(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“PROOF OF ROUTE.” Written verification of pick-ups, deliveries, or destinations, which may include a log book, delivery slip, shipping order, bill or any other document which identifies and specifies the date, address and name of the person requesting or directing the pick-up or delivery and the destination of the pick-up or delivery.
“TRUCK.” Any commercial vehicle with a registered gross vehicle weight 26,000 pounds or more. The term shall not include emergency vehicles, such as fire vehicles, nor shall it include vehicles operated by utility companies providing electricity, gas, water, telephone, and sewerage.
(B) Prohibition against travel on restricted truck routes. Except as expressly permitted under this Section, no person shall operate a truck on any road or street designated as a restricted truck route.
(C) Truck routes. The following roads and streets in the Town of Cedar Lake, to the exclusion of other roads and streets, are designated as truck routes, and no person shall drive or operate a truck except on the truck routes established below and shown on the map incorporated as Exhibit A to the ordinance codified herein, except as expressly permitted under this section:
(1) E. 133rd Avenue from the eastern corporate limits to Morse Street;
(2) Morse Street from E. 133rd Avenue to Lake Shore Drive;
(3) Lake Shore Drive from Morse Street to W. 133rd Avenue;
(4) Cline Avenue from the northern corporate limit to Lake Shore Drive;
(5) W. 133rd Avenue from US-41 (Wicker Avenue) to Lake Shore Drive.
(D) Exemptions. The truck route restrictions and limitations prescribed in this Section shall not apply to:
(1) Road repair, construction or maintenance vehicles while involved in the repair, construction or maintenance of infrastructure within the town; or
(2) Trucks engaged in pick-up, delivery, or service call activities set forth in subsection (E) hereinafter leaving or returning to a place of business as set forth in subsection (F) hereinafter.
(E) Pick-ups, deliveries, service calls. The operator of a truck that is being used to make pick-ups, deliveries or service calls in the Town on streets designated as restricted truck routes shall restrict its travel to a minimum when being so used. The truck shall be driven in such a manner as to leave a non-restricted truck route and proceed to is destination or destinations in the town by the most direct route. Upon completion of the pick-ups, deliveries or service calls, the truck shall return to the nearest non-restricted truck route or leave the town by the most direct route and the operator shall keep proof of route verification, as defined in subsection (A), hereinabove in the truck.
(F) Leaving or returning to a place of business. Nothing herein contained shall prevent a truck from leaving or returning to its customary storage place at a commercial or industrial location in the Town, provided the most direct route to and from a restricted truck route is utilized.
(G) Signs. The Public Works Department shall post appropriate signs and markings on the above described public streets clearly indicating the prohibitions and designated truck routes, the placement of which shall be directed by the Director of Operations, or designated Town Administrative staff. All such signs shall conform to the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control device as used by the Indiana Department of Transportation, as the same are amended, hereafter from time to time. Additional signs may be installed at other locations to properly identify local truck routes.
(H) Penalty. Any person who operates a truck in violation of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for each such violation.
(Ord. 1297, passed 6-19-18)