Brisbane Municipal Code Ch. 10.28 Truck Routes

Whenever any resolution of the city 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 limit of three (3) tons, the city traffic engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "truck routes," for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.

(Ord. 38 § 14 (a), 1962).

When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs:

A. The operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle, exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons, coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups and deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any buildings 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 therefor; and

B. The operator of any truck or vehicle used for the purpose of hauling all quarry products with mineral bearing properties of whatever kind or character or any combination thereof including, but not limited to, rock, gravel, asphalt, or any other mineral extracted from any quarry or pit or any source from which any mineral is or may be obtained, shall drive on such route and only such route as designated by the city traffic engineer or the director of public works. Such street or streets may be designated by appropriate signs. The language of this subsection shall control over any contradictory language stated elsewhere throughout Chapter 10.28.

(Ord. 356 § 1, 1990: Ord. 38 § 14(b), 1962).

The provisions of Sections 10.28.010 through 10.28.040 shall not apply to:

A. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; or

B. Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.

(Ord. 38 § 14(c), 1962).

Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons.

(Ord. 38 § 14(d), 1962).

A. Whenever any resolution of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinance.

B. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

(Ord. 38 § 14.1, 1962).

No person shall cause an excessively noisy vehicle to be operated on any residential highway within the city of Brisbane between the hours of six (6:00) p.m. and six (6:00) a.m. As used in this section, residential highway means any highway or street or portion thereof which borders, traverses or is within three hundred (300) yards of property within the R-1 Low Density, R-2 Medium Density, and R-3 Multiple Use Residential Districts of the city. As used in this section, excessively noisy vehicle means a vehicle contained within a certain class or classes of vehicles determined by resolution of the city council to be excessively noisy. Each instance in which a vehicle is determined to be excessively noisy shall constitute a separate violation of this section, including the same vehicle at different times of the same day or on different days. This section shall not apply to any vehicle engaged in emergency work, which is defined as work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an emergency.

(Ord. 320 § 2, 1986).