(a) (1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall drive any truck or commercial tractor or semitrailer upon any of the streets not listed in the Heavy Truck Route Schedule on file in the office of the Director of Engineering Services and the Clerk of the City Commission.
(2) Such vehicles may be driven upon any such street or part of a street for the shortest possible distance to load or unload merchandise, freight or material at a place contiguous to such street or part thereof, provided there is no other means of ingress to or egress from such place.
(3) Such vehicles may be driven across any such street or part of a street at an intersection.
(4) The provision of subsection (a)(1) hereof does not apply to vehicles with a certified gross vehicle weight for the specific vehicle of less than 15,000 pounds, and the vehicles owned or operated by this City.
(b) All trucks, trailers and semi-trailers having a gross weight of over 15,000 pounds operating into, out of or through the City shall follow state and federal routes; except when truck routes are designated by the City Commission and are properly marked, then such vehicles shall follow such truck routes. Any such truck, trailer or semi-trailer, operating into, out of or inside the City for the purpose of local delivery shall travel only upon the streets described in the current Heavy Truck Route Schedule on file in the office of the Director of Engineering Services and the Clerk of the City Commission office; except that such truck, trailer, or semi-trailer may be driven upon any connecting or destining street for the shortest possible distance to load or unload merchandise, freight, or material, or for storage or garage purposes on destining streets.
(c) The Heavy Truck Route Schedule shall be reviewed and modified, if necessary, by the Department of Engineering Services biennially and if modified, approved by the City Commission.
(Ord. 06-036. Passed 3-27-06.)
(Ord. 06-036. Passed 3-27-06.)