(a) No single-unit vehicle having more than two (2) axles or having an overall length in excess of twenty-six (26) feet, and no tractor-semitrailer having more than three (3) axles or having an overall length in excess of forty (40) feet shall be permitted to load or unload any packages of merchandise within that district bounded on the north by the south and west line of Toole Avenue and Franklin Street, on the east by the east line of Fourth Avenue, on the south by the south line of Fourteenth Street and Cushing Street, and on the west by the west line of Granada Avenue, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(b) The director of transportation, or the director's designee, may grant written variances from the provisions as set forth in subsection (a) provided:
(1) The nature of the merchandise being delivered is exceptional; or
(2) The nature of the business or service on the property is exceptional; and
(3) The applicant can conform to any required barricading and signing as set forth in section 25-24; and
(4) The variance is not against the public interest, safety, convenience or general welfare.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 21; Ord. No. 7157, § 1, 3-20-89; Ord. No. 10418, § 2, 6-12-07)