(a) All vehicles having a total gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, including, but not limited to, trucks, truck tractors, road tractors, trailers, semitrailers, vehicle transporters, or any combination of such vehicles, shall use only those streets established as truck routes. It is unlawful to drive any vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds on a street not established as a truck route, except as provided in section 20-15.2 below, or where a permit has been issued by the chief of police, or that officer's designee, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 20-16.
(b) The director of transportation, or the director's designee, is authorized to prohibit certain vehicles from using certain designated streets, including truck routes, by the placement of appropriate signs limiting the gross weight of vehicles permitted to use those streets. However, the vehicles may use the streets designated under this section to make a delivery or pickup or to provide services to a property as permitted under section 20-15.2(b).
(Ord. No. 7757, § 3, 1-27-92; Ord. No. 8270, § 2, 11-21-94; Ord. No. 10418, § 2, 6-12-07)