CHAPTER 73: TRUCKS
Section
   73.01   Purpose and authority
   73.02   Definitions
   73.03   Restrictions and notices
   73.04   Exemptions
   73.05   Permits
   73.06   Administration and enforcement
 
   73.99   Penalty
§ 73.01 PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.
   The purpose of this chapter is to prevent in the town the following incidents which may be caused by vehicles of excessive weight (80,000 pounds GVW or more): to decrease damage to town roadways, roadside improvements and bridges; to lessen safety hazards and the risk of injury to the traveling public; to extend the life expectancy of town roadways, roadside improvements, and bridges; and to reduce the public expense of their maintenance and repair. This chapter is adopted pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-1106.
(Prior Code, § 12-5-1)
§ 73.02 DEFINITIONS.
   The definitions contained in A.R.S. Title 28 shall govern the construction of words contained in this chapter, unless specifically defined herein. Any words not defined therein shall be given their common and ordinary meaning. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. Town Manager and Police Department.
   EXCESS MAINTENANCE. Maintenance or restoration or both (but not betterment) of a posted highway in excess of normal maintenance, caused by use of over-posted-weight vehicles.
   LOCAL TRAFFIC.
      (1)   The following shall be regarded as local traffic:
         (a)   Emergency vehicles;
         (b)   School buses;
         (c)   Recreational vehicles;
         (d)   Vehicles and combinations of governmental agencies and utilities or their contractors engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or in a location, which can be reached only via a posted highway; and
         (e)   Vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence for deliveries, commercial establishment or farm, excluding those vehicles going to and from Justice or Magistrate Court, located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
      (2)   These vehicles shall require evidence/proof of their status pursuant to § 73.05(C) of this chapter listed below, unless exempt pursuant to § 73.04 of this chapter as contained herein.
   MOTOR HOME.
      (1)   A non-commercial passenger vehicle defined as a “house car” and commonly referred to as a recreation vehicle, house car as a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached.
      (2)   A MOTOR HOME should not to be confused with a tour bus also called “motor coach”, which is used for commercial passenger transportation and requires a commercial driver license to operate.
   NORMAL MAINTENANCE. The usual and typical activities necessary to maintain the roadway, shoulders and drainage facilities in the state of repair existing at the date of the inspection relating to use under permit.
   POSTED ROADWAY, STREET. A roadway or street having a posted weight limit and/or designated and posted as “NO TRUCKS”.
   POSTED WEIGHT LIMIT. A restricted weight limit posted on a roadway under authority.
   POSTING AUTHORITY. The Town Council, Public Works Director and Police Chief.
   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. Any self-contained unit used for recreational purposes.
   TRUCK(S). Any vehicle of a combination weight of 80,000 pounds GVW (gross vehicle weight).
(Prior Code, § 12-5-2)
§ 73.03 RESTRICTIONS AND NOTICES.
   (A)   Restrictions. The posting authority may impose such restrictions on roadways and on the gross registered weight of vehicles as may, in their judgment, be necessary to protect the traveling public and prevent abuse of the highways, and designate the town roadways, roadside improvements and bridges to which the restrictions shall apply. (See A.R.S. § 28-627.)
   (B)   Classification of roadway. All town roads shall be designated “NO TRUCKS”, unless exempted by statute. Streets and roads shall be designated by classification as outlined in the “Transportation Element” of the Town of Quartzsite’s General Plan (June 2003) and any subsequent amendments thereto.
   (C)   Posting by sign. Notice shall be by the use of selective exclusion signs as outlined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices (MUTCD) with the designated words “NO TRUCKS”, or the alternate symbol sign. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: designation as “NO TRUCKS” or the alternate symbol sign and the provisions of this chapter or resolution at each end of the portion of the roadway thereby affected. (See A.R.S. § 28-1106.)
   (D)   Posting notice.
      (1)   The notice shall be conspicuously posted at each end of the restricted portion of the roadway, roadside improvement or bridge in a location clearly visible from the travelway.
      (2)   Whenever a restriction expires or is lifted, the signs shall be removed wherever posted.
      (3)   Whenever a restriction is revised or extended, existing signs shall be removed and replaced with new signs reflecting such ordinance amendment.
   (E)   Application. This chapter shall not apply to any state highway in the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
   (F)   Removal. No person may remove, obscure or otherwise tamper with any notice or sign so posted, except as provided herein.
(Prior Code, § 12-5-3) Penalty, see § 73.99
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