A. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must travel over marked highways when operating in the city and may not depart from such marked highways, except that any motor truck whose destination 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.
B. Motor trucks whose trips originate within the city must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin.
C. Motor trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway must 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. This prohibition shall not apply to Central Avenue and White Street between 4th Street and 32nd Street from the de-designation of Central Avenue and White Street as the Iowa Highway 52 motor truck route through the city by the Iowa department of transportation and continue through December 31, 2023.
D. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must not travel over the following streets:
Ice Harbor Drive, from 1st Street to the 3rd Street Overpass.
Main Street, from 5th Street to 9th Street.
E. The city manager is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) from operating on nonhighway streets and the streets designated in subsection D of this section.
F. The provisions of this section governing the travel of motor trucks on residential streets do not apply to public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed demand response, or dial-a- ride routes or school or church buses.
G. The scheduled fine for a violation of this section is fifty dollars ($50.00). (Ord. 19-13, 4-1-2013; amd. Ord. 30-20, 8-3-2020; Ord. 1-23, 1-3-2023)