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Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC›Chapter 10.08 — SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOADING OF VEHICLES

East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. III Commercial Vehicles Exceeding Gross Weight of Eight Thousand Pounds…

East Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · East Palo Alto

Cite as: East Palo Alto Municipal Code Article III · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 420, § 2 amended the title of Art. III as herein set out. Formerly Art. III was entitled "Commercial Vehicles Exceeding Gross Weight of Five Thousand Pounds Prohibited on Certain City Streets and Roads in Residential Areas."

10.08.050 - Prohibition.

No person, firm or corporation shall drive or place, or cause to be driven or placed, any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of eight thousand (8,000) pounds upon any of the streets or roads of the city located in residential area of the city, except upon those city streets and roads hereinafter designated, as provided in Sections 35701 and 35702 of the California Vehicle Code. This prohibition shall not apply to the vehicles identified in Sections 35703 and 35704 of the California Vehicle Code.

(Prior code § 7-7.301; Ord. No. 420, § 2, 2-5-2019)

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10.08.060 - City of East Palo Alto.

As used in this article, the city of East Palo Alto means and includes that area bounded on the north, east and west by the boundary line of the city of Menlo Park, and on the south by the common boundary line of the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo, and incorporated and established as the city of East Palo Alto, July 1, 1983.

(Prior code § 7-7.302)

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10.08.070 - Signs.

The director of public works is directed to cause signs indicating that commercial vehicles exceeding a gross weight of eight thousand (8,000) pounds are only allowed on designated city streets and roads, each of such signs to be erected at a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet or more than five hundred (500) feet from each end of such designated city streets and roads.

(Prior code § 7-7.303; Ord. No. 420, § 2, 2-5-2019)

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