A. The Department shall issue and regulate oversize and overweight special permits as provided under this chapter.
B. Definitions. In addition to the definitions prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-101 and § 28-601, the following terms apply to this chapter:
1. "AAC" means Arizona Administrative Code.
2. "AASHTO" means the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
3. "PCDOT" means the Pima County department of transportation.
4. "Applicant" means a person or entity seeking to obtain a special permit or envelope permit from the department.
5. "Certified law enforcement officer" means a person who is an active duty Arizona peace officer standards and training board certified peace officer.
7. "Combination vehicle" means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows but does not include a forklift designed for the purpose of loading or unloading the truck, trailer or semitrailer excluding mobile homes.
8. "Department" means the Pima County department of transportation.
9. "Director" means the county engineer.
11. "Envelope" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1141 encompassing the outermost dimensions of a load or vehicle as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1144, without exceeding the maximum permitted weight computations for overweight axle group weight distribution as provided under Section 10.36.450.
12. "Envelope permit" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1141, which:
a. Restricts the loads to non-reducible only,
b. Allows unlimited trips within the permit's validity period,
c. Allows the permitted carrier unlimited load changes,
d. Requires a transported load to meet envelope dimensional criteria,
e. Restricts operation to certain routes, and
f. Excludes the transporting of a mobile home.
13. "Established place of business" means a permanent site or location where an oversize or overweight special permit holder conducts business.
14. "Highway" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-101, "street" or "highway."
15. "Highway feature" means a roadway, structure, traffic control device, right-of-way, or any item connected with highway travel.
16. "Law enforcement escort" means a uniformed certified law enforcement officer in a fully marked patrol vehicle that accompanies an oversize or overweight special permitted vehicle.
17. "Legal weight" means within the maximum gross weight limitations prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1100 and Section 10.36.020, Table 1.
18. "Mobile home" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-2001, which encompasses both a mobile home and a manufactured home as more specifically prescribed under A.R.S. § 41-2142.
19. "Mountain Standard Time" means the standard time in Arizona as prescribed under 49 CFR 71 and A.R.S. § 1-242.
20. "Non-reducible load or vehicle" has the same meaning as prescribed under 23 CFR 658.5, "nondivisible load or vehicle".
21. "Oversize" means a size of vehicle, combination of vehicles, or vehicle and load combination that exceeds a maximum size limitation provided under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 3, Article 18 or 19.
22. "Overweight" means a weight of vehicle, combination of vehicles, or vehicle and load combination that exceeds a maximum weight limitation provided under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 3, Article 18 or 19.
23. "Permittee" means a person or entity to whom the department issues an oversize or overweight special permit or envelope permit under this chapter, and who is responsible for meeting the obligations, responsibilities, and specifications indicated on the permit.
24. "Person" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-5201.
25. "Pounds per inch of tire width" means a measure of load restriction based on rated tire size, which is determined by dividing the weight carried by an axle group, in pounds, by the number of tires in the group and dividing that result by the manufacturer's rated tire width indicated on the sidewall of the tire, or in the absence of sidewall marking, the load rating specified in any publication of an organization listed under 49 CFR 571.119, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standard No. 119.
26. "Power unit" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1141.
27. "Public weighmaster" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. § 41-2051.
28. "Special permit" means a document issued by the department under A.R.S. § 28-1103, which authorizes the permittee to operate or transport an oversize, overweight, or oversize and overweight vehicle, combination of vehicles, or vehicle and load combination on a county highway, subject to the terms and conditions of the permit.
29. "Special permitted vehicle" means the vehicle, combination of vehicles, or vehicle and load combination described to the department, as required under A.R.S. § 28-1104, on application for a special permit.
30. "Specified load" means the dimensions and weights a special permit applicant declares to the department, as provided under A.R.S. § 28-1104, regarding any item or series of items to be transported throughout an entire permit period.
31. "Sunrise" and "sunset" have the same meaning and daily calculation as prescribed by the United States Naval Observatory (USNO), which: The Department uses to determine normal permit transport start and stop times as provided under Section 10.36.410; and an interested person may access on the Internet from the USNO at http://aa.usno.navy.mil, or in hard copy format from the Arizona Central Commercial Permits office.
C. In this chapter, a time of day prescribed is Mountain Standard Time as defined under subsection B except where a county highway traverses a tribal nation that adopts Daylight Saving Time under 49 CFR 71.2.
(Ord. 2017-47 § 2 (part), 2017)