Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 10.64 Truck Routes

Sections:

• 10.64.010 Compliance required when.

• 10.64.020 Exemptions – Commercial delivery vehicles.

• 10.64.030 Exemptions – City of Chula Vista, public utility, solid waste, and contractors’ vehicles.

• 10.64.040 Repealed.

***** For provisions of the Vehicle Weights Limits Act generally, see Veh. Code § 35551.

CROSS REFERENCES: Street Overloads, see Ch. 12.08 CVMC. Loading Zones, see Ch. 10.60 CVMC.

Except when provided in CVMC 10.64.020 and 10.64.030, it is unlawful to operate a vehicle weighing in excess of 10,000 pounds except upon a truck route designated within the City limits. This section is effective when signs marked “truck route” have been installed along the designated truck routes, and the City Engineer has installed signage at each vehicular point of entry into Chula Vista restricting vehicles in excess of 10,000 pounds to designated truck routes. The City Engineer shall maintain within a register Schedule VII listing all streets or portions of streets that are designated “truck routes.” (Ord. 3033 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 2482 § 1, 1991; Ord. 2024 § 1, 1983; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.13.1(A)).

The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted street, or portion thereof, as enumerated or described in CVMC 10.64.040 and Schedule VII, from having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups 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. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.13.1(B)).

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to any vehicle owned by the City of Chula Vista, a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public facility or utility; to any vehicle subject to the provisions of Sections 1031 through 1036, inclusive, of the California Public Utilities Code; or to any vehicle used for the collection and transportation of garbage and solid waste. (Ord. 2815, 2000; Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.13.1(C)).

Repealed by Ord. 3033 § 2, 2006.