(A) Authority and purpose. This section is ordained pursuant to authority granted under the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law. The purpose of this section is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by prohibiting thru-truck traffic on streets and roads which are unsuitable for such traffic by reason of their construction or by reason of the character and nature of abutting property, where reasonably adeguate alternative truck routes exist.
(B) Definitions.
NO-THRU-TRUCK ZONE. A street or road, or segment thereof, on which trucks are prohibited, except trucks traveling to or from a place abutting the zone, which place would otherwise be inaccessible by truck.
TRUCK. A truck as defined in the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.
(C) Establishment of zones. No-thru-truck zones shall be established by the City Commission, through the adoption of a resolution designating the specific right-of-way on which thru-truck traffic shall be prohibited, and where signs shall be posted as provided for in subsection (E) of this section.
(D) Considerations and guidelines. The City Commission may establish a no-thru-truck zone if one or more of the following conditions exists; however, a no-thru-truck zone shall not be established unless truck traffic that would otherwise travel through the zone has an alternate route available:
(1) Traffic lanes are less than 12 feet wide.
(2) The street or road cannot adequately carry truck traffic because of damage to the surface or to abutting structures.
(3) Land use on both sides of the street or road is predominantly residential.
(E) Signing. No-thru truck zones shall be signed at the beginning and end thereof, and at other places as the city may determine to be necessary, in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways published by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
(F) Prohibition. It is unlawful for any person to drive a truck in a no-thru-truck zone, unless the driving of such truck is within the exception specified in the definition of “no-thru-truck” zone in subsection (B) of this section.
(G) Penalty. Violation of this article shall be prosecuted in the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations shall be prosecuted in the name of the state in a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed that allowed by law or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed that allowed by law or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 821, passed 2-4-87) Penalty, see § 10.99