Chapter 10.52 — COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS

A.

No person shall operate any of the following vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day:

Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty (20) feet to the front or rear of said vehicle;

Any vehicle carrying building material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district;

Any freight vehicle with a trailer;

Any vehicle carrying crude or fuel oil.

B.

Provided that the Chief of Police may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the central traffic district.

(Prior traffic code § 184)

A.

Whenever the Council of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which by any commercial vehicle is prohibited, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets so designated.

B.

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

(Prior traffic code § 188)

When the streets in question are appropriately signposted no vehicle of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California) shall be operated or moved upon or over any of the streets hereinafter in Section 10.52.040 designated without a permit as provided in this section, when the total weight of vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons.

This section shall not apply to, and shall not prohibit any commercial vehicle as defined by the California Vehicle Code having a loaded weight in excess of the limit herein prescribed, from using any of such streets by direct route from a street the use of which is not restricted as to such vehicles for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares or merchandise without such permit.

The Superintendent of Streets may, by written permit, authorize the operation of a vehicle or vehicles upon any of the streets hereinafter in Section 10.52.040 set forth, when the total weight of such vehicle or vehicles exceeds the maximum weight prescribed in this section, if, in the judgement of the Superintendent of Streets, streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight for a limited operation. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the Superintendent of Streets, may, in his or her discretion, require.

(Prior traffic code § 189)

The streets referred to in Section 10.52.030 are described as follows: Lakeshore Avenue from 12th Street to Embarcadero: Harrison Boulevard from 20th Street to 24th Street and Bay Place; Lakeside Drive from Oak Street to Harrison Boulevard; Edes Avenue from Eastshore Freeway to 105th Avenue; and Elmar Avenue from 98th Avenue to 99th Avenue.

(Prior traffic code § 190)

p.m. and six a.m.

When such streets are appropriately signposted, the use of the hereinafter described portions of the hereinafter named streets or highways by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California) when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited, between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m.

The streets and portions thereof referred to in the preceding paragraph are: 14th Street from 12th Street to Webster Street, and 13th Street from 14th Street to Webster Street.

(Prior traffic code § 191)

When such streets are appropriately sign posted, the use of the hereinafter described portion of the hereinafter named streets by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California), when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited.

The streets are portions thereof referred to in the preceding paragraph are:

Street From To

21st Avenue Foothill Boulevard East 27th Street

39th Avenue MacArthur Boulevard Mountain Boulevard

50th Avenue East 12th Street East 14th Street

50th Avenue International Boulevard East 12th Street

51st Avenue San Leandro Street East 14th Street

52nd Avenue San Leandro Street East 14th Street

53rd Avenue East 12th Street East 14th Street

54th Avenue San Leandro Street East 14th Street

73rd Avenue MacArthur Boulevard Hillmont Drive

85th Avenue International Boulevard G Street

92nd Avenue International Boulevard G Street

100th Avenue East 14th Street E Street

102nd Avenue East 14th Street E Street

103rd Avenue East 14th Street E Street

104th Avenue East 14th Street E Street

3rd Street Peralta Street Mandela Parkway

5th Street Peralta Street Mandela Parkway

8th Street Nelson Mandela Parkway Wood Street

9th Street Pine Street Willow Street

9th Street Peralta Street Mandela Parkway

10th Street Center Street Mandela Parkway

10th Street Peralta Street Pine Street

11th Street Pine Street Peralta Street

11th Street Center Street Mandela Parkway

12th Street Wood Street Mandela Parkway

13th Street Wood Street Center Street

14th Street Brush Street Union Street

14th Street Union Street Mandela Parkway

15th Street Willow Street Peralta Street

16th Street Willow Street Peralta Street

18th Street Market Street Mandela Parkway

24th Street Peralta Street Adeline Street

26th Street Peralta Street Adeline Street

28th Street Poplar Street Adeline Street

28th Street Telegraph Avenue Webster Street

29th Street Broadway Harrison Street

29th Street Telegraph Avenue Broadway

30th Street Peralta Street Adeline Street

30th Street San Pablo Avenue Telegraph Avenue

30th Street Telegraph Avenue Broadway

32nd Street Mandela Parkway Peralta Street

32nd Street Peralta Street Adeline Street

34th Street Telegraph Avenue Webster Street

45th Street Linden Street Market Street

45th Street Market Street Linden Street

53rd Street Emeryville City Limit Lowell Street

53rd Street Market Street Martin Luther King Jr. Way

54th Street Emeryville City Limit San Pablo Avenue

56th Street Telegraph Avenue Shattuck Avenue

57th Street Gaskill Street Lowell Street

57th Street San Pablo Avenue Gaskill Street

57th Street Lowell Street Adeline Street

57th Street Shattuck Avenue Telegraph Avenue

58th Street Telegraph Avenue Shattuck Avenue

60th Street Telegraph Avenue Canning Street

63rd Street Shattuck Avenue Racine Street

63rd Street Vallejo Street San Pablo Avenue

65th Street Berkeley City Limit Shattuck Avenue

East 10th Street 50th Avenue 54th Avenue

East 12th Street 50th Avenue 54th Avenue

Adeline Street 7th Street West Grand Avenue

Aileen Street Shattuck Avenue Telegraph Avenue

Andover Street 34th Street Northerly terminus at MacArthur Freeway

Apricot Street San Leandro City Limits 107th Avenue

Argyle Avenue Dublin Avenue Kearney Avenue

Bond Street 46th Avenue Havenscourt Boulevard

Campbell Street 7th Street 16th Street

Campbell Street Mandela Parkway 28th Street

Carso Street Tompkins Avenue Aliso Avenue

Center Street 3rd Street 12th Street

Center Street 7th Street Peralta Street

Central Avenue Summit Street Webster Street

Chabot Road Claremont Avenue College Avenue

Chase Street Pine Street Willow Street

Chester Street 3rd Street 12th Street

Denslowe Street Caswell Avenue Darien Avenue

Dublin Avenue Mountain Boulevard Argyle Avenue

Durant Avenue International Boulevard MacArthur Boulevard

E Street 98th Avenue 105th Avenue

E Street 92nd Avenue 94th Avenue

Edwards Avenue Sunkist Drive Eastbound I-580 Offramp

Elm Street Hawthorne Avenue Northerly terminus at MacArthur Freeway

Empire Road Cairo Road 98th Avenue

Fitzgerald Street Peralta Street Haven Street

Goss Street Pine Street Willow Street

Hannah Street Peralta Street 34th Street

Havenscourt Boulevard East 14th Street Bancroft Avenue

Hawthorne Street Telegraph Avenue Broadway

Helen Street Peralta Street 34th Street

Henry Street 3rd Street 7th Street

High Street MacArthur Boulevard Tompkins Avenue

Hillmont Drive Sunnymere Avenue 73rd Avenue

Kearney Avenue Mountain Boulevard Argyle Avenue

Lee Street Grand Avenue Van Buren Avenue

Lewis Street 3rd Street Peralta Street

Lincoln Avenue (Southbound) Monterey Boulevard MacArthur Boulevard

Louise Street Peralta Street 34th Street

Lyndhurst Street 98th Avenue Stoneford Avenue

Maddux Drive Edes Avenue Stoneford Avenue

Manila Avenue MacArthur Boulevard 38th Avenue

McClude Street 29th Street 30th Street

McElroy Street Chase Street 9th Street

Napier Avenue Piedmont Avenue Richmond Boulevard

Oak Grove Avenue College Avenue Forest Street

Peralta Street 3rd Street 16th Street

Peralta Street Mandela Parkway 28th Street

Pine Street Goss Street 10th Street

Poplar Street West Grand Avenue Peralta Street

Ramona Avenue Piedmont Avenue Moraga Avenue

Salem Street Alcatraz Avenue Northerly terminus of Salem Street

San Leandro Tunnel Moorpark Street Stone Street

Shorey Street Wood Street Pine Street

Summit Street 28th Street Central Avenue

Sunkist Drive Hillmont Drive Edwards Avenue

Sunnymere Avenue Seminary Avenue Edwards Avenue

Tompkins Avenue High Street Carson Street

Union Street West Grand Avenue Peralta Street

Webster Street 27th Street 34th Street

Willow Street 7th Street 13th Street

Wood Street 7th Street 12th Street

(Ord. No. 13528, § 1, 4-16-2019; Ord. No. 13323, § 1, 7-21-2015; Ord. No. 13070, § 1, 6-21-2011; Ord. 12206 § 1, 2000; Ord. 12173 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12125 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12109 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12068 § 1, 1998; Ord. 12053 §§ 1, 2, 1998; Ord. 12018 § 1, 1997; Ord. 11791 § 1, 1995; prior traffic code § 192)

A.

When such streets are appropriately signposted, the use of the described portion of the streets named in subsection B of this section by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the State of California), when the total length of the vehicle exceeds twenty-two (22) feet, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited.

B.

The streets or portions thereof referred in subsection A of this section are:

Street From To

Brookside Avenue Ocean View Drive Eustice Avenue

Castle Drive Skyline Boulevard Mountaingate Way

Mountaingate Way Ascot Drive Castle Drive

(Ord. 12765, 2006; Ord. 12109 § 2, 1999)

Route 580 and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

For motor truck travel between the intersection of California Highway Route 580 and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: MacArthur Boulevard from the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary to 98th Avenue; 98th Avenue from MacArthur Boulevard to San Leandro Street; San Leandro Street from 98th Avenue to Fruitvale Avenue; Fruitvale Avenue from San Leandro Street to East 12th Street; East 12th Street from Fruitvale Avenue to 14th Avenue; 14th Avenue from East 12th Street to

East 8th Street; East 8th Street from 14th Avenue to 5th Avenue; 7th Street from 5th Avenue to Fallon Street; Fallon Street (northbound) from 7th Street to 8th Street; 8th Street (westbound) from Fallon Street to 7th Street (at Castro Street) and 7th Street (eastbound) from Fallon Street to Castro Street; 7th Street from Castro Street to Union Street; Union Street from 7th Street to 5th Street and the California Highway Route 880; Route 880 from 5th Street to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of a motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over California State Highway Route 5 (U.S. Route 50) at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge distribution structure toward the Oakland- San Leandro boundary at MacArthur Boulevard to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

For the purpose of this section and Sections 10.52.080 through 10.52.120, a motor truck is a motor vehicle over twenty (20) feet in length designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property; and a "trucking combination" is any combination of vehicles designed, used or maintained for the transportation of property coupled together exceeding a total weight of twenty (20) feet and including any of the following kinds of vehicles: motor truck; tractor and semi-trailer; tractor, semi-trailer and trailer; truck and trailer; non-trailer; or trailer coach.

(Ord. No. 13323, § 2, 7-21-2015; Ord. 12701 § 1, 2005: Prior traffic code § 201)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 13323, § 2, adopted July 21, 2015, changed the title of Section 10.52.070 from "Through truck route "A" covering truck travel between intersection of California Highway Route 5 (U.S. Route 50) and the Oakland-San Leandro boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge" to "Through Truck Route "A" covering truck travel between the intersection of California Highway Route 580 and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge." The historical notation has been preserved for reference purposes.

and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

For motor truck travel between the intersection of San Leandro Street and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: San Leandro Street from the San Leandro city boundary to 98th Avenue and thence by San Leandro Street and Through Truck Route A as described in Section 10.52.070.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator or any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over San Leandro Street at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge distribution structure toward the Oakland-San

Leandro city boundary at San Leandro Street to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Ord. No. 13323, § 3, 7-21-2015; Prior traffic code § 201)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 13323, § 3, adopted July 21, 2015, changed the title of Section 10.52.080 from "Through truck route "B" covering truck travel between intersection of San Leandro Street and the Oakland-San Leandro boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Bay Bridge" to "Through Truck Route "B" covering truck travel between the intersection of San Leandro Street and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure (MacArthur Maze) of the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge." The historical notation has been preserved for reference purposes.

Freeway (State Route 69) and the Oakland-San Leandro boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge.

For motor truck travel between the intersection of the Eastshore Freeway (State Route 69) and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: Eastshore Freeway from the San Leandro city limits to Fallon Street and thence by 6th Street (westbound), Madison Street (northbound), Jackson Street (southbound); 5th Street (eastbound) and thence by Route "A" to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over the Eastshore Freeway (State Route 69) at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland city boundary at the Eastshore Freeway to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Prior traffic code § 202)

Broadway low level tunnel and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

For motor truck travel between the northerly city boundary at the Broadway low level tunnel and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: Broadway between the northerly city boundary line at the Broadway low level tunnel to MacArthur Boulevard, MacArthur Boulevard from Broadway to the easterly boundary of the city of Emeryville and thence from the southerly boundary of the city of Emeryville by State Route 5 to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over California Highway Route 75 through the Broadway low level tunnel and making a southbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making a northbound trip through the

city of Oakland from the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toward the Broadway low level tunnel to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Prior traffic code § 203)

Nothing in Section 10.52.070, 10.52.080, 10.52.090, or 10.52.100 shall be deemed to prohibit the operator of any motor truck or trucking combination traversing any of the foregoing through truck routes from leaving such routes for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle or vehicles at a point off of said route; provided that such deviation for the purpose of loading or unloading shall be taken over a route which keeps at a minimum the distance traveled off of the truck route involved. Nor shall anything in said sections be deemed to prohibit the use of combinations of the above through truck routes nor their use in combination with other authorized truck routes as a part of any given trip.

(Prior traffic code § 204)

The following truck routes are established for the movement of motor trucks and trucking combinations as defined in Section 10.52.070:

Street From To

23rd Avenue East 12th Street 29th Avenue

29th Avenue 23rd Avenue Alameda City Limits

85th Avenue San Leandro Street G Street

92nd Avenue San Leandro Street G Street

3rd Street Market Street Adeline Street

7th Street Fallon Street Port of Oakland

8th Street Fallon Street Nelson Mandela Parkway

East 8th Street Fallon Street 14th Avenue

East 12th Street 14th Avenue Fruitvale Avenue

Adeline Street 8th Street Middle Harbor Road

Alameda Avenue High Street Fruitvale Avenue

Castro Street 7th Street 12th Street

Doolittle Drive County Line Alameda City Limits

Fruitvale Avenue Alameda Avenue Alameda City Limits

G Street 85th Avenue 92nd Avenue

Hegenberger Road East 14th Street Doolittle Drive

High Street San Leandro Street Alameda City Limits

MacArthur Freeway Distribution Structure Grand Avenue

Macarthur Freeway Edwards Avenue Interchange Warren Freeway (State Route 13 Interchange)

MacArthur Freeway Warren Freeway (State Route 13 Edwards Avenue Interchange Interchange)

Maritime Street 7th Street West Grand Avenue

Martin Luther King, Jr. Way 8th Street Port of Oakland

Middle Harbor Road Adeline Street Naval Supply Depot

Nelson Mandela Parkway 8th Street 7th Street

Northgate Avenue West Grand Avenue 27th Street

Peralta Street 12th Street Emeryville City Limits

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Distribution Structure Oakland-San Francisco Bridge and Approach Boundary

San Pablo Avenue Berkeley City Limits Emeryville City Limits

West Grand Avenue Maritime Street Northgate Avenue

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, the operator of any motor truck or trucking combination as defined in Section 10.52.070, shall drive on such route or routes and none other except when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but only then by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary.

(Ord. No. 13323, § 4, 7-21-2015; Ord. 12701 §§ 2—3, 2005; Prior traffic code § 205)

A.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, the use of MacArthur Freeway (U.S. Highway 50) in any direction and for any purpose between the Oakland-San Leandro cities' boundary and the Grand Avenue Interchange of the MacArthur Freeway by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Sections 1031—1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code of California) when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons is prohibited, except as allowed by Section 10.52.120.

B.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oakland Traffic Code, Nimitz Freeway (State Sign Route 17) is designated an alternate route for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur

Freeway, which alternate route shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to weight limit or type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect.

C.

Sections 10.52.070 through 10.52.120 specifically by this reference are made applicable to such motor vehicles as are prohibited by use of MacArthur Freeway, and through truck routes "A," "B," "C," and "D" provided by said sections are designated as alternate routes for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur Freeway, which alternate routes shall remain unrestricted by any local regulations as to weight limit or type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect.

D.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oakland Traffic Code, the following local truck routes are designated as alternate routes for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur Freeway, which alternate routes shall remain unrestricted by local regulations as to weight limit of type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect:

Street From To

23rd Avenue East 8th Street East 31st Street

35th Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard

55th Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard

73rd Avenue San Leandro Street MacArthur Boulevard

Ardley East 31st Street MacArthur Boulevard

Fruitvale San Leandro Street MacArthur Boulevard

High Street East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard

Seminary Avenue San Leandro Street Mountain Boulevard

E.

This section, and any ban of truck traffic on the MacArthur Freeway, whether expressed or implied in Sections 10.52.070 through 10.52.130, shall remain in effect until January 1, 1968, and if approval of the California Department of Public Works and of the Federal Government has been obtained prior to that date to its continuation, shall remain in effect indefinitely thereafter until such time as repealed by this Council.

(Prior traffic code § 206)

A.

Permit. Upon application to operate an interstate truck terminal, and verification that an acceptable interstate truck is available between the proposed terminal and routes identified by state of California

Department of Transportation, the city Traffic Engineer, subject to applicable planning and zoning regulations, is authorized and empowered to issue a permit to operate an interstate truck terminal. These permits shall be renewed annually. An Oakland business license shall also be required to operate the terminal.

B.

Route. The City Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along interstate truck route accepted in subsection A of this section. Interstate trucks to and from the said terminal are permitted to use this signed route only. All costs of signing shall be paid by the applicant.

C.

Fees. Applicant shall pay an application fee, an annual permit fee and a route signing fee as prescribed in the master fee schedule.

D.

Route Modification. The applicant will also be required to pay all costs of route modifications that may be required to make a proposed interstate truck route acceptable to the City Traffic Engineer.

E.

Revoke Permit. The City Traffic Engineer has the right to revoke any permit issued under this section when there is evidence which indicates that the terminal and/or interstate truck route does not provide for the safe operation of interstate trucks, or designate an alternate route. All costs involved in establishing an alternate route shall be paid by the terminal operator.

F.

Appeals. The City Traffic Engineer's decision as to required route modifications, issuance of permits to operate an interstate truck terminal and revocation of permits may be appealed to the City Council.

G.

Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:

"Interstate truck" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor and semitrailer, or of a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer that conform to the conditions set forth in Section 35401.5(a) of the California Vehicle Code.

"Interstate truck terminal" means a facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped by and where full- load consignments may be off-loaded from interstate trucks, or at which interstate trucks are regularly maintained, stored, or manufactured.

(Prior traffic code § 207)