SCHEDULE I. TRUCK ROUTES.

   (A)   As used in this section TRUCK shall mean “truck”, “truck tractor”, “trailer”, “semi-trailer”, as defined in the Michigan Vehicle Code, Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L. §§ 257.1 et seq., or any combination thereof.

   (B)   The operation of any truck exceeding 30 feet in length or 12 tons gross weight (including operator and cargo) is prohibited upon every street in the city except the following:

Street	From	To
Frank N. Andersen Bridge	Ezra Rust Drive	Hamilton Street
Bay Street	State Street	North city limit
Carroll Street	Wadsworth Avenue	North Washington Avenue
Congress Avenue	Hill Street	North Michigan Avenue
Court Street	Hamilton Street	Michigan Avenue
Davenport Avenue	Passolt Street	Johnson Street Bridge
East Holland Avenue	Saginaw River	East city limit
East Remington Street	East Holland Avenue	Saginaw River
East Street	South Washington Avenue	South city limit
Elmwood Avenue	Hess Avenue	Gallagher Street
Ezra Rust Drive	South Washington Avenue	Saginaw River
Fifth Avenue	Wadsworth Avenue	Genesee Avenue
Fitzhugh Street	North Jefferson Avenue	North Seventh Street
Fraser Street	West Center Street	South Michigan Avenue
Gallagher Street	Elmwood Avenue	Douglass G. Schenck Bridge
Genesee Avenue	Hill Street	Washington Avenue
Genesee Avenue	South Second Avenue	South city limit
Gratiot Avenue	South Michigan Avenue	West city limit
North Hamilton Street	West Remington Street	North Michigan Avenue
Hess Avenue	Douglass G. Schenck Bridge	East city limit
Hill Street	Clark Street	Congress Avenue
I-675	East city limit	North city limit
Janes Avenue	South Water Street	East Genesee Avenue
Jefferson Avenue	Symphony Lane	Janes Avenue
Johnson Street and Johnson Street Bridge	Davenport Avenue	North Fifth Avenue
Michigan Avenue	West city limit	North city limit
Rust Avenue and Rust Avenue Bridge	South Warren Avenue	Saginaw River
Douglass G. Schenck Bridge	Gallagher Street	West Center Street
Schaefer Street	Weiss Street	Clark Street
Second Avenue	East Genesee Avenue	Wadsworth Avenue
Sheridan Avenue	East Remington Street	South city limit
North Sixth Avenue	Fitzhugh Street	North Washington Avenue
State Street	West city limit	Davenport Avenue
Stephens Street	Gratiot Avenue	Rust Avenue
Symphony Lane	North Washington Avenue	North Jefferson Avenue
Thompson Street	South Fifth Avenue	East Genesee Avenue
Troy Street	Sheridan Avenue	Maplewood Avenue
Vermont Street	South Michigan Avenue	West Center Street
Veterans Memorial Parkway	Southerly boundary of I-675	North city limit
Wadsworth Avenue	North Seventh Street	Carroll Street
Warren Avenue	Troy Street	East Remington Street
Warren Avenue	Janes Avenue	Wadsworth Avenue
Washington Avenue	East Street	East city limit
Weiss Street	Carrollton Street	Michigan Avenue
West Center Street	Queen Street	Douglass G. Schenck Bridge
West Holland Avenue	North Michigan Avenue	East Holland Avenue
West Remington Street	East Remington Street	North Michigan Avenue
Williams Street	Rust Avenue	Gratiot Avenue
Williamson Street	Gallagher Street	South city limit

 

   (C)   The operation of trucks exceeding 22 feet in length or five tons gross weight (including operator and cargo) is prohibited upon every street in the city except those streets listed in division (B) above and except the following:

Street	From	To
Bay Street	State Street	Court Street
Brockway Street	South Woodbridge Street	Gratiot Avenue
Cherry Street	East Genesee Avenue	South Sixth Avenue
Congress Avenue	Court Street	Hill Street
Congress Avenue	Mackinaw Street	Court Street
Court Street	State Street	Michigan Avenue
Fifth Avenue	North Washington Avenue	Wadsworth Avenue
Fraser Street	South Michigan Avenue	Moore Street
Gratiot Avenue	South Michigan Avenue	Williams Street
Houghton Avenue	North Mason Street	North Woodbridge Street
Hoyt Avenue	South Washington Avenue	East Genesee Avenue
Janes Avenue	East Genesee Avenue	East city limit
Jefferson Avenue	Janes Avenue	Hoyt Avenue
Jefferson Avenue	Holden Street	Williamson Street
Johnson Street	North Sixth Avenue	North Fifth Avenue
Lapeer Avenue	Veterans Memorial Parkway	Nineteenth Street
Mackinaw Street	Malzahn Street	Davenport Avenue
Malzahn Street	North Wheeler Street	Mackinaw Street
Marquette Street	Moore Street	South Wheeler Street
Mason Street	Brockway Street	Davenport Avenue
Nineteenth Street	Lapeer	Janes Avenue
Owen Street	Williamson Street	Meredith Street
Perkins Street	East Genesee Avenue	East city limit
Seventeenth Street	Janes Avenue	East Holland Avenue
Sixth Avenue	Cherry Street	Fitzhugh Street
Vermont Street	South Wheeler Street	South Michigan Avenue
Veterans Memorial Parkway	Southerly boundary of I-675	Lapeer Avenue
Warren Avenue	East Remington Street	Janes Avenue
Warwick Street	State Street	Davenport Avenue
Webber Street	South Washington Avenue	East city limit
Weiss Street	Michigan Avenue	West city limit
West Holland Avenue	North Woodbridge Street	North Michigan Avenue
West Remington Street	North Michigan Avenue	North Mason Street
Wheeler Street	West Michigan Avenue	Malzahn Street
Williams Street	Gratiot Avenue	South Woodbridge Street
Woodbridge Street	Davenport Avenue	Gratiot Avenue

 

   (D)   No provision of this section shall prohibit:

      (1)   The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the city;

      (2)   The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city, public utilities, any contractor or material man while engaged in the repair, maintenance, or construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the city;

      (3)   The operation of a truck upon any officially established detour in any case where such truck could lawfully be operated upon the street for which such detour is established;

      (4)   Any truck which is taking departure from or proceeding to a destination on a prohibited street from operating on such prohibited streets as may be reasonably necessary in traveling to or from, as the case may be, the nearest street intersection on a street wherein such truck is permitted to operate; or

      (5)   Any truck while engaged in one or more local pickups or deliveries from using such prohibited streets as may be reasonably necessary in so doing, provided, that such truck shall upon completion of the last pickup or delivery return by the shortest route to the nearest street upon which it is permitted to operate.

   (E)   It shall be the duty of any person who shall be driving or in charge or control of any truck which may at that time be upon any street in the city upon which truck travel is limited or restricted, upon the demand of any police officer, to proceed to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether the weight thereof is in excess of the weight limit permitted upon such street.

(Prior Code, Ch. 76, Sch. I) (Ord. D-1723, passed 8-22-1994, effective 9-1-1994; Ord. D-1857, passed 6-5-2000, effective 6-15-2000; Ord. O-15, passed 12-8-2003, effective 12-18-2003) Penalty, see § 70.99