(A) Authority to regulate. The county exercises its authority to regulate and restrict heavy large truck commercial traffic on local county roads.
(B) Conformity with signs. No person shall operate a vehicle in the county except in conformity with the requirements or directives of traffic signs posted on county roads, especially for signs that prohibit no through truck traffic on county roads.
(C) Restrictions.
(1) Trucks that are restricted from through traffic include commercial trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 26,000 pounds.
(2) No person shall operate a truck on county roads with posted signs that prohibit an operator to travel on said county road for either a business purpose at an address and location or as a resident living on that county road or at an address and location in the county that can only be accessed by said county road.
(3) This restriction does not apply to school buses or fire trucks.
(D) Waiver. The Board of Commissioners, in extraordinary circumstances, may grant permission to an applicant who applies in writing to permit deviation from this section when there are unique circumstances, alternate routes are unreasonable and the use of the restricted road is in the public interest. The Board of Commissioners may attach conditions to such permit as the Board deems necessary.
(Ord. 2018-23, passed 1-22-2019) Penalty, see § 70.99