Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Street Weight Limits

The following streets within the city are designated as streets which may be used by vehicles which are then in use for commercial purposes and which exceed a maximum gross weight of 6,000 pounds:

A. Palos Verdes Drive West from Hawthorne Boulevard to Palos Verdes Drive South;

B. Palos Verdes Drive South from Palos Verdes Drive West to Twenty-Fifth Street;

C. Twenty-Fifth Street from Palos Verdes Drive West to the city boundary with the City of Los Angeles;

D. Hawthorne Boulevard from Palos Verdes Drive West to the city's northernmost boundary with the city of Rolling Hills Estates.

(Code 1981, § 10.16.010; Ord. No. 137, § 1(part), 1980)

Except as otherwise provided in section 10.16.040, no person shall drive a vehicle which is then in use for commercial purposes and which exceeds a maximum gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds on any street within the city other than those listed in section 10.16.010.

(Code 1981, § 10.16.020; Ord. No. 137, § 1(part), 1980)

Under the authority of Vehicle Code § 35701(b), the city council determines that the posting of signs indicating the streets upon which certain vehicles exceeding 6,000 pounds are prohibited will best serve to give notice of these provisions. Section 10.16.010 is effective only when appropriate signs are erected.

(Code 1981, § 10.16.030; Ord. No. 137, § 1(part), 1980)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to:

A. Any commercial vehicle subject to Public Utilities Code §§ 1031—1036;

B. Any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted 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 the restricted 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 the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained;

C. Any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.

(Code 1981, § 10.16.040; Ord. No. 137, § 1(part), 1980)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Code 1981, § 10.16.050; Ord. No. 137, § 1(part), 1980)