EDITOR'S NOTE: Pursuant to Resolution 6-08, passed March 13, 2008, Council has exempted 60th Street from the weight restrictions imposed by Section 347.01.
(a) Generally. No person shall operate any truck, tractor, traction engine, commercial vehicle or other vehicle designed or used for the transportation of merchandise or freight having a gross weight, including load, of more than 10,000 pounds upon or over any street or alley within the City which is unimproved, unpaved or surfaced with gravel, cinders or like material. No person shall operate any such vehicle having a gross weight, including load, of more than 14,000 pounds upon or over any other street or alley within the City.
Limitations as to weight as herein imposed shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(b) Permit to Exceed Weight Limitations; Emergency Permits. Council may, in its discretion, upon application in writing, issue a special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle of a weight exceeding the maximum provided for in subsection (a) hereof upon any street or alley in the City. In case of emergency, such permit may be issued by the Mayor without action by Council, but such permit shall not be valid beyond the next regular meeting of Council after the emergency permit is issued. Any conditions or limitations upon the operation of any vehicle necessary to assure against undue damage to any such street or alley may be imposed upon the issuance of such permit. No person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such permit and any such violation shall be grounds for revocation of the permit by the authority granting the same.
(c) Bond May be Required. As a further condition for the granting of any special permit authorized by subsection (b) hereof, Council or the officer issuing the same may require the applicant to enter into bond in such penalty and with such surety as Council or the officer shall deem sufficient and conditioned to save the City harmless from any damage which the City might sustain or incur by reason of the operation by the applicant which would be destructive of or damage to any street or alley in the City to such an extent that the costs of repair or maintenance thereof would be more than the average costs of repairs or maintenance of other streets or alleys of like type and construction in the City.
(d) Application to City Vehicles. The weight limitations imposed by subsection (a) hereof shall not apply to any vehicle operated by the City nor to any vehicle operated under a permit granted by the City.
(e) Application to State Roads or Highways within City. This section shall not apply to any State road or highway situated within the City.
(1965 Code §13-69 to 13-73)