A. Width, Length And Height; Projecting Loads: The maximum width, length and height of any vehicle and its load shall not exceed the limits expressed in the uniform act regulating traffic on highways 1 .
1. No first division vehicle shall be operated on the streets with a load extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle nor extending more than six inches (6") beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof.
2. No combination of vehicles of the second division coupled together shall consist of more than two (2) units, but such limitation shall not apply to vehicles operated in daytime when transporting poles, machinery and other objects which cannot be readily dismembered, nor to such vehicles operated at nighttime by a public utility when engaged in emergency repair work; but such loads carried at night shall be clearly marked with sufficient lights to show the full dimensions of the load.
3. No part of the load of a vehicle shall extend more than three feet (3') in front of the extreme front portion of the vehicle. (1969 Code, ch. 13, art. VI, § 6.12)
B. Weight: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, as hereinafter provided, on any of the streets set out in section 6-8-8 of this title any vehicle or vehicles of a gross vehicle weight exceeding the limitations stated in this section except for purposes of making local deliveries or service calls. The provisions of this section covering gross vehicle weight shall not apply to fire apparatus, municipal vehicles or to garbage or refuse trucks operated under a village franchise.
1. Load Limit: No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated unladen or with load upon the streets listed in section 6-8-8 of this title when the gross vehicle weight on the road surface exceeds ten thousand (10,000) pounds.
2. Enforcement: Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of the vehicle and its load is unlawful shall require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same. The police officer shall require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest scales. Whenever a police officer, upon weighing the vehicle and load as above provided, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer shall require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle to such limit as is permitted under this section, and shall forthwith arrest the driver. All materials so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner or operator. Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle and load to a weighing, or who fails or refuses when directed by an officer upon weighing of the vehicle, to stop the vehicle and otherwise comply with the provisions of this section, shall be subject to penalty.
3. Posting Period: The gross weight limits shall be in effect on the streets listed whenever such streets are posted. The streets shall be posted for gross vehicle weight limits by the superintendent of public works when the streets or portions thereof are subject to serious damage due to weather or climatic conditions as the result of the imposition of loads in excess of those stated above. (Ord. 733, 11-24-1975)
Notes
| 1 | 2. 625 ILCS 5/15-101 et seq. |