LOAD LIMIT

§ 70.15 LOAD LIMIT 44,000 POUNDS.

   Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, no commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, pole-trailer or semi-trailer, nor combination of those vehicles, shall be operated over, on or upon the public streets of the City of Heath, Texas, having a weight in excess of 44,000 pounds.

(2005 Code, § 8-4-1) (Ord. 47, passed 10-4-1973) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.16 LOAD LIMIT; CRISP.

   No commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, pole-truck or semi-trailer, nor combination of such vehicles whose rated carrying capacity exceeds one ton shall be operated on Crisp Lane from Hubbard Drive to Myers Road.

(2005 Code, § 8-4-1.1)

§ 70.17 EXCEPTIONS.

   The provisions of § 70.16 above shall not apply to the following:

   (A)   The operation of any type of delivery truck where a location on Crisp Lane is a destination point;

   (B)   The operation of an emergency vehicle;

   (C)   The operation of trucks owned by the city or operated by an entity who has a valid contract with the city; or

   (D)   The operation of a truck or vehicle where a location on Crisp Lane is a point of origin.

(2005 Code, § 8-4-1.2) (Ord. 020919C, passed - -)

§ 70.18 PURPOSE OF LOAD LIMIT.

   It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate the movement and operation of overweight and oversize commodities loaded in and carried upon the vehicles enumerated in this section.

(2005 Code, § 8-4-2)

§ 70.19 LOAD SHALL NOT APPLY TO STATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN CORPORATE LIMITS.

   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to state highways within the corporate limits of the City of Heath, specifically State Highways No. 740, 549, 550, 1140, nor any part thereof.

(2005 Code, § 8-4-3)

§ 70.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Whenever in this title an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in this title the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is otherwise provided in this code of ordinances, the violation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense of the laws of the state.

   (B)   Each day a violation of this code or of any ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense.