(A) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any commercial vehicle upon any street within the city except those streets designated herein as official truck routes.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) Operation on street of destination point. The operation of commercial vehicles over and along any street where and when necessary to the conduct of business, including pickup or delivery, at a destination point, provided designated official truck routes are used until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point, except as provided in division (B)(2) hereof. If additional pickups or deliveries at multiple destination points within the city are required, the vehicle doesn't need to return to the truck routes after each individual delivery but shall return to the truck route nearest to the final destination point upon completion of business.
(2) Detours. The operation of commercial vehicles upon any officially established detour in any such case in which such vehicles could be operated over and along the street for which the detour is established, (such as a truck route or a destination point street).
(C) Exemptions.
(1) Municipal vehicles. Due to the nature of their work and the need to have unhindered access to all city streets, municipally-owned or leased vehicles which would otherwise be regulated by this subchapter are hereby specifically exempted therefrom. For the sake of clarification this shall include, but is not necessarily limited to the following municipal vehicles: Fire Department, Police Department, Public Works Department, Utilities Department and vehicles of any agent thereof, provided said agent's vehicles are then engaged in official municipal business.
(2) Emergency vehicles. Any and all emergency vehicles not covered in division (C)(1) above.
(3) Recreational vehicles. Those motor vehicles and trailers commonly referred to as "recreational vehicles" or "R.V's" and which would otherwise be regulated by this subchapter. For the sake of clarification this shall include, but is not necessarily limited to the following vehicles: motor homes, campers, boat/trailer combinations.
(Ord. 903-04, passed 10-25-04)