Lomita Municipal Code Art. 2 Commercial Vehicles

All vehicles exceeding a gross vehicle weight of six thousand (6,000) pounds are prohibited from using Pennsylvania Avenue from the Pacific Coast Highway on the south to Lomita Boulevard on the north as a thoroughfare.

(Ord. No. 515, § 1, 6-21-93)

(a) Intent. The intention of this section is to provide through passage truck routes in the city for commercial vehicles in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds gross vehicle weight on the streets set out in subsection (b).

(b) Designated. Any commercial vehicle exceeding six thousand (6,000) pounds gross vehicle weight is hereby prohibited from using any street in the city, except as hereinafter provided, other than when necessary to traverse streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviation from a truck route as is reasonably necessary:

(1) Lomita Boulevard;

(2) Narbonne Avenue;

(3) Western Avenue.

(c) Erection of signs; effective date. The city shall cause to be erected and maintained approved signs within the city designating the truck routes. This section shall be effective at such time as said signs have been erected.

(Ord. No. 515, § 2, 6-21-93)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit any vehicle from traveling on a restricted street 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 street, 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 street for which a building permit has previously been obtained; nor shall any provision of this chapter apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.

A person shall not park any commercial vehicle in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds gross vehicle weight on any highway, street or alley within the city limits for more than two (2) hours at any time, except for:

(1) Necessary loading and unloading.

(2) Vehicles engaged in performing a service activity on the adjacent lot or parcel of land.

(3) Vehicles used in conjunction with a lawful commercial use on the adjacent lot or parcel of land.

(4) Vehicles used during the construction of buildings or structures on the adjacent lot or parcel of land.

(Ord. No. 515, § 3, 6-21-93)

(A) A vehicle transporting a hazardous material or substance as identified in title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified representative of the motor carrier that operates it, and shall not be parked on any highway, highway shoulder, street, alley, public way or public place, or within five (5) feet of the traveled portion thereof, within a residential zone or within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school or within three hundred (300) feet of any bridge or tunnel, except for brief periods when mechanical or equipment failure or disablement or malfunction of the vehicle or the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in any other place.

(B) Repair, maintenance, refuse, utility, termite and pesticide vehicles, fuel delivery vehicles and vehicles delivering life support and health commodities, while servicing residential areas or schools, are exempt from the provisions of subsection (A). Additionally, such exempt vehicles need not be attended while the drivers are performing duties that are evident and necessary as the operator of the vehicle or the provider of the service.

(C) For purposes of this section:

(1) A motor vehicle is attended when the person in charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake, and not in a sleeper berth, or is within one hundred (100) feet of the vehicle and has it within his unobstructed field of view.

(2) A qualified representative of a motor carrier is a person who:

(a) has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle;

(b) is aware of the nature of the hazardous material or substance contained in the vehicle he attends;

(c) has been instructed on the procedures he must follow in emergencies concerning hazardous materials or substances;

(d) is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means and ability to do so.

(D) The rules of this section do not relieve a driver from any obligation imposed by federal, state or local laws relating to the transportation of hazardous materials or explosives, motor carrier safety regulations, or the placement of warning signs or devices when a motor vehicle is stopped on a public street or highway.

(Ord. No. 315, § 1, 6-2-80)