(A) Truck routes; map.
(1) The City Council, by motion or resolution, may prescribe routes through the city for the use of trucks in general or trucks of particular kinds or other vehicles which are not ordinary private passenger vehicles passing through the city. The city shall see that appropriate and adequate signs are placed along such routes so that drivers of such vehicles may follow the routes.
(2) When such signs are so erected and in place, the driver of a truck or other vehicle for which a route has been prescribed as provided herein, while passing through the city, shall keep on such route and shall not deviate therefrom except in case of emergency. Drivers of such vehicles shall follow such routes so far as practicable also when driving within the city and not merely through the city.
(3) The City Clerk-Treasurer shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting out the truck routes designated by the city.
(B) Truck parking restricted.
(1) It is unlawful and an offense for any person, firm, or corporation to park between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. any of the following vehicles which exceed a weight limit of one ton on any street or alley in the city, except as provided in division (B)(2) below:
(a) Truck;
(b) Bus;
(c) Tractor;
(d) Trailer;
(e) Truck-trailer, semi-trailer, or combination of any of the above; or
(f) Any other commercial vehicle.
(2) The vehicles listed in division (B)(1) above may be parked:
(a) On a street 32 feet or more wide in an area zoned industrial; or
(b) Entirely on private property so long as they are not in the area dedicated for use as a public street and so long as they do not obstruct the usage of the streets by other vehicles and pedestrians.
(C) LPG restrictions. Liquefied petroleum or hazardous material trucks may be driven on through streets as designated by the city, but may not be parked for any purpose on any public street in the city. No truck, trailer, storage building, or any other structure containing hazardous materials in bottles, buckets, barrels, or any other container may be parked for any purpose on a public street in the city. The hazardous materials may be removed at the expense of the owner, by the City Manager or designee, to storage in a proper location until the City Judge shall direct that such hazardous materials be returned to the rightful owner or otherwise disposed of as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 72.06) (Ord. 1107, passed 4-14-1987) Penalty, see § 70.999