Solano County Municipal Code Art. II Terminal Access Routes

24-20 Definitions

Director means the transportation director of the county of Solano.

FHWA designated route means the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those portions of federal-aid-primary highways that have been qualified by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 35401.5(a) of the California Vehicle Code. In Solano County these routes are: I-80, I-505, I-680, and I-780.

Interstate truck means a truck, tractor and trailer, or doubles with unlimited length pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 35401.5(a)(1) and (2).

Terminal means a facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped and where full load consignments may be off-loaded or at which vehicle combinations are regularly maintained, stored or manufactured pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 35401.5(b).

Terminal access route means a route between a FHWA designated route and terminal approved by the agencies having jurisdiction over the terminal access route. In Solano County these routes are: State Routes 12, 29, 37 and portions of 113.

(Ord. No. 1251, §1, Ord. No. 1462, §1)

24-21 Application, fees and identification of terminal access routes

(a) Applications for terminal access routes shall be submitted to the director on a form provided by the director.

(b) Application fees or other costs shall be determined by separate ordinance and shall be paid upon submittal of applications or at such other time as is determined by the director of transportation with respect to signs necessary for terminal access routes.

(c) A proposed route shall be identified as a terminal access route when an application and a fee have been received and the director finds that the following additional conditions are met:

(1) The application is accurate and complete;

(2) The proposed route is a connection between a FHWA designated route and a terminal;

(3) The proposed route is adequate to accommodate interstate trucks;

(4) Other agencies traversed by the proposed route have identified and signed the route through their jurisdiction as a terminal access route;

(5) The proposed route has been approved by the California Department of Transportation.

(6) The proposed route has been posted with signs identifying the route as a terminal access route.

(Ord. No. 1251, §1, Ord. No. 1462, §1)

24-22 Revocation of route

The director is authorized to revoke any approved route if such route proves to be a safety hazard for any vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic. A safety hazard is defined as inability of the interstate truck to safely negotiate the route and/or such trucks causing unsafe driving conditions for other vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians.

(Ord. No. 1251, §1, Ord. No. 1462, §1)