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Section
12-4-1 Weight restrictions within residential areas and other roads
12-4-2 Weight restrictions on mile grid roadways, U.S. highways and state routes
12-4-3 Exemptions
12-4-4 Weighing of vehicles
12-4-5 Unlawful weight
12-4-6 Damage to the street
12-4-7 Overweight permits
12-4-8 Penalties
12-4-9 Designated truck routes
It is unlawful for any person, partnership, association, company or corporation to:
(A) Operate a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (“GVWR”) in excess of 10,000 pounds on the public streets in any residential area and other roads within the corporate limits of the city, except roads as indicated in Vol. I, § 12-4-2; or
(B) Use the vehicles on the public streets in any residential area to access private property except for the purpose of parking within the restrictions of Vol. I, § 12-3-9.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-1) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010) Penalty, see Vol. I, § 12-4-8
(A) The total gross vehicle weight and total gross axle weight of any motor vehicle truck or trailer, including the load thereon, driven only on designated truck routes as shown in Vol. I, § 12-4-9, shall not exceed the gross weight given for the respective distance between the first and last axles of the group of axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the appropriate table at weights applicable to highways under the jurisdiction of the state by A.R.S. §§ 28-1099 and 28-1100 in effect on the date this article becomes effective or as from time to time subsequently amended.
(B) (1) The state statutory tables and provisions are hereby made a part of this article in their entirety as though fully set forth herein.
(2) This article shall not apply to fire apparatus, urban mass transit transportation vehicles, implements of husbandry, including farm tractors temporarily moved upon a highway, or to vehicles operated under the terms of a special permit as provided in this article.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-2) (Ord. 869, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010) Penalty, see Vol. I, § 12-4-8
Vehicles involved in the pickup or delivery of goods or services, or vehicles receiving services, vehicles owned by a public or private utility while necessarily in use in the construction or repair of any public utility or cable television, so long as they use the most direct route to accomplish the purpose, emergency vehicles and school buses, pickups and recreational vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of Vol. I, § 12-4-1 unless otherwise specified.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-3) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
Any police or peace officer employed in the State of Arizona, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load does not conform to the provisions of this code, is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scales and may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales in the event the scales are within 2 miles.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-4) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010) Penalty, see Vol. I, § 12-4-8
(A) When an officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load as provided in Vol. I, § 12-4-4, determines that the weight does not conform to the provisions of this article, the officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of the vehicle to the limit as permitted under this article.
(B) All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or operator of the vehicle at the risk of the owner or operator.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-5) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010) Penalty, see Vol. I, § 12-4-8
(A) Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance upon any street, highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage which the street, highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal operation, driving or moving of the vehicle, object or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight in this article, even if authorized by a special permit issued as provided in A.R.S. §§ 28-1103 or 28-1144.
(B) When the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, object or contrivance, but is so operating, driving or moving the same with the express or implied permission of the owner, then the owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-6) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
The Public Works Director or his or her designee, upon application in writing and good cause shown, may issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate a vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in this article on any street under the jurisdiction of the city. Appeals shall be directed to the City Manager within 5 calendar days and the City Manager shall have 3 business days to decide the appeal, with such decision being final and binding.
(Prior Code, § 12-4-7) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
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