(A) The purpose of this section is to preserve the condition of the public streets within the city from serious damage and destruction by the excessive use of the streets by trucks and other heavily laden vehicles; to reduce the amount of loss and expenses to the tax payers of the city for street maintenance; and to reduce the amount of dirt, noise, and other undesirable conditions created by such traffic.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be operated on the public streets of the city from and after December 1, 1984 with a weight that exceeds three tons per axle, except on those streets designated on the city truck route map. The streets designated as truck route on the city truck route map shall be limited to ten tons per axle, subject to state seasonal changes.
(C) The City Clerk-Treasurer has authorized and directed to have erected and maintained, signs at main entrances to the city stating “Truck Route.”
(D) No person shall park any semi-tractor or semi-tractor/trailer combination on any public street or road within the city except on those streets designated as truck route on the city truck route map, with such parking limited to 30 minutes except in designated truck parking areas.
(E) The City Council may, at its discretion and upon application in writing with good cause being shown, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to move a prohibited vehicle or combination of vehicles otherwise not in conformity with provisions of this section upon the streets and roads of the city. The City Council may issue or withhold such permit at its discretion or, if such permit is issued, to the limit or prescribe conditions of operating of such vehicle or vehicles when necessary to assure against undue damage to the road foundations, surfaces, or structures, and may require such undertaking or other security as it may deem necessary to compensate for any injury or damage to any roadway or road structure and in addition may require that the operator or owner of such vehicle or vehicles have in effect a policy of liability insurance or bond affording substantially the same coverage with respect to injury to persons and damage to property as is required.
(Ord. 16-3, passed 10-8-1984; Ord. 16-3, passed 11-12-1984) Penalty, see § 70.99