SCHEDULE VII.  WEIGHT LIMITS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person driving any motor vehicle to drive in the following locations in the city in excess of the following vehicle weights.
   (B)   The Superintendent of Streets shall erect appropriate signs.
Street
Location
Weight Limit
Ord. No
Date Passed
Street
Location
Weight Limit
Ord. No
Date Passed
2nd Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
3rd Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
4th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
5th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
6th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
7th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
8th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
10th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
12th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
13th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
14th Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Alton Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Beckwith Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Bissell Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Collinsville Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Edwardsville Road
From Alton Avenue to McCambridge Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Elizabeth Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Ewing Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Farrish Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Franklin Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Golf Drive
Five tons
698
4-20-2004
Grand Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Greenwood Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Harris Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Highland Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Iowa Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Jackson Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
James Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Jefferson Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Kohl Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Lee Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Madison Avenue
10,000 lbs.
1558
8-14-2001
Market Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
McCambridge Avenue
From Elizabeth Street to Edwardsville Road
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
McCasland Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
McNair Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Milan Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Plum Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Race Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Reynolds Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Rhodes Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Skeen Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
State Street
10,000 lbs.
1558
8-14-2001
Washington Avenue
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
Webster Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
West Washington Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
West 2nd Street
From Bissell Street to Madison Street
Five tons
1634; 1791
4-20-2004; 1-26-2016
West 3rd Street
From Bissell Street to Madison Street
Five tons
1634; 1791
4-20-2004; 1-26-2016
West Madison Street
Five tons
1634
4-20-2004
 
   (C)   Exceptions.  When making local deliveries to destinations on or operating at work sites located on Madison Avenue or on State street, or within the corporate boundaries of the city, heavy motor vehicles and equipment weighing in excess of five tons gross weight as set forth in this section, may operate on west 3rd Street from Illinois State Route 203 to 3rd Street’s intersection with Alton Avenue, then south on Alton Avenue to Wayne Lanter Avenue.  The street commonly known as Fairway Drive (from Eagle Park Road to the limits of Fairway Drive) will be designated as a truck route.  The street commonly known as Industrial Street, from Eagle Park Road to the city corporate limits for as much as roadway improvements are made.
   (D)   When any vehicle is operated in violation of this Schedule VII, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person, firm, or corporation convicted of violating this Schedule VII shall be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-111(a) or (b)  and $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for any weight exceeding that which is provided for in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-111(a) or (b).
(Ord. 1635, passed 4-20-2004; Am. Ord. 1651, passed 5-3-2005; Am. Ord. 1680, passed 12-12-2006; Am. Ord. 1682, passed 12-26-2006; Am. Ord. 1710, passed 6-9-2009; Am. Ord. 1791, passed 1-26-2016)
Cross-reference:
   Other size and weight restrictions, see §§ 70.45 through 70.49