(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to be in control of, to drive, to park, or move on, upon or across, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be parked, driven, or moved upon or across, any street or highway under the jurisdiction of the city, any vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding the size and weight limitations stated in the Vehicle Code, ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-102 (width), § 15-103 (height), § 15-107 (length), and § 15-111 (weight).
(B) Size and weight limitations while operating on city streets shall not apply to the following:
(1) Fire-fighting apparatus or any other vehicle being operated for immediate public emergency purposes;
(2) Any such vehicle that has a lawful delivery or pick-up destination on a weight- restricted street;
(3) Any such vehicle operated by a public utility which is engaged in the repair, maintenance, construction or installation of utility service to persons or properties on a weight-restricted street;
(4) Any garbage, refuse, or recyclable collection vehicle licensed by the city or any septic cleaning vehicle operating to service properties located on a weight-restricted street;
(5) Any such vehicle or equipment owned or operated by the city for street construction or maintenance, or for snow and ice removal operations, or any such vehicle or equipment operated by persons under contract with the city, with destination points located on weight-restricted streets;
(6) School buses operated within the city, to pick up from or return children to city residences located on weight-restricted streets;
(7) Implements of husbandry temporarily operated or towed in a combination in the furtherance of a farm or agricultural endeavor;
(8) Any such vehicle or combination of vehicles operating under the terms of a valid oversize and/or dimension permit issued by the city under the authority of § 76.03;
(9) Any such vehicle which is now or may hereafter be lawfully garaged on premises abutting any weight-restricted street, for which the only means by which such vehicle has access to a non- weight-restricted street is over a weight-restricted street, but only for the purpose of ingress and egress to the garaging premises, and only if:
(a) The route used is the shortest traveled distance over weight-restricted streets;
(b) The owner or operator of such vehicle files a route map with the Chief of Police showing the route to be used;
(c) The owner or operator of such vehicle pays to the city, on a quarterly basis, a sum equal to the cost of maintaining the weight-restricted streets to be traveled by such vehicle, in the same state of repair as if such streets had not been used by such vehicle. Such sum shall be fixed in a written policy prepared by the City Administrator, with the assistance of the office of the City Engineer and the Public Services Director.
(C) (1) Weight-restricted streets. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any truck or other commercial vehicle that exceeds the weight restrictions established in this paragraph, including any tractor, trailer or any combination of vehicles, whether loaded or not, on any residential street in the city which is posted as weight-restricted at the entrance to the street or part thereof affected. The following weight restrictions shall be applicable on the city's residential streets:
(a) No vehicle shall exceed two tons per axle;
(b) The gross weight of any vehicle shall not exceed the number of axles times two tons;
(c) No vehicle with five or more axles shall exceed ten tons in gross weight.
(2) All weights are absolute and there is no tolerance.
(D) Where lower size and weight limits or other restrictions are imposed by ordinance under authority of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 15-111, 15-316 and 15-317, and signs indicating such limitations or restrictions are posted, it shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of such size or weight limitations or in violation of such restrictions.
(E) Notwithstanding anything in division (C) of this sectionto the contrary, no vehicle shall be operated on any city street if such vehicle is not allowed to be operated on state roads for any reason, unless a special overweight permit has been issued by the city as provided in § 76.03.
(F) Whenever any vehicle or combination of vehicles is operated in violation of this section, the owner and/or driver of such vehicle shall be deemed guilty of such violation and either or both the owner and driver of such vehicle may be prosecuted for such violation.
(Ord. 02-81, passed 4-8-03; Am. Ord. 08-2, passed 5-13-08; Am. Ord. 08-13, passed 8-12-08; Am. Ord. 13-54, passed 11-12-13)