Merced Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Truck Routes

The following named streets in the city are designated as truck routes:

A. West 13th Street from G Street to V Street;

B. West Highway 140 (Mc Swain Road) from its intersection with V Street to the westerly city limits;

C. West 16th Street from the westerly city limits to G Street;

D. East 16th Street from G Street to Yosemite Parkway;

E. Yosemite Parkway from its intersection with East 16th Street to the easterly city limits;

F. G Street from the northerly city limits to 13th Street;

G. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way from West 16th Street to Childs Avenue;

H. V Street from West 16th Street to West Avenue;

I. Childs Avenue from westerly city limit to Highway 99;

J. West Olive Avenue from Highway 59 to the easterly city limits;

K. Kibby Road from Yosemite Parkway to Childs Avenue;

L. Parsons Avenue from Yosemite Parkway to Childs Avenue;

M. West Avenue from V Street to Childs Avenue;

N. Highway 59 (Snelling Road) from 16th Street to northerly city limits.

O. M Street from West 16th Street to Olive Avenue; and,

P. East Childs Avenue from Highway 99 to the easterly city limits; however, trucks shall be prohibited on this segment between the hours of seven a.m. to nine a.m. and from one p.m. to four p.m. Mondays through Fridays unless a local delivery is being made that is accessible only by using this road segment during the restricted hours.

(1) Subsection P above shall automatically be repealed by the earlier occurrence of one (1) of the following events:

(i) The passage of the date of September 3, 2010, without the completion of the Campus Parkway segment to Childs Avenue; or

(ii) The completion of the Mission Interchange and Campus Parkway segment to Childs Avenue that allows trucks to directly access to and from the McLane-Pacific facility from the Mission Interchange, unless a later enacted Ordinance extends or shortens the duration of Subsection P.

(Ord. 1952 § 3, 1997: Ord. 1851 §§ 26, 27, 1993: Ord. 1550 § 1, 1984: prior code § 16.95).

(Ord. No. 2325, § 1, 3-16-2009; Ord. No. 2346, § 1, 2-1-2010)

It is unlawful for any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of six tons to use any street in the city, other than those designated in Section 10.40.010, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.

(Prior code § 16.96).

Any vehicle to which this chapter is applicable may use any street by direct route to or from a street the use of which is not restricted, for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation of goods, wares or merchandise.

(Prior code § 16.97).

The city engineer is authorized and directed to erect appropriate signs either indicating those streets affected by this chapter or those streets not so affected.

(Prior code § 16.98).

Any passenger stage or vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Section 50-1/2 of the Public Utilities Act shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 16.99).