(A) Trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding 10,000 pounds (five tons) shall travel over marked highways when operating in the city and shall not depart from such marked highways, except that any truck whose destination or local delivery is in the city may depart from such highway at that point on the highway nearest to its destination and then proceed directly to such destination. The following shall be designated as marked highways:
(1) Highway 67;
(2) Highway 136;
(3) Highway 30;
(4) Mill Creek Parkway;
(5) South Second Street from the intersection of 7th Avenue South heading south to 15th Avenue South and then west on 15th Avenue South to South 3rd Street then south to 17th Avenue South and then west on 17th Avenue South.
(B) Trucks whose trips originate within the city shall travel by the most direct route to the point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin.
(C) Trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway shall proceed to the nearest marked highway by the most direct route and then proceed to their destination, except when the destination lies between the point of entry into the city and the marked highway.
(D) The City Engineer is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding 10,000 pounds (five tons) from operating on non-highway streets. Notwithstanding provisions for local delivery above, truck traffic is prohibited from any street so marked. Further, the following streets are prohibited from travel by trucks in excess of 10,000 pounds (five tons) unless making delivery to a location on that street:
(1) Harrison Drive from South 14th Street to South 21st Street;
(2) 8th Avenue South from 3rd Street/Highway 67 to South 2nd Street;
(3) 12th Avenue North from North 11th Street, east to parking lot termination;
(4) 16th Street N.W.;
(5) 15th Avenue South from South 3rd Street to South 4th Street;
(6) Springdale Drive from 13th Avenue North to 19th Avenue North;
(7) 19th Avenue North from North 2nd Street to Randall Court;
(8) 19th Avenue Northwest from Randall Court to Main Avenue;
(9) South 19th Street from 15th Avenue South to South Bluff Boulevard;
(10) South Bluff Boulevard from Manufacturing Drive to South 19th Street; and
(11) Harts Mill Road from 16th Avenue South to South 19th Street.
(E) The provisions of this section governing the travel of trucks on residential streets shall not apply to city buses, emergency vehicles, public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed or demand response vehicles, school or church buses.
(F) Weight-related permit violations. Any person who violates the maximum weight allowed by any permit issued under this chapter commits a municipal infraction and violators shall be subject to non-scheduled fines and any other applicable penalties as provided for in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances. Any penalty or fines imposed by the city shall be in addition to any penalties or administrative action prescribed for such violations by Iowa Code Chapters 321 or 321E.
(G) Other permit violations. Any person who violates a provision of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter or rules adopted under Iowa Code § 321E.15, other than a provision relating to weight (see § 76.05(F) above), shall be subject to a scheduled fine in the amount of $200, or the scheduled fine provided for in Iowa Code § 805.8A(12)(f), whichever is higher. Any penalty or fines imposed by the city shall be in addition to any penalties or administrative action prescribed for such violations by Iowa Code Chapters 321 or 321E.
(Ord. 2500, passed 9-24-2013; Ord. 2541, passed 9-13-2016; Ord. 2556, passed 10-24-2017; Ord. 2622, passed 10-8-2019; Ord. 2681, passed 6-22-2021)