A. Loads Restricted: The city street commissioner shall, and he is expressly given power and authority to, at any time because of weather or climatic conditions, or for any other reason, restrict the hauling of heavy loads or the conveying of heavy loads over or upon any street, alley or other public way within the city which would result in damage or injury to the surface of such street, avenue, alley or public way, to fix the maximum load per inch of tire width that may be hauled or conveyed over or upon the street and to determine the duration of the period that such restriction upon the weight of loads hauled or conveyed over or upon the street shall be and remain in effect. Vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, or greater, shall hereafter be prohibited from traveling on the following streets:
Baker Avenue between Second Street and Thirteenth Street
First Street between Baker Avenue and Spokane Avenue
Railway Street between Baker Avenue and Spokane Avenue
Spokane Avenue north of Second Street
(Ord. 99-14, 12-20-1999; amd. Ord. 04-16, 8-2-2004)
B. Signs Required: When the street commissioner places a restriction upon the load limit that may be hauled or conveyed over or upon any street, he shall immediately erect or cause to be erected at each end of the street or at each end of that portion of the street to which the limitation applies, signs of such size and design as to be plainly visible and readable by persons using such street for traffic purposes, which signs shall plainly show the street, avenue, alley or public way affected by such load limit and shall clearly and plainly state the maximum pounds per inch of tire width that may be hauled or conveyed over or upon such street, avenue, alley or public way. (Ord. 287, 2-7-1941)
C. Penalty: Any violation of the restrictions set forth in this section shall be punished as a misdemeanor, and upon conviction a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be assessed for the first violation; and a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be assessed for the second and any additional violations. Any such violation may also be treated as a municipal infraction, and the person violating the restrictions set forth in this section may be assessed a civil penalty as provided in section 1-4-4 of this code. For each separate incident, the city shall elect to treat the violation as a misdemeanor or a municipal infraction, but not both. If a violation is repeated, the city may treat the initial violation as a misdemeanor and the repeat violation as a municipal infraction, or vice versa. (Ord. 09-20, 10-19-2009)