Sierra Madre Municipal Code Ch. 10.36 Truck Routes

A. Whenever any ordinance of the city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the chief of police is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as "Truck Traffic Routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons.

B. When any such truck traffic route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a "Truck Traffic Route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from 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 streets, 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 streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, or to (2) any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.

D. Those streets and parts of streets described in Section 10.32.070 are declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons.

(Prior code § 4420)

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the city council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicles, the city manager shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinance.

(Ord. 1265 § 35, 2007: prior code § 4421)

No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding the stated weight limits (including any load) on the following bridges:

(Ord. No. 1321, § 2, 10-11-11)