A. Truck Routes Designated: When signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful to operate any truck at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets in the village, excepting only those trucks described in Subsection B. of this section and on the following streets, which are hereby designated truck routes:
1. All State Routes
2. Fandel Road
3. Ten Mile Creek Road
4. Woodland Knolls Road
5. Holland Road
6. Lourdes Road
B. Exceptions:
1. The restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to trucks normally classified as one ton maximum and under, and having not more than two (2) axles.
2. Operators of emergency vehicles; school buses; village vehicles; garbage trucks; utility trucks (e.g., electricity, gas, water, telephone, cable TV); vehicles delivering heating oil, LP gas or water to residences within the village; and vehicles delivering chemicals, supplies, repair parts, and other such items to Caterpillar Trail public water district are exempt from the provisions of this section.
3. All trucks larger than those specified in Subsection B.1 of this Section may travel off of truck routes within the Village only for the purpose of making local freight deliveries. Said trucks shall proceed to the delivery point via the shortest direct route and shall return by the same path to the closest truck route.
C. Penalties: Every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00); and for a second conviction within a year, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days, or both; and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). (Ord. 99, 10-18-1973; amd. 2012 Code; Ord. 847, 4-21-2022)