(A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, and except as hereinafter set forth in this section, and unless otherwise posted by signage authorized by duly adopted ordinances of the village, no person shall operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of five tons gross weight, including the load.
(B) The following streets, road and highways of the village are hereby designated as truck routes within the village, and trucks and other vehicles shall be permitted to operate on such routes in compliance with the maximum weights and dimensions hereinabove set forth in this chapter, and further to operate on such routes in compliance with a validly issued overweight or overdimension permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
Airport Road from Southcreek Parkway to Weber Road
Crossroads Parkway
Naperville Drive from Marquette Drive to Enterprise Drive
Normantown Road from Crossroads Parkway to Weber Road
135th Street (Romeo Road) east of Independence Boulevard to New Avenue
Southcreek Parkway from Taylor Road to Airport Road
Taylor Road from Independence Boulevard to Weber Road
Arbor Drive
Lakeview Drive
Windham Parkway
Remington Boulevard
115th Street
Normantown Road, west of Weber Road to Wheatland/Plainfield Township line
Normantown Road, east of Weber to Crossroads Parkway
Crossroads Parkway
Prologis Parkway
Bluff Road, west of Joliet Road
Bluff Road, east of Joliet Road, to village limits
Anton Drive
Marquette Drive
Enterprise Drive
Naperville Drive, between village limits and Enterprise Drive
Schmidt Road, from Naperville Drive to village limits
Chambers Drive
Lakeside Drive
Greenwood Avenue
Forestwood Drive
Rocbaar Drive
Devonwood Avenue
Ridgewood Avenue
Phelps Avenue, east of Illinois Route 53
Parkwood Avenue
Belmont Drive, east of Illinois Route 53
Montrose Drive, east of Route 53
Anderson Drive
Belmont Drive, west of Illinois Route 53, between Taylor Road and Com Ed right-of-way
Pinnacle Drive, from Com Ed right-of-way south to current terminus south of Airport Road (Note: Pinnacle Drive has not yet been fully constructed from Airport Road north to approximately 145 S. Pinnacle Drive)
Chicago Tube Drive
O'Hare Drive
Innovation Drive
Oakridge Drive
A map of the aforesaid designated truck routes is set forth in Appendix B to this chapter.
(1) Notwithstanding the aforesaid designation of truck routes, certain portions of specific streets or roads within such designated truck routes are hereby designated as "Truck Route Exclusions". No permit issued under this chapter shall be valid to authorize the movement of any vehicle or load over, across or upon any portion of a village street or road designated as a truck route
(2) Exclusion in violation of the prohibition or restriction of the usage thereof as posted by appropriate signage installed by the Department of Public Works and as depicted in Appendix B.
(3) The Director of Public Works shall hereby be authorized and directed to place appropriate signage on village roads, streets, highways and bridges and structures as necessary from time to time to advise of the applicable weight limits thereon as established by this chapter.
(C) Overweight and overdimension permits issued under the provisions of § 76.15 shall only be valid for vehicle movements on the designated truck routes hereinabove set forth in division (B) of this section and as depicted on the designated truck route map included as Appendix B to this chapter, subject further, however, to the truck route exclusions set forth below and in Appendix B and as indicated by posted signage.
(D) Enhanced penalty — truck route exclusions. The Director of Public Works shall cause appropriate signage to be placed at the entrances to the village roads, highways and streets set forth in division (E) of this section and designated and depicted in Appendix B to this chapter as truck route exclusions, advising that truck traffic is either strictly prohibited or strictly regulated on such roads, highways and streets, and that the applicable fines for violations of this chapter occurring within such streets shall be at double the fine amounts applicable to violations of this chapter occurring outside of the village roads, highways and streets set forth in division (E) of this section and designated and depicted in Appendix B to this chapter as truck route exclusions.
(E) Designation of truck route exclusions. The following structures/locations are hereby designated as truck route exclusions from the truck routes otherwise designated by division (B) of this section, and any permit otherwise validly issued under this chapter for movement over any of such structures/locations shall be subject to the additional prohibitions, conditions or restrictions noted below:
(1) Village owned culverts on Parkwood Avenue. No vehicle and load having a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds shall be permitted to travel over the village owned culverts on Parkwood Avenue, and these structures/locations shall be deemed to be excluded from any permit otherwise validly issued under this chapter.
(2) Village owned culverts on Town Hall Drive. No vehicle and load having a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds shall be permitted to travel over the village owned culverts on Town Hall Drive, and these structures shall be deemed to be excluded from any permit otherwise validly issued under this chapter.
(3) 135th Street bridges (current 135th Street). No vehicle and load having a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds shall be eligible to receive a permit under this chapter authorizing such movement without the approval of the Village Department of Public Works, and any such permit shall be deemed to incorporate the special conditions set forth in § 76.14(F).
(4) Old Romeo Road/135th Street bridge beneath current high-level bridge. No vehicle and load having a gross weight in excess of 22 tons for a single vehicle and load, or more than 29 tons for a combination of vehicles with three or four axles, or more than 36 tons for a combination of vehicles having five or more axles, all as posted at or upon the Old Romeo Road/135th Street bridge shall be permitted to move upon or travel upon the same, and no permit issued under this chapter shall be valid to authorize any such movement.
(5) Airport Road culvert (Mink Creek, east of Amaryllis Drive/Richfield Trail). Note: This location is not within a truck route designated by this chapter, and movement through or at this location is subject to the provisions of division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, and without otherwise authorizing any such movement, in no event shall any permit be issued under this chapter for any movement of a vehicle and load in excess of 80,000 pounds gross weight without the approval of the Department of Public Works.
(6) Village owned culverts on Forestwood Drive. No vehicle and load having a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds shall be permitted to travel over the village owned culverts on Forestwood Avenue, and these structures/locations shall be deemed to be excluded from any permit otherwise validly issued under this chapter.
(Ord. 17-1385, passed 6-21-17)