Designated Commercial Truck Routes

A.    Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning described below:
 

1.      Park. Causing a vehicle to stand unattended for any amount of time or to stand attended for five (5) minutes within thirty feet (30') of the same point, or to permit a vehicle so to stand when it is within one's power to prevent it from so standing. In determining whether a vehicle is parked, it is immaterial whether or not its motor is running. A vehicle is attended when its driver is inside it or within twenty feet (20') of it.

2.      Public Street: Any street, road or public way, title to which is held by the City in fee or as a right of way, and which is used for vehicular traffic.

3.      Truck: A privately owned motor vehicle licensed for more than 24,000 pounds gross weight or with a rated capacity of two (2) tons or more, or having a total length in excess of twenty four feet (24'). "Truck" also means any vehicle carrying more than one hundred (100) gallons of flammable liquid or more than five (5) pounds of dynamite or other explosive of comparable blasting power, or more than fifty (50) gallons or fifty (50) pounds of highly corrosive freight. In determining the total gross weight or total length set forth in this definition, the length shall be measured from the most forward point of the vehicle or its load, and the length or weight of a trailer connected or attached to or in tandem with the motor vehicle shall be included.
 

B.     Designated Routes: The following public streets are designated truck routes:

C.     Temporary Routes: The City Manager may designate additional truck routes for temporary use during a period not exceeding thirty (30) days when road repairs or other obstructions block any of the above established truck routes. The City Manager has the discretion to establish such temporary truck routes; provided, that the designation is reported to the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

D.    General Prohibition: No truck shall move upon any public street not designated as a truck route, except as permitted in this section.

E.     Subdivision Construction: A truck may move upon any public street when such movement is necessary to arrive at the site of construction of a new subdivision; provided that the subdivision has received preliminary plat approval from the City Council.

F.      Construction of a Residence or Other Structure: A truck may move upon any public street when such movement is necessary to arrive at the site of construction of a new residence or other structure; provided that the new residence or other structure has received a building permit from the planning department.

G.    Improvements To Real Property:

1.      A truck may move upon any public street when such movement is necessary to provide improvements to real property; provided, that no more than five (5) truck loads may be transported to the property in a thirty (30) day period.

2.      The City Manager may, at his or her discretion, in writing, designate for temporary use an additional truck route for use during a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, when such truck movement is necessary to provide improvements to real property; provided, that the truck owner agrees to hold harmless the City from any damage or expense incurred by the City from the use of the owner's trucks on the streets of the City comprising the temporary truck route; and provided, that the designation is reported to the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

H.    Pickup and Delivery: A truck may move upon any public street when such movement is necessary to pick up or deliver freight to or from locations not situated along a designated truck route. Garbage trucks and other public vehicles may move upon any public street.

I.       Signs. Signs with the words "truck route" shall be posted on public streets designated truck routes at the point where such routes enter the city.