Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 14.64 Movement of Heavy Vehicles and Equipment

No person shall move or operate upon any of the City streets any vehicle with a load or loads in excess of those permitted by the Vehicle Code without a written permit from the City Traffic Engineer.

The City Traffic Engineer may, by written permit, authorize a load or loads in excess of those allowed for in the Vehicle Code, if in his judgment, the streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight or if the applicant will guarantee to the City that all costs of repair to the streets or to the public property of the City damaged by the movement of such load or loads will be paid in full. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the City Traffic Engineer in his discretion may require. For any permit so issued, there shall be a charge. Upon filing application for such permit, the applicant shall pay a fee of Fifteen and no/100ths ($15.00) Dollars for each and every single operation or moving of a vehicle or combination of vehicles made under the provisions of the permit.

Whenever the City Traffic Engineer shall deem a police escort necessary or advisable in connection with any operation under the permit, the permittee shall pay the current charge for the escort so required.

(§ 1, Ord. 1224, eff. January 14, 1971; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1458, eff. June 17, 1976)

No person shall operate over the City streets any vehicle, piece of equipment or machinery which has lugs, cleats, flanges, or other projections on the wheels or tracks. If the tread of the track has projections or corrugations, a filter block may be placed on each section so that a flat bearing surface will be in contact with the pavement at all times.

(Completely Revised by § 1, Ord. 1149, eff. January 2, 1969)