(a) The term "vehicles transporting hazardous materials," as used in this section, means all vehicles and appurtenances thereto used for the transportation of radioactive, hazardous, explosive or inflammable materials and substances and regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation and/or the state department of public safety as vehicles used for the transportation of hazardous materials.
(b) No person shall operate a vehicle transporting hazardous materials upon any street or roadway within the city except upon the following portions of the following streets, which are hereby designated as primary routes for vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
(1) Interstate Highway 20 from the west city limits to the east city limits.
(2) U.S. Highway 87 from the north city limits to its intersection with Interstate Highway 20.
(3) State Highway 350 from the north city limits to Interstate Highway 20.
(4) Farm to Market Road 700 from its intersection with U.S. Highway 80 Business Route to its intersection with Interstate Highway 20.
(5) U.S. Highway 80 Business Route from its intersection with Interstate Highway 20 on the west to its intersection with Farm to Market Road 700 on the west.
(6) U.S. Highway 87 from Farm to Market Road 700 to the south city limits.
(c) Vehicles transporting hazardous material may depart from the above-numerated routes where it is necessary to load or unload materials at locations situated off designated routes; provided, however, such vehicles shall follow the most direct designated route to the point nearest their ultimate destination and, provided further, that such vehicles shall not leave the designated routes until they have reached a turning point that can be described as the shortest distance practical to the ultimate destination of the vehicle which is consistent with the reasonable operation of the vehicle; provided, further, said vehicles may depart from the designated routes for the purpose of traveling to and from a duly designated truck terminal, which is defined as an area for trans-shipment of merchandise and service and maintenance of trucks, provided that such vehicle proceeds by the most direct route that is practicable.
(1) Any such vehicles may be driven off the designated routes to a public garage or repair shop when reasonably necessary for the maintenance and repair of such vehicles; provided, however, that this provision shall never be construed as authorizing the repair of vehicles in areas otherwise prohibited by the provisions of this Code, or by state law.
(2) Any person operating any of the aforesaid vehicles upon any street or roadway which is not a designated route, as provided for hereinabove, shall have in his possession for the inspection of police officers his log book or evidence of his destination and point of origin to justify the presence of said vehicle on a street or roadway other than a route designated above.
(d) No liquefied petroleum products shall be transferred from one transporting vehicle to another transporting vehicle on any street, alley, public thoroughfare or at any other point in the city other than on the premises on which permanent commercial storage tanks are located, except that in case of emergency, such transfer may be made under the supervision of the chief of the fire department.
(e) Appropriate signs and markings shall be erected and maintained advising the operators of vehicles transporting hazardous material of the highways which have been designated as routes for vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
(Prior Code, § 18-81; Ord. of 7-24-1979, § 2)