(A) Trucks, trailers or heavy-duty vehicles shall not be allowed on any street which the City Manager may designate by appropriate official sign indicating that the street is so restricted; except that, the vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering or picking up materials or merchandise and then only by entering the street at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle and proceeding thereon further than the nearest intersection thereafter; provided further, however, that, the City Manager is hereby authorized to grant a permit to the operator of the vehicle to be driven on the street for a greater distance where urgent necessity requires it. This section shall apply only to vehicles of weight capacity of over one ton.
(B) The following are exceptions to this section:
(1) The operation of trucks upon any street where necessary to the conduct of business at a destination point within the city; provided, streets designated as truck routes are used until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point;
(2) The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the city;
(3) The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city, any contractor or material man, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the city;
(4) School buses;
(5) Recreational vehicles; and
(6) If the truck has been officially detoured through the city by lawful authority so long as it is being operated upon the street over which the detour is directed.
(C) No person shall be charged to be in violation of this section unless the streets are so marked.
(D) Under the provisions of this section, any street restricted as to commercial truck traffic shall be subject to the posting of a notice on at least two occasions in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice shall be published at least 30 days prior to the posting of signage on the restricted street.
(1989 Code, § 15-801)