(A) Truck routes. No drivers of freight-carrying vehicles of one ton capacity or more, except vehicles having origin or destination in this city, shall operate or drive those vehicles over that portion of streets and parts of streets designated by the City Traffic Engineer, with the approval of the City Traffic Commission, and set forth in this schedule.
(B) Truck parking restrictions. Freight-carrying vehicles of one ton capacity or more shall not park within any congested area of the city. However, those vehicles may park in those areas to load and unload freight between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m.
(C) Truck loading zones. The following zones are hereby established as truck loading zones for the purposes of division (B) of this section.
(D) Truck routes and restrictions.
(1) For the purposes of this schedule, truck means a vehicle of more than one ton capacity.
(2) Trucks traveling into, through or out of this city shall do so only upon the following streets or parts thereof and shall not enter upon or cross the following described bridges.
(3) All trucks shall stay on state highways or designated truck routes except for necessary deviations from these routes for pick-up or delivery.
(4) Truck routes:
(a) All state highways;
(b) West 16th Street: Miller Avenue to Western Avenue;
(c) 18th Street: Adams Street to Washington Street;
(d) East 18th Street: from Adams Street to McClure Street;
(e) 29th Street: from Adams Street to Washington Street;
(f) 30th Street: from Adams Street to Western Avenue;
(g) 38th Street: from Adams Street to east city limits;
(h) Adams Street: from 18th Street to 38th Street;
(i) Branson Street: from 4th Street to Charles Street;
(j) Central Avenue: from Pennsylvania Street to city limits;
(k) Charles Street: from Branson Street to Washington Street;
(l) Lenfesty Avenue: from 9th Street to dead end;
(m) Lincoln Boulevard: from McClure Street to Pennsylvania Street;
(n) McClure Street: from South 4th Street to South 18th Street;
(o) Miller Avenue: from West 2nd Street to West 16th Street;
(p) Pennsylvania Street: from Central Avenue to city limits;
(q) Washington Street: 18th Street to 29th Street; and Charles Street to Huntington Road.
(5) Trucks prohibited on:
(a) The bridge commonly known as Highland Avenue Bridge, situated immediately west of the intersection of Highland Avenue and North Washington Street;
(b) The bridge commonly known as the Western Avenue Bridge, situated immediately south of the intersection of Western Avenue and Sixth Street.
(E) Oversize vehicles. No person shall operate any vehicles defined as oversized under state law on or upon any city street or alley without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City Engineer.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-14-125) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951; Am. Ord. 29-1968, passed 8-6-1968; Am. Ord. 15-1977, passed 4-20-1977; Am. Ord. 44-1977, passed 11-16-1977; Am. Ord. 4-2020, passed 3-3-2020)
Statutory reference:
Size, weight and use restrictions; regulations and signs; authority to impose and erect; statewide rules and regulations; evidence of validity, see I.C. 9-20-1-1 et seq.