Effective January 15, 2009:
(1) No person shall operate any vehicle with any load on any public roadway in Canyon County outside the corporate limits of any municipality unless such load is securely contained so as to prevent any of its contents from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping the vehicle, or in any manner posing a hazard to other users of the public roadway.
(2) Any person operating a vehicle on any public roadway in unincorporated Canyon County from which any materials have fallen or escaped, which would constitute an obstruction or injure a vehicle or otherwise endanger travel upon such public roadway shall immediately cause the public roadway to be cleaned of all such materials and shall pay any costs therefor.
(3) This section shall not apply to vehicles on a public roadway, or a portion thereof, that is closed to travel by the general public. However, prior to the opening or reopening of the public roadway all materials that would constitute an obstruction or injure a vehicle or otherwise endanger travel upon such public roadway must be cleaned from the public roadway. (Ord. 08-027, 12-31-2008)
(1) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a government employee or contractor from dropping sand on a highway to enhance traction, or sprinkling water or other substances to clean or maintain a highway.
(2) This article shall not apply to agricultural vehicles while being used for agricultural purposes. (Ord. 08-027, 12-31-2008)
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