(A) It shall be unlawful to move or transport, in any way, any hazardous materials as defined herein within the city, except upon the streets heretofore designated as primary hazardous materials routes or hazardous materials access routes.
(B) Every person who uses, produces or stores hazardous materials at a location within the city shall request from the Lake Forest Fire Department a hazardous materials access route to and from such location.
(C) Every motor vehicle which displays or is required to display a hazardous materials placard shall be operated within the city only on the primary hazardous materials routes established pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
(D) Every operator of a motor vehicle which displays or is required to display a hazardous materials placard, who does not know the primary hazardous materials routes of the city or the hazardous material access route to and from the location in the city from which he or she is coming or to which he or she is destined, shall request directions concerning said routes from the Lake Forest Fire Department, before operating said vehicle in the city.
(E) No motor vehicle which displays or is required to display a hazardous materials placard shall be operated on any street within the city other than U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway), or Illinois State Route 43 (Waukegan Road), Illinois State Route 60 (Kennedy Road), or Deerpath Road east of Waukegan Road to Sheridan Road, unless such vehicle is coming from or destined for a location within the city on an approved access route as provided for herein.
(F) The following types of vehicles are exempt from this section:
(1) Placarded vehicles making residential deliveries of home heating fuel;
(2) Placarded vehicles making residential deliveries of medical supplies; and
(3) Placarded vehicles which are not required under the provisions of this subchapter to request a hazardous materials access route that are picking up or delivering non-hazardous materials at a location within the city may use the most direct route to and from the location as close as possible to said location on the primary hazardous materials route or a hazardous materials access route assigned to a business in the vicinity of said location.
(Prior Code, § 18-44) (Ord. 91-59, passed 9-3-1991; Ord. 2015-56, passed 10-5-2015) Penalty, see § 50.999