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§ 71.28 EMERGING FROM ALLEYS OR DRIVEWAYS.
   No operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall drive upon the sidewalk or crosswalk area without first bringing the vehicle to a full stop immediately prior to entering upon the sidewalk or crosswalk area.
(1995 Code, § 10.28.030)
§ 71.29 DRIVING OVER NEW PAVEMENT.
   No person shall operate any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement at which there is a barrier, a person or a sign giving warning to such effect.
(1995 Code, § 10.12.060)
TRUCKS
§ 71.45 TRUCK ROUTE.
   (A)   No person shall operate any truck tractor, motor truck or semi-truck or semi-trailer on any street or public way in the City, except those streets as indicated in the truck route schedule of this code.
   (B)   There is excepted from the provisions of the truck route schedule of this code, truck tractors, motor trucks, semi-trailers or other vehicles which are operated by the City, state or county and those truck tractors, motor trucks or semi-trailers which have a destination or pickup and/or delivery on a non-truck route street; provided, however, that, this exception shall not apply so as to allow truck tractors, motor trucks or semi-trailers to travel through the City on streets which are not part of the designated truck route when the particular destination in the City is accessible via a route which complies with the requirements of this section. Mere convenience or the fact that another route is shorter or quicker shall not excuse a person from complying with the requirements of this section.
   (C)   Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and be subject to a fine and/or jail time in accordance with the penalties for a Class B misdemeanor provided in the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
   (D)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      MOTOR TRUCK. Any motor-propelled vehicle designed for carrying freight or merchandise. It shall not include self-propelled vehicles designed primarily for passenger transportation, but equipped with frames, racks or bodies having a load capacity of not exceeding 1,000 pounds.
      SEMI-TRAILER. A vehicle designed to be attached to, and having its front end supported by, a motor truck or truck tractor, intended for the carrying of freight or merchandise and having a load capacity of over 1,000 pounds.
      TRUCK TRACTOR. Any motor-propelled vehicle designed to draw and to support the front end of a semi-trailer. The semi-trailer and the truck tractor shall be considered to be 1 unit.
   (D)   The maximum weight and dimensions of trucks shall be controlled by the provisions of KRS 189.221 and 189.222.
(1995 Code, § 10.16.010) (Ord. O-94-30, passed 9-26-1994)
Cross-reference:
   Schedules, see Chapter 73
§ 71.46 TRUCK EQUIPMENT.
   (A)   No person shall operate upon any street any motor truck, semi-trailer, tractor trailer, mobile home, motor home or any other vehicle unless same shall be equipped with rubber pneumatic tires, and with brakes of sufficient design and character, and in proper working order, so that they can control and properly slow down and bring to a complete stop any such motor truck, semi-trailer, truck tractor, trailer, mobile home, motor home or any other vehicle.
   (B)   Each shall be equipped with lights and other safety devices provided for by law.
(1995 Code, § 10.16.020)
§ 71.47 SPECIAL PERMIT FOR EXCESS WEIGHT; DIMENSIONS.
   (A)   The City Manager or designee may upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, issue a temporary special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight, width, length or height exceeding the maximum provided for in the traffic schedules.
   (B)   (1)   Application for such a permit shall state the proposed maximum wheel loads, maximum axle load and minimum axle spacing of each vehicle, vehicles or combination thereof, and the height, length and width of the vehicle with its loads, also the specific streets or public ways over which permit for the operation is requested and the time of the operation.
      (2)   The application shall show whether the permit is requested for a single trip or for continued operation.
   (C)   The City Manager or designee is authorized to issue or withhold the permit or to limit the number of trips, to establish seasonal or other time limitations and routes within which and over which the vehicles described may operate on the public ways indicated, or may otherwise limit the prescribed conditions of operation of the vehicles when necessary to assure against undue damage to the street foundations by such vehicles, if, they may damage the public ways, or may require the applicant to give bond, with sufficient surety to be approved by him, to indemnify the City against any damage which may occur to person or property by reason of the operation under the special permit.
   (D)   Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions of the special permit.
(1995 Code, § 10.16.030)
§ 71.48 RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.
   Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to require the City or any of its agencies, officers, agents or employees to construct, maintain or provide clearance for streets, alleys, or driveways of sufficient height or construction to allow the vehicles to operate thereon and thereover.
(1995 Code, § 10.16.040)
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