When any road, highway, street or streets are established, and designated by appropriate signs as truck routes, the operator of any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum manufacturer’s gross weight rating (GVWR) limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds shall not drive within the city on any street not so designated, except when necessary to traverse a street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviation to and from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary.
A. Exceptions. Notwithstanding restricted streets, the following vehicles are exempted from this Chapter provided all conditions are met:
1. Passenger buses owned or operated by any public entity.
2. Small rental vehicles (under 26.001 pounds GVWR) used for non-commercial purposes such as moving household goods.
3. Non-publicly owned bus service for medical, elderly or similar usage provided the vehicles utilized are less than 15,000 pounds GVWR; “party” or limo service buses do not qualify for this category.
4. Passenger buses, tow vehicles, utility service vehicle(s) or trash truck(s).
5. Commercial vehicles making multiple pickup and deliveries or providing services such as, but not limited to: residential solid waste pickup, landscaping maintenance or courier package trucks in a distinct area; i.e. neighborhood may use a direct route between these operations provided that ingress and egress in the service area is made by an approved route. (Ord. 3180, § 1, 2013; Ord. 3145, § 1 (part), 2010)