Scotts Valley Municipal Code Ch. 10.12 Maximum Gross Weight Limit

A. A "vehicle" is a device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, street or way, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

B. A "person" is every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

(Ord. 29 § 1, 1968)

No person shall operate, drive or move any vehicle of a weight or with a load exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six tons on or upon Scotts Valley Drive, Lockewood Lane and, Bean Creek Road and Meadow Way within the city limits of the city, or otherwise fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 29 § 2, 1968; Ord. 29.2 § 1, 1971; Ord. 161 § 1, 1995; Ord. 162 § 1, 1996; Ord. No. 162.1, § 1, 3-2-2011)

A. Any police officer, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to an inspection and weighing of the same. The weighing may be done either by means of portable or stationary scales, and any police officer is authorized to require that such vehicle be driven to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing and determining whether Section 10.12.020 of this chapter has been complied with.

B. Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle and load to an inspection or weighing, or fails or refuses to comply with the directions of an officer, under the conditions set forth in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 29 § 3, 1968)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

A. Any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Sections 1031 to 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code of the state of California;

B. Any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from such restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such 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 such restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor.

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;

D. Any vehicle owned or operated by the state of California, county of Santa Cruz, city, or other public agency, while engaged in a governmental function;

E. Any commercial vehicle that has its place of business within an area in the city which makes it necessary to travel on a restricted street to get to and from said place of business.

(Ord. 29 § 4, 1968)

This chapter shall not be effective as to Scotts Valley Drive until appropriate signs are erected to give notice of this chapter and the chief of police of the city is hereby instructed to install appropriate signs giving notice to the public, restricting the use of said street by vehicles exceeding the maximum gross weight limits specified in this chapter.

(Ord. 29 § 5, 1968)