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G.14 - Designated Truck RoutesDESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES 10.04.630 -Truck route. •A. Whenever any ordinance of the City Council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 10,000 pounds, such street or portion thereof shall be deemed a truck route. •B. When any such truck route is established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of 10,000 pounds shall drive on such route and none other, except that the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 10,000 pounds coming from a truck route may use restricted streets 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 streets 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 streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained. The phrase "maximum gross weight" used in this Section shall have the same meaning as the phrase "manufactured gross vehicle weight rating" defined in the California Vehicle Code Section 390. Exemptions •C.The provisions of this Section shall not apply to: •1.School buses and passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Schools; •2.Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation of or repair of any public utility; or •3.Emergency service vehicles. •D.The following streets and portions of streets are designated and established as commercial vehicle truck routes: •1.Barton Road (within Grand Terrace City limit). •2.Mount Vernon Avenue from Barton Road to Main Street. •3.Main Street from the westerly City limit to Mount Vernon Avenue. •4.La Cadena Drive (within Grand Terrace City limit). •E.The use of any street or part of any street not established as part of the truck route is hereby prohibited by any commercial vehicle (as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 260) exceeding a maximum gross weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, except as allowed in Subsections B. and C. above. Appropriate signs shall be posted as designated by the California Department of Transportation "Traffic Manual" in accordance criteria established by the Public Works Director of the City, showing which streets are truck route. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or park, or cause to be operated or parked, any vehicle in violation of this provision . •10.04.640 -Infraction—Fine. •Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter or disobeying any signs or markings installed pursuant to this Chapter is guilty of an infraction. Pursuant to the Vehicle Code, every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, except as otherwise provided in the Vehicle Code, shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding $50.00; for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding $100.00; and for a third or any subsequent conviction within that period of one year, by a fine not exceeding $250.00. Vehicle Code •35401. (a) No vehicle combinations may exceed a total length of 65 feet. (See California Legal Trucks (PDF)) •(b) (1) A combination of vehicles which consists of a truck tractor, a semitrailer, and a semitrailer or trailer, may not exceed 75 feet, if neither the semitrailers nor the trailer in the combination of vehicles exceeds 28 feet 6 inches. (See California Legal Doubles (PDF)) •35401.1. A combination of vehicles with a KPRA of 38 to 40 feet may be operated on local highways only where it is deemed to be safe by the owner or operator of the vehicle. •Local Length Prohibitions •35401. (d) Any city or county may prohibit a combination of vehicles of a total length in excess of 60 feet upon highways under its jurisdiction. •STAA Trucks •In 1982, the Federal government passed the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA). This act requires states to allow certain longer trucks on a network of federal highways, referred to as the “National Network (NN).” Trucks longer than a “California Legal” (65’) truck are designated STAA trucks and are required by the California Vehicle Code to only travel on roadways designated by the California Department of Transportation WEIGHT LIMITS •10.04.530 -Unimproved highways. •A. Whenever the Council determines, upon the basis of an engineering investigation, that a highway is unimproved as the word "unimproved" is used in the Vehicle Code, and that the nature of the pavement or surface is such that it will be damaged if vehicles of over a certain gross weight are permitted to operate thereon, the Council shall direct the engineer to erect signs specifying the maximum gross weight limits which shall be permitted to operate on such highway. •C. Whenever such weight limit signs have been placed as provided in this Section, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon such unimproved highway when the maximum gross weight of such vehicle, plus the weight of the load thereon, exceeds the weight limit stated by such signs except that any commercial vehicle shall not be prohibited from using any City highway by direct route to or from a County or State highway for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares, or merchandise as provided in the Vehicle Code. WEIGHT LIMITS •10.04.540 -Improved highways—Temporary limits. •A. Whenever the Council, upon the basis of an engineering investigation, determines that an improved highway as defined in the Vehicle Code, will be destroyed by reason of deterioration if vehicles of over a certain gross weight are permitted to operate thereon, the Council shall direct the engineer to erect temporary signs, as provided in Subsection 10.04.530.B for unimproved highways, specifying the maximum gross weight limits upon such highway. No such reduced weight limits shall extend for a period of more than 90 days unless actual repair of such highway is begun within such time and thereafter continuously carried on to completion. •C. Whenever such weight limit signs have been placed as provided in this Section, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon such unimproved highway when the maximum gross weight of such vehicle, plus the weight of the load thereon, exceeds the weight limit stated by such signs except that any commercial vehicle shall not be prohibited from using any City highway by direct route to or from a County or State highway for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares, or merchandise as provided in the Vehicle Code. WEIGHT LIMITS •A. Pursuant to the Vehicle Code, whenever the Council determines, upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation, that it is necessary to prohibit the use of any street, road or highway in a residential subdivision area to commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of 14,000 pounds, the Council shall direct the engineer to erect and maintain signs indicating such prohibition. •B. Whenever the Council determines, upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation, that the conditions because of which a load limit was established as provided in Subsection A. of this Section no longer exist, the Council shall direct the engineer to remove such weight restriction signs. •QUESTIONS?