§ 17-94. Truck routes.

(a)

All motor vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds, or having an overall length in excess of thirty (30) feet, except vehicles designed to carry passengers, are prohibited from using any street within the county except those authorized by ordinance and designated as truck routes. When the terminal, parking lot, repair garage or headquarters of the restricted motor vehicle is not on a designated truck route, ingress to and egress from such places shall be made by the most direct route available between the terminal, parking lot, repair garage or headquarters and nearest designated truck route.

(b)

Any person driving or in charge or control of any of the restricted vehicles defined in subsection (a) of this section, when upon streets other than those designated as truck routes, shall be prepared to present for the inspection of police officers a log book, weight slips, delivery slips and other written evidence of such person's destination and point of origin to justify the presence of the restricted vehicle on a street other than a designated truck route.

(c)

If any designated truck route or portion thereof shall be under repair or otherwise temporarily out of use, restricted vehicles as defined in subsection (a) of this section shall use such other temporary truck route as may be designated by the county.

(d)

The routes designated as truck routes are as listed in section 17-361.

(Code 1976, §§ 8-15001, 8-15004; Ord. No. 01-05, Pt. I, 4-26-01; Ord. No. 11-02, Pt. I, § 1, 11-27-01)