(A) It shall be the duty of all truck drivers within the city limits to drive and operate trucks having a gross vehicle weight exceeding 15,000 pounds upon the routes designated, except trucks making local delivery and service calls, who shall, nevertheless, follow the truck route or routes to the nearest point of departure to the delivery or service call site.
(B) Trucks operating on city streets or highways may not exceed the weight limits as defined by the state’s Motor Carrier Handbook, prepared by the state’s Department of Transportation. The maximum axle and axle group loadings as set forth in this section may be reduced. The City Council shall be responsible for setting load limits and may increase, lessen or remove these restrictions if street or highway conditions warrant. Any law enforcement officer having reasonable cause to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to weigh the same, either by means of portable or stationary scales, and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest scales.
(C) The city may close certain streets or portions of streets to truck traffic (at or over 10,000 pounds gross) as it sees fit. Those streets shall be signed, in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic- Control Devices (MUTCD), with “no through trucks” signs.
(Prior Code, § N-3-4) (Ord. 819, passed - -; Ord. 877, passed - -) Penalty, see § 71.99
Cross-reference:
Truck routes, see Chapter 73, Schedule III
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-31-1