Chapter 8-7 — TRUCK ROUTES

Sections 8-702 to 8-705, inclusive, are enacted under the authority granted by Vehicle Code Section 35701.

(Ord. 153 § 1 (part), 1976)

The following streets within the city are designated as streets which may be used by vehicles which are then in use for commercial purposes and which exceed a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more:

(a)

Pleasant Hill Road, from the northerly city limits south to Olympic Boulevard;

(b)

Deer Hill Road, from Happy Valley Road to First Street;

(c)

First Street, from Deer Hill Road to Mt. Diablo Boulevard;

(d)

Oak Hill Road, from Deer Hill Road to Mt. Diablo Boulevard;

(e)

Mt. Diablo Boulevard, from Acalanes Road to Pleasant Hill Road;

(f)

Olympic Boulevard, from Pleasant Hill Road to the easterly city limits;

(g)

Moraga Road, from its intersection with Mt. Diablo Boulevard to the southerly city limits;

(h)

Happy Valley Road, from Deer Hill Road to Mt. Diablo Boulevard.

(Ord. 522 § 1, 2001: Ord. 153 § 1 (part), 1976)

(Ord. No. 646, § 1, 3-28-2016; Ord. No. 653, § 1, 9-26-2016)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 8-705 of this chapter, no person shall drive a vehicle which is then in use for commercial purposes and which exceeds a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more on any street within the city other than those listed in Section 8-702.

(Ord. 153 § 1 (part), 1976)

(Ord. No. 646, § 2, 3-28-2016)

Under the authority of Vehicle Code Section 35701(b), the city council determines that the posting of signs indicating the streets upon which certain vehicles exceeding a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more are prohibited will best serve to give notice of the provisions of this chapter. Sections 8-702 and 8-703 are effective when appropriate signs are erected.

(Ord. 153 § 1 (part), 1976)

(Ord. No. 646, § 3, 3-28-2016; Ord. No. 653, § 2, 9-26-2016)

Section 8-703 does not apply to:

(a)

A commercial vehicle subject to Sections 1031 to 1036 of the Public Utilities Code Vehicle Code Section 35701(a);

(b)

A commercial vehicle making pickups and deliveries as described in Vehicle Code Section 35703;

(c)

A commercial vehicle necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of a public utility as prescribed in Vehicle Code Section 35704.

(Ord. 153 § 1 (part), 1976)