(A) No person, firm or corporation shall operate or allow to be operated a freight-carrying vehicle or a vehicle designed to carry freight with a gross weight over 16,000 pounds on a city street unless:
(1) Permission has been obtained from the Police Chief to operate said vehicle on a city street or said vehicle is being operated to conduct business for or on behalf of the city;
(2) Said vehicle is transporting freight or material to or from a business site within the city; and/or
(3) Said freight-carrying vehicle is making a delivery of material or supplies, including construction equipment to a site within the city, in which case said vehicle shall travel over the shortest possible route upon the city streets from the point of entry and shall then leave the street at the nearest available point of exit.
(B) In the event there is any discrepancy concerning the weight of a vehicle stopped by police authorities, said vehicle shall be directed to a weight scale for a determination of the weight of said vehicle.
(Ord. 2001-1462, passed 3-19-2001)
Statutory reference:
Authority to prohibit commercial vehicles, see I.C. 9-20-1-3(c)