(a) The director may declare heavily traveled city streets or highways to be closed to large passenger carrier vehicles upon finding that the use of those streets or highways by such vehicles is incompatible with the safe and normal movement of traffic on or along those streets or highways. In making its finding of incompatibility, the director shall consider the following:
(1) Physical suitability of the county street or highway for the vehicles, including condition of the roadway surface, street width, curves, and dangerous intersections;
(2) Density of neighborhoods adjacent to the street or highway;
(3) Proximity of the street or highway to schools and playgrounds;
(4) Pedestrian traffic conditions along the street or highway, including the availability of paved sidewalk areas adequate for pedestrian traffic;
(5) Existing traffic control devices or aids which control traffic on, entering, exiting, or crossing the street or highway, such as traffic lights, signs, and curb markings;
(6) Congestion of the county street or highway, generally;
(7) Use of the street or highway as an official county transit bus route;
(8) Use of the street or highway by emergency vehicles such as police, fire, and ambulance vehicles; and
(9) The availability of alternative routes for the affected large passenger vehicles.
(b) It is unlawful to operate a large passenger carrier vehicle or to stop, park, or cause to stand a large passenger carrier vehicle on any city street or highway, or portion thereof, designated by the director under subsection (a).
(1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 27, § 15-27.2) (Added by Ord. 90-79)