(A) No person shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any street or alley of the city, the gross weight of which, including the load, does not comply with the requirements of South Dakota state law governing such vehicle.
(B) Those vehicles exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds are confined to the designated truck routes through the city, posted as a truck route through signage, which are U.S. Highway 18, South Dakota Highway 44, County Road, North Main Street, 316th Avenue, and Iowa Street from West Highway 18 to County Road.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds on the streets or alleys within the residential areas except when receiving or making deliveries to that residential area. For those receiving or making deliveries with gross weights exceeding 55,000 pounds, they shall not be permitted on any city street other than a truck route unless they shall first have registered with and received written permission from the Public Works Director in compliance with the procedures set forth in § 94.009 (Contractor’s Responsibility) of this Code of Ordinances. The city’s cost of repair for any resulting damage to city streets shall be the responsibility of the operator of the overweight vehicle.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds on the streets or alleys within the residential areas of the city.
(E) Any construction project for which a haul road will be required must be previously approved by the Public Works Director and must comply with § 94.009 (Contractor’s Responsibility) of this Code of Ordinances.
(F) Any police officer or the Public Works Director shall have the power and authority to direct any vehicle be taken to the nearest truck scale and weighed to determine the conformance with this Schedule I. The failure to comply with such directions shall constitute a violation of this Schedule I.
(G) Any person violating this Schedule I shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with § 10.99 of this Code of Ordinances. In addition, any contractor who fails to restore the haul road shall be civilly liable to the city, for any damages done to the haul road.
(Prior Code, § 7.01.30) (Ord. 521, passed - - ; Ord. 574, passed - - ; Ord. 731, passed - - ; Ord. 917, passed 2-4-2019; Ord. 969, passed 10-5-2020; Ord. 1052, passed 6-5-2023; Ord. 1063, passed 10-2-2023)