The following additional regulations apply to highway transportation within the county of the hazardous materials specified in § 91.03 of this chapter.
(A) Traffic violations by carriers transporting hazardous materials shall be treated as violations of those regulations and shall be subject to the penalties of § 91.99 of this chapter.
(B) Those portions of public highways and streets within the unincorporated towns of Abington, Bethel, Chester, Dalton, Franklin, Jacksonburg, Middleboro, Webster and Williamsburg are conclusively presumed to be routes which go through or near heavily populated areas; therefore, the use of said routes, except major thoroughfares as defined in division (C) below for the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in § 91.03 of this chapter is prohibited where there is neither a point or origin, destination (delivery point), nor handling within those unincorporated towns.
(C) For the purposes of this chapter, the following are considered to be major thoroughfares:
(1) Alternative routes designated by the Board of Directors of the State Department of Transportation;
(2) In the absence of designated alternative routes, the preferred routes designated in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation; and
(3) In the absence of designated alternative or preferred routes, routes selected by the carrier applying the criteria set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 177.825.
(D) Headlights shall be illuminated at all times.
(1982 Code, § 96.10) (Ord. passed 6-11-1990) Penalty, see § 91.99