Title 12 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
San Marcos Municipal Code Ch. 12.40 Truck Routes
San Marcos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-30 · San Marcos
Cite as: San Marcos Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 · Text as of 2026-09-30
12.40.010 - Truck Routes Established.¶
(a)
Certain streets or portions of a street may, by amendment of this chapter or adoption of other ordinances, be declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight certain of five tons or any vehicle exceeding an overall total length or height. Weight shall mean maximum gross weight, including the weight of any truck, trailer and load thereon. Length shall include total overall length, including any tractor, trailer or other vehicle or projection therefrom.
(b)
No person, corporation, or other organization shall use or operate any commercial vehicle over 14,000 pounds rated gross vehicle weight on or over any street, road or public right-of-way within the City, except on the following streets which are designated as truck routes, except only when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for a purpose of loading or unloading freight, but then only by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary to reach such destination:
(1)
Grand Avenue between Rancho Santa Fe Road and San Marcos Boulevard;
(2)
Mission Road between Rancho Santa Fe Road and Easterly City Limits;
(3)
South Santa Fe Road between Smilax and Rancho Santa Fe Road;
(4)
San Marcos Boulevard between Business Park Drive and Mission Road;
(5)
Questhaven Road between Rancho Santa Fe Road and the Entrance to the San Marcos County Landfill;
(6)
Woodland Parkway between Mission Road and Barham Drive;
(7)
Las Posas Road between Mission Road and Grand Avenue;
(8)
Rancho Santa Fe Road between Mission Road and Melrose Drive.
(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.020 - Vehicles Subject to Public Utilities Code.¶
The provisions of this chapter are not applicable with respect to any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of the Public Utilities Code Sections 1031 through 1036, inclusive.
(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.030 - Pickups and Deliveries.¶
This chapter shall not prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress or egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups and 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 been previously obtained.
(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.040 - Vehicles Owned by a Public Utility or Licensed Contractor.¶
This chapter shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessary in use in connection, installation, or repair of any public utility.
(Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.050 - Effective Subject to Proper Sign Erection on Streets Affected.¶
This chapter shall not be effective until the appropriate signs are erected indicating those streets which are truck routes.
(Ord. No. 89-813, 4-11-89; Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.060 - Special Truck Weight Limits.¶
No person, corporation, or other organization shall use or operate any commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds rated gross vehicle weight on or over the following streets within the City:
Linda Vista Drive between Specialty Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road;
La Mirada Drive between Poinsettia Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road;
Virginia Place between La Mirada Drive and Grand Avenue;
Grand Avenue west of Rancho Santa Fe Road;
Las Flores Drive between Oleander Avenue and Linda Vista Drive;
Oleander Avenue between Smilax Road and Las Flores Drive;
Descanso Avenue from Las Flores Drive to a point six hundred feet easterly.
(Ord. No. 2000-1080, 1-25-2000; Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
12.40.070 - Commercial Vehicle Restrictions.¶
No person, corporation, or other organization shall use or operate any commercial vehicle on or over the following streets within the City:
Linda Vista Drive between Specialty Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road;
La Mirada Drive between Poinsettia Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road;
Virginia Place between La Mirada Drive and Grand Avenue;
Grand Avenue west of Rancho Santa Fe Road;
Las Flores Drive between Oleander Avenue and Linda Vista Drive;
Oleander Avenue between Smilax Road and Las Flores Drive;
Descanso Avenue from Las Flores Drive to a point six hundred feet easterly.
(Ord. No. 2000-1081, 1-25-2000; Ord. No. 2024-1544, § 2(Exh. A), 7-23-2024)
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