A. Compliance With State Law: No person shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any street, the gross weight of which, including the load, or the size of which does not comply with the requirements of the state law governing such vehicle 1 . (1984 Code § 23-76)
B. Projecting Loads: No person shall drive any vehicle upon any street with any load or part of a load projecting more than four feet (4') beyond the rear end or front end or more than two feet (2') beyond the sides of the body or carrying part of such vehicle unless there is attached to the extreme ends and sides of such projecting loads some warning sign or signal plainly discernible to other drivers and clearly indicating the projecting parts of such load. (1984 Code § 23-77)
C. Weight And Size Limits:
1. No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle exceeding the following weight and size restrictions on any street or avenue in the city which is not designated as a truck route unless written permission is first granted by the chief of police or designated representative and the director of public works. Any vehicle exceeding the hereinafter set forth restrictions must comply with the provisions of this subsection.
2. The gross weight of any vehicle shall not exceed twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, the length of the vehicle shall not exceed twenty four feet (24'), nor shall the width exceed eight feet (8'). (Ord. 1481, 9-17-1984)
3. Any police officer shall have the power and authority to direct any vehicle be taken to the nearest truck scale and weighted and measured to determine the conformance with this chapter. The failure to comply with such directions shall constitute a violation of this chapter. (1984 Code § 23-80)
D. Truck Routes:
1. Use Of Routes: When any truck route has been established and identified, any person driving any vehicle in excess of the limitations established in subsection C2 of this section shall drive such vehicle on such route as designated herein and none other, except when necessary to traverse other streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading commodities or for the purpose of towing a disabled or damaged motor vehicle to or from the nearest truck route as is reasonable and necessary. No deviation shall be permitted without written permission as above specified. All trucks operating within the city shall comply with weight and size limitations established by the state 2 .
2. Routes Designated: The following streets are hereby designated as truck routes:
Burr Street from south city limits to Havens Street
Havens Street from east city limits to west city limits
Ohlman Street
Sanborn Boulevard from north city limits to Havens Street
South Rowley from Havens Street to south city limits
First Street from Sanborn Boulevard to east city limits
(1984 Code § 23-79)
3. Marking Of Routes: In addition to the general identification by signs or markings of truck routes which shall be posted by the police department, the police department shall post, at the city limits upon all main traffic routes entering the city, signs notifying users of highways entering the city that trucks are permitted only to be driven upon marked truck routes. At the direction of the city council, the police department shall post any street so selected by said committee with a sign signifying that said street is not designated as a truck route or that no through trucks are allowed. (1984 Code § 23-80; amd. Ord. O2019-18, 9-3-2019)
Notes
| 1 | 2. SDCL § 32-22-1 et seq. |
| 2 | 1. SDCL § 32-22-1 et seq. |