Section 7-2-7 Commercial Trucks and Truck Routes 1

   A.   No person shall operate a commercial vehicle that exceeds seven thousand pounds empty weight, at any time upon a street in Carefree except along designated truck routes.

   B.   In the event a pickup or delivery point within the town is not located on a designated truck route, the operator of the commercial vehicle may leave the designated truck route by the nearest route to make deliveries or pickups after which the commercial vehicle must return immediately to the nearest designated truck route.

   C.   The following streets are designated truck routes:

      1.   Tom Darlington Drive from the Scottsdale city limits north to Cave Creek Road.

      2.   Cave Creek Road from the town limits of Cave Creek (just west of Tom Darlington Drive) east to the Scottsdale city limits.

      3.   Pima Road between Cave Creek Road and Stagecoach Pass.

      4.   Cave Creek Road from Carefree Highway north to the town limits of Cave Creek (just north of Sentinel Rock Road).

   D.   The following vehicles are exempt from the meaning of "commercial vehicle":

      1.   Passenger buses, including school buses.

      2.   Vehicles used in the construction, installation, maintenance or repair of public utilities and streets located within the town.

      3.   Vehicles used for residential or business refuse collection located within the town.

      4.   Fire engines and emergency vehicles.

      5.   Vehicles of other municipalities, the state, or the county and their political subdivisions as authorized by the town marshal.

 

Notes

1	***Ordinance 95-06