(a) Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in subsection (b), where it is necessary for a vehicle whose use of city streets is regulated under section 20-15.1(a) to use a street not established as a truck route pursuant to section 20-15; or for any oversize or overweight vehicle, load, or mobile home to use any street, whether established as a truck route or not, that lies within the corporate limits of the city and that is not designated as a state highway, application shall be made to the chief of police, or that officer's designee, for a permit for such use under police department supervision, and no such use of streets as is set forth in this subsection shall occur, unless and until such permit is issued.
(b) A permit pursuant to subsection (a) is not required in the following situations:
(2) Where the total maximum width of the vehicle, or of the vehicle and load, does not exceed one hundred two (102) inches, exclusive of safety equipment, and the operation or movement takes place solely on streets established as truck routes pursuant to section 20-15.
(3) Where the vehicle is exempted from size, weight and load limitations under A.R.S. section 28-1001(b), or any successor provision(s).
(c) The chief of police, or that officer's designee, is hereby authorized to issue the permits required under subsection (a). The categories of authorized permits shall be as follows: single trip permits, mobile home permits, thirty-day permits, envelope permits, and annual permits. Permits to use a street not designated as a truck route shall be issued on a single trip or thirty-day basis only. Envelope permits shall be issued on an annual basis only, and neither envelope permits nor single trip permits shall be issued for the movement of mobile homes. Any movement of a mobile home subject to the permit requirements of this section shall be undertaken as one continuous journey pursuant to a mobile home permit, which shall be valid for ninety-six (96) hours from the time of issuance.
(d) A person seeking any of the types of permits authorized under subsection (c) shall submit an application, accompanied by the corresponding fee as established in subsection (e). Such fees shall be waived for a vehicle, load or mobile home in governmental service. In addition, no fee shall be collected for a vehicle, load, or mobile home for whose operation or movement a valid permit has been issued by the state, a political subdivision of the state, or any other municipality, when the operation or movement of such vehicle, load, or mobile home terminates in or transits the city.
(e) Permit fees shall be as follows:
Type of Permit | Non Truck Route | Oversize | Overweight | Envelope |
Single trip: | $15.00 | $ 15.00 | $ 25.00 | -- |
Mobile home: | -- | $ 15.00 | $ 25.00 | -- |
Thirty-day: | $30.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 50.00 | -- |
Annual: | -- | $240.00 | $480.00 | $600.00 |
Note: The fee for annual permits issued after January 31 of a calendar year shall be reduced by one-twelfth ( 1/12) for each full calendar month that has expired prior to issuance of the permit. Where a vehicle, load, or mobile home is both oversize and overweight, the permit fee shall consist solely of the overweight fee.
(f) Upon receipt of the application, and payment of any applicable fee, the chief of police, or that officer's designee, may grant the requested permit. The permit may restrict the use of any street, whether or not established as a truck route, or the operation or movement of any oversize or overweight vehicle, load, or mobile home, by day of the week, time of the day, route, or location within the city, and may set such additional restrictions as are necessary for public safety and convenience.
(g) All annual permits issued under this section shall expire at midnight on January 1 of the next calendar year, and persons seeking an annual permit for the new calendar year shall be required to submit a new application and permit fee.
(h) Any violation of the provisions of this section, specifically including, but not limited to, the failure to obtain a required permit or to comply with permit restrictions, is declared to be a civil infraction punishable by a mandatory sanction of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), no part of which shall be suspended or waived by the court.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 20; Ord. No. 8270, § 3, 11-21-94; Ord. No. 8958, § 7, 9-22-97)