A. Authority To Establish And Regulate Truck Traffic:
1. The council, by motion or resolution, may prescribe routes through the city for the use of trucks in general or trucks of particular kinds or other vehicles which are not ordinary private passenger vehicles passing through the city.
2. The council, by motion or resolution, may prescribe certain streets and roads in the city for restricted travel and limit any truck having more than two (2) axles from travel on certain designated roads and streets. Restrictions shall not apply to trucks making local deliveries or picking up materials or merchandise on the street so restricted, nor will restrictions apply to agricultural equipment or vehicles using the roads for agricultural purposes.
B. Signs Posted: The city shall see that appropriate and adequate signs are placed along such routes so that drivers of such vehicles may follow the routes.
C. Obedience To Signs Required:
1. When such signs are so erected and in place as provided in subsection B of this section, the driver of a truck or other vehicle for which a route has been prescribed as provided herein, while passing through the city, shall keep on such route and shall not deviate therefrom except in case of emergency. Drivers of such vehicles shall follow such routes so far as practicable also when driving within the city and not merely through the city.
2. When signs are erected and in place restricting trucks with two (2) or more axles as provided in subsection A2 of this section, no driver of such vehicle shall drive on the street so designated. (1992 Code § 15-1101)
D. Map Of Routes Required: The city clerk shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting out the truck routes designated by the city. (1992 Code § 15-1101; amd. 2006 Code)