Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 12.12 Use Restrictions on Paved Streets

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

A. "Inch of width of tires" is equivalent to the manufacturer's rating of width in inches stamped upon such tire.

B. "One motor power," when applied to motor vehicles, means the power furnished by one motor, and, when applied to horse drawn vehicles, means one team, regardless of the number of horses composing such team.

(Ord. 81 § 1, 1925)

No motor or other vehicle, or other object or contrivance for moving loads, shall be operated or moved upon or over any paved street within the city, the weight of which, resting upon the surface of said street, exceeds seven hundred pounds upon any inch of width of tire, when said vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, nor more than six hundred fifty pounds upon any inch of width of tire, when said vehicle is equipped with solid rubber tires or rubber tires other than pneumatic. No motor or vehicle, object or contrivance for moving loads shall be operated or moved upon or over any paved street within the city, the weight of which, resting upon the surface of said street, exceeds six hundred pounds upon any inch of width of tire, roller, wheel or other objects, supported on the surface thereof, when such tires or the rolling surface of such rollers, wheels or other objects are made in whole or in part of metal; provided, however, that traction engines or tractors, the propulsive power of which is exerted not through wheels resting upon the ground, but by means of a flexible band or chain known as a moveable track, shall not be subject to the foregoing limitations upon permissible weights per inch per width of tire; if the portions of moveable tracks in contact with the surface of the street present plain surfaces; provided, further, that the aggregate of any load including the weight of loads and vehicles drawn by any one motive power shall in no case exceed thirty-six thousand pounds in weight; and provided, further, that in no case shall the load carried by any motor vehicle or trailer equipped with solid rubber tires exceed a fifty percent overload, as shown by the manufacturer's rating of such truck or trailer; provided, however, that in no case shall any motor or other vehicle be operated on or over any paved street within the city, nor any object be moved over or upon any paved street within the city, on wheels, rollers or otherwise, regardless of the width of tires, in excess of a total weight, including vehicle and load of twenty-two thousand pounds, when said motor or other vehicle or contrivance is equipped with four wheels running on the paving, or in excess of a total weight, including vehicle and load of thirty thousand pounds when said motor or other vehicle or contrivance is equipped with six wheels running on the paving and with three axles, not less than ninety-six inches apart.

(Ord. 81 § 2, 1925)

No tractor or other farm implement, or machinery of any kind, shall be dragged, rolled, propelled or otherwise moved over or upon any paved street within the city, unless said tractor, implement or machinery is equipped with a band or planked crossing, so as to present a flat metal surface to the paving, and rating requirements to comply with Section 12.12.020.

(Ord. 81 § 3, 1925)

Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 81 § 4, 1925)