Huntington Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Truck Routes

The City Council designates certain streets or portions of streets as routes the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five tons. The Director of Public Works is authorized to designate the following streets as "truck routes" by use of appropriate signs where, in his or her opinion, such designation is required. These streets are described as follows:

(322-1/29, 519-12/47, 532-6/48, 1142-6/65, 2065-7/76, 2529-2/82, 3347-4/97)

The City Council designates all streets in the City, except those enumerated in Section 10.24.010, as streets on which any commercial vehicles of gross weight over five tons are prohibited.

(322-1/29, 519-12/47, 532-6/48, 1142-6/65, 2529-2/82)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding the maximum gross weight of five tons coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets, when:

A. Necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise, from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets;

B. Necessary for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure, for which a building permit has been previously obtained;

C. Any passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or owned by a bus company licensed by this City;

D. Any vehicle owned by the City while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of a City utility or street.

(1142-6/65, 2529-2/82)

The Director of Public Works may erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by this chapter where he or she deems the same to be necessary.

(1142-6/65, 2529-2/82)