Del Mar Municipal Code Ch. 14.32 Interstate Truck Terminal Designation and Terminal Access

It shall be the intent and purpose of this ordinance to provide for the public necessity, health, safety or general welfare through the establishment of procedures for terminal designation and truck route designation to terminals for interstate trucks.

(Ord. No. 380)

A. Those persons qualifying as a terminal and requiring terminal access from federally-designated highways, shall submit an application on a form as provided by the City and the application fee to the City Clerk, City Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California.

B. Upon receipt of the application, the City Manager will determine the applicant's conformance with the "terminal" designation and if so approved, will then determine the capability of the route requested and/or alternate routes. Capability will be determined by the adequate turning radii and lane widths of ramps, inter-sections, and highways will require Cal Trans (District 11) approval.

C. If the requested route passes through several jurisdictions, applicant shall comply with that juris-diction's application process.

A. Terminal is a facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped, or where full load consignments may be loaded and off-loaded, or at which vehicles are regularly maintained, stored, or manufactured.

B. Interstate Truck is a tractor semi or double with unlimited length as regulated by California Vehicle Code § 35401.5(a)(1) and (2).

A. The application fee will cover the cost of reviewing route(s) and terminal designation to be established by City Council resolution. The application fee is nonrefundable.

B. If the application for a terminal designation is approved, the applicant will be required to pay for the purchase and installation of terminal access signs. Trailblazer signs will be required at every decision point on the route to the terminal. Said costs to be determined by the City Manager.

The City Manager is authorized to revoke any approved route if said route proves to be a safety hazard for any vehicular traffic. A safety hazard is defined as inability of interstate trucks to negotiate route and/or said trucks causing unsafe driving conditions for other vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians.

If all feasible routes to a requested terminal are deemed unsatisfactory to the City Manager, the applicant may request retrofitting the deficiencies, but all costs of engineering, construction, and inspection will be borne by the applicant. Upon request, the City will make a substantial effort to form a benefit district to assist in cost recovery by any other terminal(s) using the improved route. Said benefit district costs would be in proportion to the Section of route utilized.