Sonora Municipal Code § 10.12 Weight Limits

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State Law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing cities to impose vehicle weight limits, see Vehicle Code § 35700 et seq. and §§ 1031 — 1036 of the California Public Utilities Code.

No truck or other vehicle described in Section 10.12.020 shall travel or be propelled along, over or upon any street within the city, except over the course or routes described in Section 10.12.030 and except as provided in Section 10.12.040.

(Ord. 193 § 1, 1947.)

The vehicles referred to in Section 10.12.010 include and are all those trucks, trailers, wagons and other vehicles which exceed in weight the following amounts, respectively:

A. The gross weight of thirteen thousand pounds for vehicle and load when the vehicle is equipped with two axles or more, when no two of said axles are in the same vertical transmission plane and the vehicle has four or more wheels running on the highway or street;

B. The gross weight of three hundred pounds upon any lineal inch of the channel base width of the tire of any vehicle operated with or upon solid rubber or composition tires;

C. The gross weight of two hundred fifty pounds upon any lineal inch of the tire surface in contact with the roadway, when the vehicle or load rests upon one or more metal tires. This limitation does not apply to traction engines or tractors, the propulsive power of which is not exerted through wheels resting upon the roadway, but by means of a flexible band or chain, known as movable track, when the portions of the movable tracks in contact with the surface of the roadway present only plane surfaces.

(Ord. 193 § 2, 1947.)

The courses or routes along which vehicles exceeding the weight limits specified in Section 10.12.020 may travel are as follows:

A. Any highway which is a part of, or is within, the state highway system;

B. Commencing at the detour sign at the junction of Stockton Street and Bradford Avenue, thence easterly along Bradford Avenue to Stewart Street, thence northerly along Stewart Street to Elkin Street, thence westerly along Elkin Street to Washington Street, thence northerly along Washington Street;

C. Commencing at the detour sign at the junction of Stockton Street and Bradford Avenue, thence easterly along Bradford Avenue to Shepherd Street, thence south along Shepherd Street to Church Street, thence westerly to Washington Street, thence southerly to the south city limits.

(Ord. 193 § 3, 1947.)

Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, all vehicles not prohibited by state law from traveling upon other streets of the city may travel upon and may use other streets of the city when actually engaged in picking up or delivering all or a portion of its load to a residence or place of business which cannot be reached by traversing the routes described in Section 10.12.030.

(Ord. 193 § 4, 1947.)

The chief of police is authorized and directed to erect appropriate signs along and upon the routes described in Section 10.12.030 designating said streets as "truck routes" and giving notice of this chapter. It is found and determined, as provided in Section 713 of the Vehicle Code of California, that such signs upon said routes will best serve to give notice of this chapter. Said signs shall be plainly visible by drivers of motor trucks operating such vehicles along and upon said street and shall be of such size and make-up of letters as to be plainly visible to the drivers from the street while such vehicles are being operated thereon at lawful speeds.

(Ord. 193 § 6, 1947.)

The chief of police shall have the pavement on the west side of Stewart Street next to Bradford Avenue, for a distance of eighty feet south of said Bradford Avenue, and for a distance of twenty feet on the west side of Shepherd Street, and for a distance of sixty feet on the east side of Shepherd Street, next to and north of Church Street, marked off with straight red lines not less than four inches in width and running parallel with the curb. It is unlawful to park any vehicle in said spaces so marked off as provided in this section.

(Ord. 193 § 7, 1947.)

Any person, firm or corporation who drives or operates or causes any vehicle to be driven or operated upon any public street within the city in violation of Sections 10.12.010 through 10.12.060, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Section 1.08.010.

(Ord. 193 § 5, 1947.)

A. The city council restricts the use of Lyons Street lying east of Shepherd Street in the city, to vehicles or commercial vehicles of a gross weight of fifteen thousand pounds or less, excepting vehicles or commercial vehicles mentioned in subsection B of this section.

B. 1.

This section shall not prohibit any vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from any such 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 bonafide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street, for which a building permit has been previously obtained.

2. This section shall not apply to 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.

3. This section shall not apply to garbage collection vehicles while in collection service under license or contract with the city.

C. This section shall not be effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating the streets affected by this section.

D. It is unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of fifteen thousand pounds, in through traffic between State Highway No. 108 over Lyons Street within the city, lying east of Shepherd Street in the city, in violation of this section.

E. Any person violating the provisions of this section is, upon conviction thereof, guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 729 § 1, 1997; Ord. 486 §§ 3 — 7, 1975.)

It is unlawful for a vehicle in excess of ten thousand pounds gross weight to be operated on Woods Creek Drive from Stockton Street to the end of that roadway.

(Ord. 514 § 1, 1978.)