The City Council, by resolution, may designate streets on which travel by commercial vehicles is prohibited. the City Manager shall erect appropriate signs on such streets. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to operate a vehicle in violation of this section. Such restrictions shall be in addition to and not in lieu of those established by state statutes and the Commissioner of Transportation.
(A) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) School buses when engaged in the act of transporting pupils to or from school;
(2) Emergency vehicles;
(3) Trucks belonging to the city;
(4) Trucks belonging to utility companies when actually engaged in the construction or repair of utility company facilities;
(5) Trucks delivering retail merchandise to homes on regular routes;
(6) Trucks employed in the removal of rubbish, trash or garbage, or in the pumping of private sewage disposal systems;
(7) Trucks securing from the city a special permit to travel upon city streets as provided in this section.
(B) No trucks shall travel on any street except on those streets designated as truck routes.
(C) Truck routes shall consist of the following streets:
(1) All designated U.S. highways;
(2) All designated state highways;
(3) All designated county highways; and
(4) City streets as designated:
(a) South Diamond Lake Road from Brockton Lane to Dayton River Road (County Road 12).
(b) Pineview Lane from 129th Avenue North to Dayton River Road (County Road 12).
(c) Territorial Road from Brockton Lane to city border of Maple Grove.
(D) Special permits may be obtained from the city for trucks in excess of the weight limits imposed herein by submitted to the city an application. Upon submission of a completed application, together with an agreement to pay for any damage caused to the streets because of the travel thereon by the truck, a special permit may be issued.
(E) The Council shall cause appropriate signs to be posted designating the truck routes established herein.
(Ord. 2014-06, passed 4-29-2014; Ord. 2016-16, passed 7-12-2016) Penalty, see § 70.99