(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