§ 71.65. Designation of truck routes; approval and exceptions.

(A)

Signs. Whenever any ordinance of the Town designates or describes any street, or portion thereof, as a street the use of which is permitted by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons, the Town Engineer is hereby authorized to designate such streets, or portions thereof, by appropriate signs as "Truck Traffic Routes" for the movement of commercial vehicles and vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.

(B)

Approval. The provisions of this section shall not be effective with respect to any highway which is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Town, or, in the case of any state highway, until the proposed ordinance has been submitted by the Council to, and approved in writing by, the Department of Public Works of the State.

(C)

Exceptions. No such ordinance shall prohibit any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted street having ingress or egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted street, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.

(1975 Code, § 4-3.1301) (Ord. 1958-70, effective - -58)

Cross reference

Penalty, see 10.99