(A) Definition. For the purpose of this schedule, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUS. Shall not mean a school bus or a bus owned, sponsored, sanctioned or hired by the city for use in a public transportation system; and
TRUCK. Shall not include authorized emergency vehicles when responding to an emergency call or maintenance vehicles owned by the city or any utility company.
(B) Trucks and buses prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate or be in actual physical control of a truck or bus upon any portion of the roads, highways, alleys or streets of the city except in designated truck routes.
(C) Exceptions. Trucks or buses not exempted under division (A) above may be driven within the city only upon the following streets.
Street | Location |
18th Avenue | From 23rd Street north to city limits |
23rd Street | West city limits to east city limits |
33rd Avenue | From the Loup River north to 23rd Street |
48th Avenue | 23rd Street to north city limits |
63rd Avenue | Howard Boulevard to north city limits |
East 6th Avenue | 38th Street to 23rd Street (U.S. Highway 30) |
Howard Boulevard | From 23rd Street to west city limits |
Lost Creek Parkway | U.S. Highway 81 to 38th Street |
Shady Lake Road | 23rd Street to west city limits |
(D) Affirmative defense. It shall be an affirmative defense to this schedule if the driver can show the driver is delivering or picking up people, goods, wares, merchandise or materials within the corporate limits of the city when the delivery or pickup is made by use of the shortest route from the closest truck route where able.
(Prior Code, Ch. 74 Schd. II) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 10-39, passed 1-3-2011) Penalty, see § 70.999