Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code Ch. 10.56 Truck Routes and Restrictions

A. Except as hereinafter provided, or as otherwise provided by law, commercial vehicles and vehicle combinations described in Vehicle Code §§ 35400 and 35401, or their successor provisions, and vehicles which exceed a maximum gross weight of three tons, may be operated only on streets designated as "unrestricted truck routes." Unrestricted truck routes in the city include:

1. Base Line Road from the west city limits to the east city limits;

2. Foothill Boulevard from the west city limits to the east city limits;

3. Arrow Route from Vineyard Avenue to the east city limits;

4. Eighth Street from the west city limits to Vineyard Avenue;

5. Sixth Street from Archibald Avenue to Etiwanda Avenue;

6. Fourth Street from the west city limits to the east city limits;

7. Grove Avenue from 8th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

8. Vineyard Avenue from 8th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

9. Archibald Avenue from 4th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

10. Haven Avenue from 4th Street to State Route 210;

11. Milliken Avenue from 4th Street to State Route 210;

12. Rochester Avenue from 6th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

13. Day Creek Boulevard from Foothill Boulevard to State Route 210;

14. Etiwanda Avenue from 4th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

B. The provisions of this section may be enforced when and where the city traffic engineer has provided signing designating unrestricted truck routes.

C. Extra large trucks, as defined in section 10.56.030, may operate only on the routes designated in said section.

D. Exceptions.

1. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the ingress and egress from a designated unrestricted truck route by vehicles and vehicle combinations described herein onto a city 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 a city 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 a city street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission or any public entity, or which is owned by a bus company licensed by the city, or to any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility, or to any vehicle owned by the city, or a city contractor, while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of or on city property.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city licensed refuse hauling vehicles while picking up refuse, waste or garbage pursuant to such license.

(Code 1980, § 10.56.010; Ord. No. 373, § 1, 1988; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 1014 § 1, 2023)

A. Vehicle Code § 35401(d) allows any city, upon finding that certain streets cannot safely sustain the operation of trailers or semitrailers having the maximum kingpin to rearmost axle distance permitted under Vehicle Code § 35400, to restrict the use of such streets by trailers or semitrailers having a maximum kingpin distance as determined. Certain city streets have been determined to be able to safely accommodate a maximum such distance of 38 feet. Except as otherwise provided by law, trailers and semitrailers having a kingpin to rearmost axle distance in excess of 38 feet are prohibited from using the aforedescribed streets. The streets described in this section shall be known as "restricted truck routes." Restricted truck routes in the city include:

1. Archibald Avenue from Foothill Boulevard to State Route 210.

B. The provisions of this section may be enforced when and where the city traffic engineer has provided signing designating restricted truck routes.

(Code 1980, § 10.56.020; Ord. No. 373, § 1, 1988; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 1014 § 1, 2023; Ord. No. 1054, 1/21/2026)

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, truck-tractors and semitrailers, and truck-tractors, semitrailers and trailers, which exceed any of the size limitations set forth in Vehicle Code §§ 35400 and 35401, or their successor provisions, and which are exempted from such limitations pursuant to Vehicle Code § 35401.5(a), may be operated only on streets designated as "terminal access routes." Such tractor-trailer combinations may be operated on terminal access routes only for the purpose of accessing facilities where freight is consolidated to be shipped or where full load consignments may be off-loaded or at which the vehicle combinations are regularly maintained, stored or manufactured.

B. City streets designated as terminal access routes are:

1. Foothill Boulevard from the west city limits to the east city limits;

2. Fourth Street from the west city limits to the east city limits;

3. Archibald Avenue from 4th Street to Foothill Boulevard;

4. Milliken Avenue from 4th Street to Foothill Boulevard.

C. The provisions of this section may be enforced where the city traffic engineer has provided signing designating terminal access routes.

(Code 1980, § 10.56.030; Ord. No. 373, § 1, 1988; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 1014 § 1, 2023)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter. Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter or failing to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as follows:

1. A fine not exceeding $100.00 for a first violation;

2. A fine not exceeding $200.00 for a second violation occurring within one year;

3. A fine not exceeding $500.00 for each additional violation occurring within one year.

B. Each such person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided in this chapter.

C. The provision of this chapter shall not be construed as permitting conduct not prescribed herein and shall not affect the enforceability of any other applicable provision of law.

(Code 1980, § 10.56.040; Ord. No. 373, § 1, 1988; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)

A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the city through civil process, by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, or in any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisance.

(Code 1980, § 10.56.050; Ord. No. 373, § 1, 1988)