(A) Applicability.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this section shall apply to and govern the issuance of permits by the village for the movement of overweight and oversize vehicles on village roads and streets. Nothing in this section shall relieve any owner or operator of the obligation to obtain permits from any other governmental entity or agency having jurisdiction for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles within the corporate limits of the village, and no permit issued under this section shall be construed or deemed to authorize the holder thereof to violate the laws or regulations of any other governmental entity having jurisdiction, or of any applicable ordinances of the village. Permits under this section shall only be issued to persons or entities that own and operate the vehicle(s) subject to the permit, or that operate the vehicle(s) subject to the permit pursuant to a written lease agreement. Permits shall be nontransferable, and usable only by the permittee with respect to the vehicle(s) described in the permit application.
(2) Unless otherwise exempted from the provisions of this chapter, all vehicles exceeding the weights and dimensions hereinabove set forth in §§ 76.03, 76.04, 76.05 and 76.08 shall be required to obtain the appropriate permit under this chapter to lawfully allow movements involving such excess weights or dimensions.
(B) Form of application; conditions. The form of the application for an overweight/overdimension permits and the conditions applicable to vehicle movements made under such permits are set forth in Appendix A to this chapter. The Village Police Department shall hereby be authorized to revise or modify such form from time to time as it deems necessary without further action by the Corporate Authorities, and provided further, however, that the Department shall cause all such revisions or modifications to be reflected in Appendix A to this chapter. All permit applications seeking a permit for overdimension movements (overwidth, overlength or overheight movements) shall be accompanied by documentation acceptable to the village demonstrating that the proposed route for the movement of the vehicle and load in question can be accommodated without damaging public or private property within the village, and without posing undue risk of harm to other motorists or pedestrians within the village. All such permits shall likewise be subject to the permittee's compliance with the applicable ordinances of the village.
(C) Limitations on overweight/overdimension permits.
(1) Designated village roads/streets/highways only. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, overweight/overdimension permits issued by the village shall only be valid and effective to authorize movements on the village roads, streets and highways listed in § 76.16 and depicted in Appendix B to this chapter, and shall be void and of no effect whatsoever on any village streets or roadways other than those set forth in § 76.16 and depicted in Appendix B to this chapter. Additionally, overweight/overdimension permits shall also be void or of limited effect in the specific locations designated as Truck Route Exclusions in Appendix B and posted with appropriate signage by the Department of Public Works.
(2) Maximum weights and dimensions. The village shall have no obligation whatsoever to approve any overweight or overdimension permit that contemplates vehicle movements involving weights or dimensions in excess of any of the following, and further shall have no obligation to approve any overweight or overdimension permit where the applicant fails to demonstrate that it has made commercially reasonable and good faith efforts to reduce the excess weight of the vehicle and load or the excess dimension of the vehicle and load, whether by modifying or redistributing the load, dividing the load, or using different vehicles or trailers to provide additional axles to distribute excess weight loads.
(a) Maximum overweight permit weight. The maximum weights that can be approved by an overweight permit issued under this section shall be as set forth in the vehicle templates included as Appendix C to this chapter.
(b) Maximum overdimension permit height. The maximum height that can be approved by an overdimension permit issued under this section shall be 15 feet, including the load.
(c) Maximum overdimension permit width. The maximum width that can be approved by an overdimension permit issued under this section shall be 14 feet six inches in width, including the load.
(d) Maximum overdimension permit length. The maximum length that can be approved by an overdimension permit issued under this section shall be 100 feet, including the load.
(3) Permit applications for weights and dimensions in excess of the limits established by division (C)(2) of this section. Applicants seeking to move vehicle and load combinations in excess of the weights and dimensions set forth in division (C)(2) of this section shall make application to the village as otherwise provided herein, provided, however, that the review of such applications shall be conditioned upon the applicant's agreement to reimburse the village for any and all costs of staff time and outside consultants required to review such application, and provided further, however, that the approval of such applications shall be at the discretion of the village, and shall in all cases be subject to such conditions as the village deems necessary to protect the public safety and public infrastructure of the village.
(D) Any applicant that submits any false, fraudulent or materially misleading permit application or who fails to provide all information required in connection with the permit application in an effort to induce the village to issue an overweight or overdimension permit shall be fined in an amount not less than $1,000 per day for each day during which movements were made or could have been made under the terms shown on the face of such permit, and shall be ineligible to apply for or obtain overweight or overdimension permits for a period of one year following a conviction for a violation of this provision.
(E) Fees. The applicable permit fees for the issuance of overweight or overdimension permits under this section shall be as set forth from time to time in § 43.02B of the Village Code of Ordinances.
(F) Special conditions applicable to travel over 135th Street bridges. In addition to the conditions set forth in the general permit conditions included within Appendix A to this chapter, any permit issued for movements over the 135th Street bridges shall be deemed to incorporate the following additional special conditions, as if fully set forth on the face of such permit:
(1) No vehicles or pedestrians may be present on the bridge during any such movement. Applicant shall be responsible for arranging and paying for the cost of Romeoville Police Department officers to provide traffic control in connection with such movements.
(2) No such movement shall be made at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour over any bridge structure.
(3) The vehicle conducting the permitted movement shall traverse the bridge structure on the centerline of the bridge deck to distribute the load transversely.
All applications for permits for movements over the 135th Street bridges shall be subject to review by the Department of Public Works.
(G) Limited continuous operation permits. Certain overweight/overdimension permits are eligible to be issued as overdimension permits. Permit applicants are eligible to apply for overweight/overdimension permits as limited continuous operation permits for overdimension loads/vehicles up to 12 feet width, 13 feet six inch height and 65 foot length, and overweight vehicles/loads that comply with the template vehicles shown in Appendix C to this chapter. No limited continuous operation permits shall be issued for movements involving the bridges and structures on 135th Street. A limited continuous operation permit authorizes two round trip movements per day, or four single trip movements per day. Excess movements beyond these limits are violations of the permit, and are subject to enforcement under § 76.99(D) and (E), with such excess movements being respectively deemed to constitute movements with weight or dimension in excess of that allowed by the permit.
(Ord. 17-1385, passed 6-21-17)