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A. It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner of any vehicle to cause the vehicle or permit the vehicle to be driven or moved upon any street in the city if such vehicle's weight exceeds the weight limitation provided in section 27-12-151, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended, or its successor.
B. Any police officer having reason to believe that the height, width, length or weight of the vehicle is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a measurement or weighing of the same. Weighing may be done either by means of portable or stationary scales, and the officer may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest scales in the event such scales are within two (2) miles. (Prior code title 46, art. 9 § 181.1)
In addition to issuing any citation for violating the vehicle restrictions contained in section 12.28.140 of this chapter, or the weight restrictions contained in section 12.28.160 of this chapter, or successor sections, the officer who determines that the height, width, length or weight is unlawful may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and require that the vehicle remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as is necessary to reduce said load to size limits or width limits as permitted under the ordinance codified herein. All materials so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner or operator. (Prior code title 46, art. 9 § 181.2)
A. No vehicle shall exceed a total outside width of eight feet (8'), including any load thereon, except that the limitation as to width of a vehicle shall not apply to vehicles or equipment specified in section 27-12-148(2), Utah Code Annotated, or to vehicles operated under the terms of the special permit issued under section 27-12-155, Utah Code Annotated, or any successor sections.
B. No passenger vehicle shall carry any load which extends beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle, nor shall any passenger vehicle carry a load which extends more than six inches (6") beyond the line of the fender on the right side thereof. (Prior code title 46, art. 9 § 181.3)