Chapter 10.16
TRUCK ROUTES
Sections:
10.16.030 Operation limited to designated truck routes.
10.16.040 Operation within residential areas prohibited.
10.16.050 Designated truck routes.
10.16.080 Enforcement – Penalty.
10.16.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and restrict by classification vehicular traffic upon certain City streets in order to prevent infrastructure damage, promote safe and efficient traffic flows, and preserve the integrity and safety of the City’s residential neighborhoods. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.020 Definitions.
The terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless otherwise specifically provided:
(1) “City” means the City of Woodinville.
(2) “Arterial” means that term as now or hereafter designated by the City’s arterial functional classification system.
(3) “Designated truck route” means those public roadways within the City limits that have been designated for usage by motor trucks and other heavy or large vehicles pursuant to this chapter.
(4) “Destination point” means the fixed location that the operator of a vehicle must directly access in order to load or unload goods, passengers or other cargo, or to perform services.
(5) “Parking” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.381, as now or hereafter amended.
(6) “Hazardous cargo” means “hazardous materials,” as defined in RCW 70.136.020(1), as now or hereafter amended.
(7) “Residential area” means those areas of the City which constitute “residential districts” as defined in RCW 46.04.470, as now or hereafter amended.
(8) “Semitrailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.530, as now or hereafter amended.
(9) “Trailer” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.620, as now or hereafter amended.
(10) “Motor truck” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.310, as now or hereafter amended.
(11) “Tractor” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.650, as now or hereafter amended.
(12) “Truck tractor” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.655, as now or hereafter amended.
(13) “Vehicle” means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.670, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.030 Operation limited to designated truck routes.
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the operation of the following vehicles shall only occur upon and within (1) the designated truck routes established pursuant to this chapter, and (2) the State highway system within which such operation is unrestricted:
(1) Vehicles Restricted by Weight, Width and/or Length. Any motor truck, truck tractor, motor truck and trailer combination, or truck tractor and semitrailer combination, which exceeds eight feet in width, 26 feet in total length, or 26,000 pounds gross weight, including load.
(2) Vehicles Restricted by Cargo or Contents.
(a) Any vehicle transporting radioactive material; or
(b) Any vehicle transporting hazardous cargo. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.040 Operation within residential areas prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, it is unlawful to operate any vehicle listed in WMC 10.16.030 within any residential area of the City. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.050 Designated truck routes.
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the operation within the City limits of any vehicle listed in WMC 10.16.030 shall be restricted to the confines of (1) the State highway system, and (2) the following designated truck routes:
Route 1. Woodinville-Snohomish Road between 140th Avenue and north City limit.
Route 2. 140th Avenue NE between south City limits and Woodinville-Snohomish Road.
Route 3. NE 195th Street/NE North Woodinville Way between NE Woodinville-Duvall Road and SR 522.
Route 4. Woodinville-Duvall Road between the east City limits and NE Woodinville-Duvall Road.
Route 5. NE 190th Street between NE North Woodinville Way and Woodinville-Snohomish Road.
Route 6. NE Woodinville-Duvall Road between NE North Woodinville Way and 140th Avenue NE.
Route 7. Little Bear Creek Parkway between NE 190th Street and SR 202.
Route 8. SR 202 between SR 522 and south City limit.
Route 9. NE 171st Street/131st Avenue NE between 140th Avenue NE and NE 175th Street.
Route 10. Woodinville Drive (aka Brickyard Road) between SR 202 and westerly City limit.
Route 11. 124th Avenue NE between south City limit to NE 160th Street. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.060 Truck route map.
A map of the City’s designated truck routes is attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter as Exhibit A and is hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.070 Exceptions.
The prohibitions set forth in this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) The operation of a vehicle upon any street where directly and unavoidably necessary in order to access or depart from a destination point. When a destination point is not located immediately adjacent to a State highway route or a designated truck route, the vehicle operator shall access and/or depart from the destination point using the shortest and most direct City arterial route to and from the nearest State highway route or designated truck route.
(2) The operation of emergency and law enforcement vehicles.
(3) The operation of any vehicle owned or operated by the City, a public utility or any contractor or materialman, while directly engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the City.
(4) The operation of any vehicle within and pursuant to any officially established temporary detour route.
(5) The operation of any vehicle directly engaged in the disposal, collection and/or transport of waste, including but not limited to recyclable material, as a part of a regularly scheduled curbside or on-site disposal or collection service within the Woodinville City limits; provided, that this exception shall not apply to hazardous cargo or radioactive materials.
(6) The operation of passenger buses, including but not limited to mass transit vehicles and school buses.
(7) The operation of vehicles directly engaged in transporting perishable commodities or commodities necessary for the health and welfare of local residents. (Ord. 454 § 2, 2008; Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)
10.16.080 Enforcement – Penalty.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be found to have committed a traffic infraction and shall be subject to monetary penalties pursuant to the penalty schedule set forth in Chapter 46.44 RCW and Section 6.2 of Infraction Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, including any future amendments thereto. In addition to any penalty for violating the provisions of this chapter, violators shall also be liable in a civil action instituted in the name of the City for any damage caused to City streets, infrastructure or other public property resulting from such violation. (Ord. 443 § 2, 2007)