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Chapter 1 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Burbank Municipal Code Art. 13 Truck Routes and Streets Prohibited to Commercial Vehicles

Burbank Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Burbank

Cite as: Burbank Municipal Code Article 13 · Text as of 2026-10-01

6-1-1301: TRUCK ROUTES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WITH THREE OR MORE AXLES:

The following streets or portions of streets are hereby declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of commercial vehicles with three (3) or more axles:

Alameda Avenue from Riverside Drive to San Fernando Boulevard.

Buena Vista Street from the Ventura Freeway (State Highway 134) to Alameda Avenue.

Catalina Street from the Ventura Freeway (State Highway 134) to Alameda Avenue.

Main Street from Alameda Avenue to the southern City limits.

Riverside Drive from the western City limits to Alameda Avenue.

[Formerly numbered Section 29-74; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3032, 2993.]

6-1-1302: TRUCKS MUST NOT DEVIATE FROM ESTABLISHED ROUTES; EXCEPTIONS:

Whenever any truck traffic route is established by this code and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any commercial vehicle with three (3) or more axles shall drive on such routes and none other except when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. [Formerly numbered Section 29-75; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3032.]

6-1-1303: STREETS PROHIBITED TO VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN TWO (2) AXLES:

The following streets and parts of streets are hereby declared to be streets the use of which is prohibited by any vehicle with more than two (2) axles:

California Street between Alameda Avenue and Burbank Boulevard.

Chandler Boulevard between Hollywood Way and the westerly City limits.

Clybourn Avenue between Magnolia Boulevard and Verdugo Avenue.

Cordova Street between Alameda Avenue and Verdugo Avenue.

Edison Boulevard between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street.

Evergreen Street between Verdugo Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard.

Franklin Avenue (westbound traffic only) between Olive Avenue and Rose Street.

Glenoaks Boulevard between the northerly City limits and the southerly City limits.

Griffith Park Drive between Olive Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard.

Hood Avenue between Olive Avenue and Rose Street.

Keystone Street between Riverside Drive and Olive Avenue.

Lakeside Drive between Olive Avenue and Rose Street.

Lomita Street between Magnolia Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard.

Mariposa Street between Alameda Avenue and Riverside Drive.

Mariposa Street between Chandler Boulevard and Magnolia Boulevard.

McFarlane Avenue between Clybourn Avenue and Pass Avenue.

National Avenue between Clybourn Avenue and Pass Avenue.

Pass Avenue between Verdugo Avenue and Chandler Boulevard.

Priscilla Lane between Verdugo Avenue and Clark Avenue.

Providencia Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Lake Street.

Riverside Drive between Olive Avenue and Chavez Street.

Rose Street between Riverside Drive and Warner Boulevard.

Rose Street between Verdugo Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard.

Screenland Drive between Verdugo Avenue and Clark Avenue.

Shelton Street between Chandler Boulevard and Magnolia Boulevard.

Spazier Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Chavez Street.

Valley Street between Riverside Drive and National Avenue.

Valley Street between Verdugo Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard.

Warner Boulevard between Clybourn Avenue and Rose Street.

Whitnall Highway between Chandler Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard.

[Formerly numbered Section 29-76; Amended by Ord. No. 3723, eff. 7/3/07; 3445; 3226; 3209, 3179, 3090, 3058, 3046, 3043, 3032, 3001, 2945, 2778, 2699, 2646, 2613, 2607, 2533.]

6-1-1304: COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MUST KEEP OFF RESTRICTED STREETS; EXCEPTIONS:

Whenever the use of any streets or parts of streets by any commercial vehicle with three (3) or more axles is appropriately signposted giving notice of any restriction on commercial vehicles, no person shall operate any vehicle over such streets or parts of streets in violation of such restrictions, except that no restrictions shall be imposed upon any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pick ups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street 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 the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained. [Formerly numbered Section 29-77; Amended by Ord. No. 3187, eff. 4/21/90; 3058, 3032.]

6-1-1305: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO PLACE SIGNS:

Whenever this code designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any commercial vehicle with three (3) or more axles or as a street the use of which is prohibited by any such commercial vehicle, the Public Works Director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on such street giving notice of such truck route or restriction, as the case may be. [Formerly numbered Section 29-78; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3032.]

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