Gilroy Municipal Code Art. VII Truck Routes

Whenever any section or resolution of the city council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, the city administrator is hereby authorized to designate such street by appropriate signs as “Truck Traffic Routes” for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds.

**State law references—**Authority of cities to prohibit use of streets by commercial vehicles exceeding weight limits imposed by city, Veh. C., §§ 35701—35705.

(Ord. No. 480, § 64; Ord. No. 86-19, § 53, 10-6-1986)

When truck traffic routes as described in the preceding section have been established and designated by appropriate signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, stop or park any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds on any street not so designated.

In any prosecution under this section, a showing that such vehicle was parked at a location, whether there appears to be no access other than via a public roadway, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was operated in violation of the proscriptions contained herein.

An exception shall be made to the foregoing paragraph if it is necessary for such a described vehicle to load or unload at a specific destination not located on a truck route, but then only if the deviation is from the nearest truck route by the shortest reasonable route, only between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., the loading or unloading is accomplished in the shortest reasonable time, and the truck is not left unattended.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.

(Ord. No. 480, § 64; Ord. No. 75-24, § 1, 12-15-1975; Ord. No. 86-19, § 54, 10-6-1986)

(Repealed by Ord. No. 941, § 1, 11-15-1971)

The city administrator is hereby instructed and ordered to cause appropriate signs to be placed at the entrances and along the truck traffic route designating it as such.

(Ord. No. 625, § 2)