Clovis Municipal Code Art. 18 Heavy Vehicles and Equipment

No person shall move or operate upon any of the City streets any vehicle with a load or loads in excess of those permitted by the Vehicle Code without a written permit from the City Engineer.

The City Engineer may, by written permit, authorize a load or loads in excess of those allowed for in the Vehicle Code if, in his judgment, the streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight or if the applicant will guarantee to the City that all costs of repair to the streets or to the public property of the City damaged by the movement of such load or loads will be paid in full. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the City Engineer’s discretion may require.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

No person shall operate over the City streets any vehicle, piece of equipment, or machinery which has lugs, cleats, flanges, or other projections on the wheels or tracks. If the tread of the track has projections or corrugations, a filler block may be placed on each section so that a flat-bearing surface will be in contact with the pavement at all times.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)