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A permit for excess size and weight authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight or load exceeding the maximum specified by State law or the City over those streets or bridges named in the permit which are under the jurisdiction of the City and for which the City is responsible for maintenance is required as follows:
1. The Public Works Director or his authorized agent may at their discretion, and upon application and with good cause, issue permits for the movement on city streets of indivisible oversize and/or overweight vehicles and loads as defined by Iowa Code Section 321. The maximum vehicle dimensions and weight are as specified in Sections 321.452 through 321.466 of the Iowa Code or succeeding legislation.
A. Permits for excess size and weight may be issued by the City as single trip permits or annual permits. All permits shall be in writing, shall be carried in the cab of the vehicle for which the permit has been issued, and shall be available for inspection at all times.
B. Fees: The fee for the issuance of an annual permit for excess size and weight shall be $250.00. A fee shall not be required for single-trip permits.
C. The permit holder must comply with all provisions of Chapter 321E of the Iowa Code, including requirements for escort vehicles, lights, signs, and flags.
D. When in the judgment of the Public Works Director or law enforcement official the movement of a permitted vehicle of excess size and/or weight will be hazardous to public safety or will cause undue damage to a specific street pavement, curb, sidewalk or other property, the permit shall be revoked either permanently or temporarily. The reasons for the revocation and tenure of the revocation shall be so noted in writing to the permit holder.
E. The permit holder must comply with the restrictions and requirements in regard to temporary embargos, load limits on certain streets, load limits on bridges, truck routes and any other restrictions as designated in this chapter.
(Ord. 1801 – Apr. 14 Supp.)
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the amounts specified on such signs at any time upon any of the following streets or parts of streets:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.473 & 475)
1. Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, vehicles in excess of 5 tons are prohibited on the following roadway:
NONE
(Ord. 2092 - Jan. 22 Supp.)
Where it has been determined that any City bridge has a capacity less than the maximum permitted on the streets of the City, or on the street serving the bridge, the Public Works Director and/or the Police Chief may cause to be posted and maintained signs on said bridge and at suitable distances ahead of the entrances thereof to warn drivers of such maximum load limits, and no person shall drive, pull, or otherwise propel any vehicle weighing, loaded or unloaded, upon said bridge in excess of such posted limit.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.471)
1. There is fixed for users of the following bridges the maximum load limit, including the weight of the vehicle, together with trailer or other attachments thereto, designated for each bridge:
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(Ord. 1991 – Mar. 20 Supp.)
1. Designated. All trucks and other commercial vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or more shall be operated only upon the following streets, which streets are hereby designated as truck routes:
A. West 1st Street and East 1st Street from its termination point on the west to the east corporate limits;
B. Southeast and Northeast Delaware Avenue from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits;
C. Southwest 3rd Street from its west termination point to Southwest State Street;
D. Southwest Cherry Street from West 1st Street to Southwest Ordnance Road;
E. South Ankeny Boulevard and North Ankeny Boulevard from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits;
F. Southwest 3rd Street Place from Southwest Irvinedale Drive to its east termination point;
G. Southwest Ordnance Road from Southwest State Street to South Ankeny Boulevard;
H. Southwest Linden Street from Southwest 3rd Street to West 1st Street;
I. Southwest Magazine Road and Southeast Magazine Road from Southwest Vintage Parkway to Southeast Delaware Avenue;
J. Southwest Oralabor Road and Southeast Oralabor Road from the west corporate limits to the east corporate limits;
K. Southwest Irvinedale Drive and Northwest Irvinedale Drive from Southwest Oralabor Road to the north corporate limits;
L. Southwest State Street and Northwest State Street from the south corporate limits to its north point of termination;
M. Southeast Cortina Drive from Southeast Shurfine Drive to Southeast Magazine Road;
N. Southeast Shurfine Drive from South Ankeny Boulevard to Southeast Delaware Avenue;
O. Southeast Hulsizer Road from Southeast Oralabor Road to Southeast Shurfine Drive;
P. Southeast Lorenz Drive from Southeast Hulsizer Road to Southeast Delaware Avenue;
Q. Southeast 54th Street from the west corporate limits to Southeast Delaware Avenue;
R. Northwest 18th Street and Northeast 18th Street from the west corporate limits to the east corporate limits;
T. Southeast Creekview Drive from East 1st Street south to its point of termination;
U. Southeast Tones Drive from Southeast Creekview Drive to its point of termination;
V. Southeast Convenience Boulevard from the south corporate limits to Southeast Oralabor Road;
W. Southeast Corporate Woods Drive from the west corporate limits to the east corporate limits;
X. Southeast Four Mile Drive and Northeast Four Mile Drive from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits;
Y. Northwest 36th Street and Northeast 36th Street from the west corporate limits to the east corporate limits;
Z. Northwest 54th Street and Northeast 54th Street from the west corporate limits to Northeast Delaware Avenue;
AA. Northwest Ash Drive from West 1st Street to the north corporate limits;
BB. Southwest Vintage Parkway from Southwest Irvinedale Drive to Southwest State Street.
CC. Southeast Crosswinds Drive from Southeast Convenience Boulevard to Southeast Corporate Woods Drive;
DD. Southeast 72nd Street from its west point of termination to Southeast Corporate Woods Drive;
EE. Southeast 77th Street from Southeast Convenience Boulevard to Southeast Four Mile Drive;
FF. Southeast 90th Street from the west corporate limits to the east corporate limits;
GG. Northeast 72nd Street from North Ankeny Boulevard to the east corporate limits.
(Ord. 2164 - Mar. 24 Supp.)
2. Definition. “Truck” means any motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying livestock, merchandise, freight of any kind, or nine persons as passengers, excepting school buses.
3. Entering and Reentering; Conduct of Business. Such vehicles named in subsection 1 may be operated upon any street where necessary in the conduct of business to and from a destination point, but then only by leaving and reentering the truck route at the intersection nearest to such point.
4. Posting of Signs. The City shall cause truck route prohibitions and limitations to be designated by appropriate signs posted upon the truck route.