Larkspur Municipal Code Ch. 10.64 Truck Routes and Commercial Vehicle Regulations

Prior ordinance history: Ord. 331 §§ 170 – 172.

No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound amplifying or loud speaking device upon any street or alley at any time within the City without a permit issued by the Police Chief. (Ord. 1030 § 2(8), 2018; Ord. 526 § 1 (part), 1975)

No person shall drive any animal-drawn vehicle into or within the central traffic district at any time without written permission of the City Traffic Engineer. (Ord. 1030 § 2(8), 2018; Ord. 526 § 1 (part), 1975)

A. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer designates any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as “truck routes” for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.

B. When any truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons coming from a “truck route” having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when 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 or 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 upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

1. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, or to

2. Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of
any public utility. (Ord. 1030 § 2(8), 2018; Ord. 526 § 1 (part), 1975)

A. Whenever any resolution of this City or determination of the City Traffic Engineer designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the City Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinances.

B. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be streets, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

C. Whenever it is determined by the City Traffic Engineer that any street or portion thereof is unsafe either by virtue of grade, width, or terrain for passage of vehicles with a gross weight of three (3) tons or more, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to erect appropriate signs and all such vehicles shall be prohibited. (Ord. 1030 § 2(8), 2018; Ord. 526 § 1 (part), 1975)

A. No person shall park any commercial vehicle of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds unladen gross weight (including any trailer, semi-trailer, trailer coach, utility trailer or auxiliary dolly, as these vehicles are defined in the Vehicle Code) for more than one hour upon any City street or portion thereof.

Commercial vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, trailer coaches, utility trailers or auxiliary dollies in the process of loading or unloading, or needed to perform a service for or on an adjacent property shall not be parked any longer than necessary in excess of one hour, and only to complete the loading, unloading or performance of a service, providing such service is not a normal on-site operation of the adjacent property.

B. The City Manager may grant exceptions to subsection (A) of this section in the Industrial and Service Commercial Zone if issues of the adequacy of street width, sidewalks and traffic sight lines are acceptable, or if the public benefit is not affected by decreased safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. (Ord. 1030 § 2(8), 2018; Ord. 870 § 1, 1995)