(A) The City Council may prescribe routes through the city for the use of trucks in general, trucks of particular kinds, or other vehicles which are not ordinary private passenger vehicles, passing through the city. Appropriate and adequate signs shall be placed along such routes so that drivers of such vehicles may follow the routes. 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 above, 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.
(B) That no truck, trailer, or commercial vehicle of a greater length than 18 feet, or a weight capacity greater than two tons shall be parked on any street in a residential district, as set forth in the zoning ordinance of the city at any time, except for and only while actually engaged in the expeditious loading and unloading of materials.
(C) Any person, firm, or business parking a truck, trailer, or commercial vehicle of a length greater than 18 feet, or a weight capacity greater than two tons, on any street within the residential area of the city, except while expeditiously loading and unloading of materials is in violation of this section and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(D) Jake brake or any similar devices on any engine shall not be energized or otherwise used inside the city limits. A
JAKE BRAKE is defined as a hydraulically operated device that operates a power producing diesel engine into a power absorbing retarding mechanism that produces a noise that is loud and excessive. Accordingly the use of all JAKE BRAKE or similar devices within the city limits is hereby prohibited from and after the effective date hereof. This division (D) shall not apply to fire protection equipment or other emergency vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 15-536) (Ord. 1073, passed 3-9-1982; Ord. 09-01, passed 7-14-2008) Penalty, see § 71.999
Cross-reference:
Parking prohibited for trucks transporting hazardous materials, see § 73.20
Trucks containing liquid petroleum gas, see § 150.097