(A) Prohibited vehicles. All motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, or any machine or instrument that is driven, pulled, pushed, or parked having axle weights over five tons per axle are prohibited from traveling on any city street posted with weight restrictions in the city.
(B) Seasonal weight restrictions. The City Council may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any street under jurisdiction and control of the city or impose additional weight restrictions on vehicles to be operated on such streets whenever the street, by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic conditions, will or could be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles on the street is prohibited or the permissible weight thereof is reduced. The City Council shall cause to be erected and maintained signs plainly indicating the prohibition or weight restriction at each end of that portion of the highway or city street affected thereby. No person shall operate a vehicle on a restricted street in violation of the prohibition or restriction, except that travel on certain streets may be allowed by prior permit of the City Council.
(C) Exceptions. The above weight restrictions shall not apply to city, emergency or public transportation vehicles. The above weight restrictions shall also not apply to school buses and Head Start buses when the single axle weight of the school bus or Head Start bus does not exceed 14,000 pounds; provided, however, that the City Council may restrict any city street under its jurisdiction and control to a lesser axle weight for school buses and Head Start buses by written order to the affected school board and Head Start grantees 24 hours in advance of required compliance with such lesser axle weight restrictions.
(Ord. 113, passed 2-24-98; Am. Ord. 123, passed 3-23-99) Penalty, see § 70.99