(A) (1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE means a motor vehicle, except a school bus, the operator of which is required to possess a Class A or B Texas driver’s license in accordance with Tex. Transportation Code, Chapter 522.
(2) (a) A person commits an offense if he or she drives or operates a commercial motor vehicle upon a public street in a residential area.
(b) RESIDENTIAL AREA, as used in this section, is defined to mean any area where family dwelling units, homes, and apartments prevail in the neighborhood or area, and where there is no commercial or industrial establishment located in the area that regularly uses such vehicles in its normal and usual course of business.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution hereunder if the vehicle was being driven or operated to or from the place of employment of the driver or to fulfill a local commercial obligation to a buyer or seller at a given destination, evidenced by a bill of sale or invoice, and the route taken was the shortest route along such public street in a residential area.
(B) The City Administrator is hereby authorized to post signs on any or all public streets in residential areas to designate the prohibition of commercial motor vehicles from such streets.
(Ord. 16-00, passed 10-10-2000) Penalty, see § 70.99
Cross-reference:
Locations where truck traffic is prohibited, see Chapter 72, Schedule III