Colusa County Municipal Code Art. III Partially Improved County Highways

(Ord. No. 233, § 1)

As used in this article, a “partially improved county highway”

is defined as every public county highway excepting a highway paved with cement concrete or asphalt, concrete, or a highway with a roadway of hard surface not less than four inches thick made up of a mixture of rock, sand or gravel bound together by an artificial binder other than natural soil.

(Ord. No. 233, § 2)

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any partially improved county highway any vehicle of a weight, including its load, in excess of sixteen thousand pounds, such weight to be distributed as follows: not more than six thousand pounds resting upon any one axle with single tires, and not more than ten thousand pounds resting upon one axle with dual tires.

(Ord. No. 233, § 5)

The weight limitations imposed upon the provisions of this article shall not apply in those cases where proper application has been made and a permit has been issued by a road commissioner authorizing the movement of equipment or vehicles exceeding the weight limitations contained in this article.

(Ord. No. 233, § 6)

The road commissioner of the county is hereby granted authority to issue, upon proper application, permits under such restrictions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the movement of equipment or vehicles exceeding the load limits specified by section 12-24 over the county's partially improved highways when, in his judgment, such movement will be in the public interest, or when the issuance of such permit will not seriously damage or impair such roads or be detrimental to the public safety or dangerous to life, limb or property. However, no permit issued pursuant to the authority herein granted shall relieve the permittee of any civil or criminal liability imposed by general state laws or other code provisions enacted by the state covering damages occasioned to or injury of county highways or bridges.

(Ord. No. 233, § 3; Ord. No. 422, § 2)

(a) Notwithstanding any county ordinance or state law that may now be in effect, the road commissioner or the board of supervisors shall have the authority to temporarily close or restrict the use of any county road to any vehicles when the road commissioner or the board of supervisors deem it necessary for the protection of life, limb or property, or to prevent deterioration or destruction of such county road.

(b) When signs are erected, advising the closure or restriction of use of any county road, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon such road in violation of such closure or restriction.

(c) Such violation shall constitute an infraction, and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the sum of $250.00.

(Ord. No. 233, § 4; Ord. No. 442, § 1)

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any county highway any tractors, harvesters, or other implement, vehicle or machine of any kind having any tires, wheels or tracks to any part of which there is attached a sharp or uneven surface, or to any part of which there are attached cleats, grousers, lugs or protuberances, or any device which will cause or have a tendency to cause damage to the surface of any asphalt-surfaced county highway without first placing protection devices over the surface of the roadway sufficient to prevent any damage thereto while such equipment is upon the roadway.