(A) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the amount specified on such signs at any time upon any of the following streets or parts of streets, except as hereafter provided:
Streets | Maximum Gross Weight |
4th Avenue Southwest from its intersection with 13th Street Southwest to its intersection with 25th Street Southwest | 20,000 pounds |
7th Avenue Southwest from Southmoor Drive to 6th Street Southwest | 10,000 pounds |
West 7th Street from 11th Avenue West to 9th Avenue West | 10,000 pounds |
(B) It shall be unlawful to use any vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, unless the tires of such vehicle be of the width required for the weight of vehicles and loads combined as follows.
(1) Combined weight of four wheeled vehicle and load:
Over 2,000 and less than 4,000 pounds | 2-inch tires |
Over 4,000 and less than 6,000 pounds | 3-inch tires |
Over 6,000 and less than 8,000 pounds | 4-inch tires |
(2) Any two wheeled vehicle weighing with its load in excess of 2,000 pounds shall have tires one inch in width for each 2,000 pounds’ weight of vehicle and load.
(Prior Code, § 7-6-2) (Ord. 49, passed 2-7-1953; Ord. 97.2, passed 5-21-1962; Ord. 332, passed 3-3-1986; Ord. 716, passed 4-18-2011; Ord. 820, passed 7-3-2017) Penalty, see § 70.999