Beverly Hills Municipal Code Ch. 8 Trousdale Estates Heavy Truck Regulations

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate construction activities, including the regulation of heavy trucks accessing and parking at construction sites, within the Trousdale Estates area. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

GROSS WEIGHT: The combined weight of any vehicle, its trailer, passengers, equipment, payload, and any other items associated with the vehicle.

TROUSDALE ESTATES AREA: All property within the city's boundaries located north of Doheny Road and east of Schuyler Road, except that land zoned R-1.X, and that portion of lot A of the Doheny Ranch tract northwesterly of tract numbers 24485 and 24486, commonly referred to as the Greystone Mansion property. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, and unless otherwise exempt under state law, all persons in receipt of a building permit issued by the building official for a construction project located in the Trousdale Estates area are subject to this chapter. The requirements and restrictions of this section shall be included as conditions of approval in any building permit issued for work within the Trousdale Estates area, and shall be in lieu of any other permit required under title 8, chapter 2 of this code for hauling debris, materials, or equipment. The city council may establish by resolution a fee for the cost of coordinating and monitoring compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

A construction traffic management plan documenting haul routes, delivery times, parking plans, contact persons, and demonstrating compliance with the requirements and restrictions of this chapter, in a form approved by the building official, must be submitted to the building official or his or her designee before a vehicle having a gross weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds with three (3) or more axles or a vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of twenty six thousand (26,000) pounds or more may access a construction site within the Trousdale Estates area. The construction traffic management plan required by this chapter shall be consistent with any other traffic management plan for the construction project and shall be updated as necessary to ensure consistency with other traffic management plans. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

No more than two (2) hauling or construction related vehicles associated with a single construction site may park on a public street, except as otherwise permitted by the building official or transportation official or when parking at the Greystone Mansion property. Hauling or construction vehicles must park immediately in front of the construction site and must display a parking permit issued by the building official at the time the initial building permit is issued and which corresponds to the specific construction project. The city council may establish by resolution a fee for each parking permit. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any vehicle from parking on private property. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

Vehicles having a gross weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more with three (3) or more axles or vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of twenty six thousand (26,000) pounds or more may only travel on streets within the Trousdale Estates area to access a construction site if the following conditions are satisfied:

A. The vehicle may only travel on streets within the Trousdale Estates area to access a construction site between the hours of eight thirty o'clock (8:30) A.M. and three fifteen o'clock (3:15) P.M.

B. The vehicle must be annually inspected and certified by the city's licensed safety inspector. The city council may set a fee by resolution for the cost of the vehicle inspection and related administrative costs. The inspection required by this section is separate and distinct from all other truck inspection requirements established under state law.

C. A record of the vehicle's certification must be on record with the city at all times the vehicle is operated within the Trousdale Estates area.

D. The vehicle shall prominently display a city issued decal indicating that the vehicle has been certified for operation within the Trousdale Estates area.

E. The vehicle must have a functioning secondary braking system.

F. The person in receipt of the building permit must provide the building official, or his or her designee, twenty four (24) hour advanced notice, excluding weekends and holidays, prior to causing the vehicle to travel into or through the Trousdale Estates area. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

No vehicle having a gross weight of fifty thousand four hundred (50,400) pounds or more may travel on any street located within the Trousdale Estates area to access a construction site unless the recipient of the building permit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the building official that a truck exceeding fifty thousand four hundred (50,400) pounds in gross weight is necessary and no other feasible options exist to conduct the permitted construction activity. If a truck exceeding fifty thousand four hundred (50,400) pounds is approved for use in the Trousdale Estates area, in addition to the conditions required under section 9-8-6 of this chapter, the following conditions must be satisfied:

A. The person in receipt of the building permit must provide the building official, or his or her designee, seventy two (72) hour advanced notice, excluding weekends and holidays, prior to traveling into or through the Trousdale Estates area.

B. The vehicle must be escorted by the police department to and from the truck's destination. The recipient of the building permit shall be responsible for all costs related to the police escort, including, but not limited to, the cost of police officers, traffic control officers, and signage. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)

If the recipient of a building permit violates or causes a violation of this section, the building official may temporarily suspend work authorized by the building permit, amend a project's construction traffic management plan, impose fees in connection with investigating alleged violations, or revoke the building permit. Any vehicle violating a provision of this section shall be denied access to a construction site within the Trousdale Estates area or directed to a commercial scale to demonstrate that the vehicle's gross weight otherwise conforms to the requirements of this section. (Ord. 15-O-2683, eff. 8-29-2015)