and shall deviate only at the intersection with the street nearest to the first destination point. Upon leaving the first destination point, a deviating truck shall proceed to other destination points by the shortest direction. Upon leaving the last destination point, a deviating truck shall return to the truck route by the shortest permissible route.
(Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.060 Truck traffic in City – Inside origin.
A. Outside Destination Point. All trucks, on a trip originating in the City, and traveling in the City for a destination point outside the City, shall 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. All trucks on a trip originating in the City, and traveling in the City for destination points in the City shall proceed as provided in UPMC 10.35.050.
(Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.070 Maps.
The City Clerk shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting out truck routes and streets upon which truck traffic is permitted; the maps shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk and shall be available to the public.
(Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.080 Signs.
The Director shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which truck traffic is prohibited to be clearly sign posted to give notice that this chapter is in effect.
(Ord. 423 § 24, 2004; Ord. 200, 1998).
10.35.090 Weigh-ins.
Any duly authorized police officer of the City of University Place, having probable cause to believe that a vehicle is violating this chapter, shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any commercial vehicle, not proceeding over a truck route or street over which truck traffic is permitted, to proceed to any private or public scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether this chapter has been complied with.
(Ord. 200 § 9, 1998).
10.35.100 Violation/penalty.
A violation of this chapter shall be a traffic infraction, punishable by the fines and penalties set forth in RCW 46.44.105 as amended.
(Ord. 200 § 10, 1998).