Chapter 10.66 — TRUCK ROUTES
Orange Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Orange
§ 10.66.010. Motor Truck Defined.¶
For the purpose of this chapter, a motor truck is a motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, and having an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or more, and nothing in this chapter shall apply to motor vehicles having an unladen weight of less than 6,000 pounds.
(Prior code 10.52.010; Ord. 84-63)
§ 10.66.020. Restricted Use of Streets by Trucks and Other Vehicles.¶
Upon recommendation of the Traffic Commission and the City Traffic Engineer, the City Council may, by ordinance, designate, establish and maintain fixed truck routes within the City. The City Council hereby establishes the following streets as fixed truck routes to be effective when posted:
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BATAVIA STREET Chapman Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
CHAPMAN AVENUE West City Limits to Jamboree Road, except as
otherwise limited in Section 10.66.030(B)
COLLINS AVENUE Eckhoff Street to Glassell Street
CITY DRIVE, THE South City Limits to North City Limits
ECKHOFF STREET Orangewood Avenue to Collins Avenue
GARDEN GROVE BOULEVARD West City Limits to East City Limits
GLASSELL STREET Collins Avenue to North City Limits
JAMBOREE ROAD South City Limits to Santiago Canyon Road
KATELLA AVENUE West City Limits to East City Limits
LA VETA AVENUE Main Street to the eastbound ramp connections of
the Garden Grove (S.R. 22) Freeway
LINCOLN AVENUE West City Limits to Santiago Boulevard
MAIN STREET South City Limits to Chapman Avenue
Collins Avenue to Taft Avenue
MEATS AVENUE Glassell Street to Orange-Olive Road
ORANGE-OLIVE ROAD Glassell Street to Lincoln Avenue
ORANGEWOOD AVENUE Orange Freeway (S.R. 57) to Eckhoff Street
SANTIAGO BOULEVARD Northbound off-ramp (Lincoln Avenue/Nohl Ranch
Road) of the Costa Mesa (S.R. 55) Freeway to
Lincoln Avenue
SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD West City Limits to Jamboree Road
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City of Orange, CA
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
§ 10.66.020
§ 10.66.070
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Jamboree Road to northbound off-ramp of the
Foothill Transportation Corridor (S.R. 241)
STATE COLLEGE BOULEVARD Chapman Avenue to North City Limits
TAFT AVENUE West City Limits to Glassell Street
TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD Main Street to the eastbound on-ramp of the Garden
Grove (S.R. 22) Freeway
TUSTIN STREET South City Limits to North City Limits
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(Ord. 19-82; Ord. 38-82; Ord. 21-99; Ord. 03-25, 2/25/2025)
§ 10.66.030. Prohibited Routes.¶
A. Subject to the provisions, exceptions and limitations of Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code, no person shall operate any vehicle, which has a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more, upon any street not designated as a truck route.
B. Subject to the provisions, exceptions and limitations of Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code, no person shall operate any vehicle, which has a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more, upon Chapman Avenue, between Tustin Street and Batavia Street.
(Prior code 10.52.020; Ord. 19-82; Ord. 31-82; Ord. 38-82; Ord. 21-99)
§ 10.66.040. Erection of Signs.¶
The City Traffic Engineer shall erect appropriate signs on the streets affected by this chapter to carry out the terms of this chapter. (Prior code 10.52.030; Ord. 84-63)
§ 10.66.050. Exemptions.¶
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; or to any vehicle owned or operated by the City, public utilities, or any contractor or material supplier, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the City; or to any authorized emergency vehicle; or to any commercial vehicle otherwise exempted under Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code.
(Prior code 10.52.040; Ord. 51-65; Ord. 21-99)
§ 10.66.060. Loading and Unloading.¶
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the operator of any motor truck traversing any of the foregoing routes from leaving such routes for the purpose of loading or unloading his or her vehicle at a point off of the route; provided that such deviation for the purpose of such loading or unloading shall be driven over a route which keeps at a minimum the distance traveled off of the truck route involved.
(Prior code 10.52.050; Ord. 84-63)
§ 10.66.070. Public Utility Vehicles.¶
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any vehicle which is subject to the provisions
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City of Orange, CA
ORANGE CODE
§ 10.66.080
§ 10.66.070
of Sections 1031 through 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code. (Prior code 10.52.060; Ord. 84-63)
§ 10.66.080. Weigh-in.¶
Any police officer shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any commercial vehicle not proceeding over a truck route to proceed to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether this chapter has been complied with.
(Prior code 10.52.070; Ord. 51-65)
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City of Orange, CA
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
§ 10.67.010
§ 10.67.030
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