287 ORDINANCE NO. 287
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 10.04 OF
TITLE 10 OF THE GRAND TERRACE MUNICIPAL CODE BY .
RELOCATING AND RENUMBERING ARTICLE X
VIOLATIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY AS ARTICLE XI AND
REPLACING ARTICLE X IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH A NEW
ARTICLE X ENTITLED DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Division 11, Chapter 1, Article 3 and California
Vehicle-Code Division 15, Chapter 5, Article 4 provides the authority for local agencies to
restrict truck traffic.
WHEREAS, the establishment of a City Truck Route is warranted to restrict noise and
traffic pollution and address safety concerns in residential areas.
WHEREAS, it was determined that State funds were used in the maintenance of the
streets that comprise the proposed truck route. Therefore, beginning September 30, 2015, the
City issued public hearing notices four consecutive weeks and sixty (60) days in advance leading
up to December 8, 2015 pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.
WHEREAS, on December 8, 2015, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace
conducted a duly noticed public hearing on Truck Route Amendment to the Municipal Code at
the Grand Terrace City Hall Council Chambers located 22795 Barton Road, Grand Terrace, CA
92313 and concluded the hearing on that date.
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the City Council of
the City of Grand Terrace, as follows
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.04, Article X of the Grand Terrace Municipal Code is hereby
by repealed and replaced, as follows:
"ARTICLE X. DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE
Section 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 ten thousand (10,000) pounds, such street or portion thereof shall be deemed a truck
route.
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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 ten thousand (10,000)
pounds shall drive on such route and none other, except that the operator of any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight of ten thousand (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.
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 or
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 of Grand Terrace, 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.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10.04 of the Grand Terrace Municipal Code is hereby amended with the
addition of an Article XI as follows:
"ARTICLE XI.—VIOLATIONS
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
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_ 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 fifty dollars; for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not
exceeding one hundred dollars; and for a third or any subsequent conviction within that period of
one year, by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars."
SECTION 3. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of it irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions of it be declared invalid or
unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid or
unconstitutional,then all other provisions shall remain valid and enforceable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days from the date of adoption.
SECTION 5. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 8th day of
December, 2015 and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council
on the 12th day of January, 2015.
ATTEST:
PafJacqu s _ E,Darcy cNa
City_Clerk
Approved as to form:
'chard L. Adams, II
City Attorney
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1 I, Pat Jacquez-Nares, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 8 of
December 2015, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace held on the 12`h day of January 2016,by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Hussey, Wilson, Mitchell, Mayor Pro Tern Robles,
Mayor McNaboe
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Pat Jac qu are
City Clerk
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