South Pasadena Municipal Code § 19.21 Heavy trucks prohibited on Pasadena Freeway; exceptions

It is unlawful, when authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, to drive, propel or cause to be driven or propelled any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of six thousand pounds, laden or unladen, on that portion of the state highway system commonly known as the Pasadena Freeway, commencing at the city limits of this city contiguous to the city limits of Los Angeles and extending to the city limits of this city contiguous to the city limits of Pasadena. An alternate route is designated as follows:

Beginning on Pasadena Avenue at the westerly city limits; thence easterly and northerly on Pasadena Avenue to Mission Street; thence easterly on Mission Street to Fair Oaks Avenue; thence northerly on Fair Oaks Avenue to the northerly city limits.

This section shall not prohibit such vehicles from using the Pasadena Freeway or any portion thereof where necessary for the picking up or the delivery of goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any building or structure located on such Freeway, or any tow or repair truck servicing disabled vehicles thereon. Nor shall this section apply to any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of section 50 1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state nor to any public utility vehicle necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility. (Ord. No. 1158, § 1.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move or haul upon any public street in the city any vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or contrivance having a greater weight or width or length than the weight or width or length permitted by the California Vehicle Code, Division 15 without first having obtained from the director of public works of the city a permit as provided in Section 19.21-2 hereof to do so. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move or haul upon any public street any vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or contrivance in violation of the provisions of any permit issued as provided in this section and Section 19.21-2. (Ord. No. 1263, § 1; Ord. No. 1963, § 1; Ord. No. 1983, § 40.)

Any person desiring to obtain a permit as provided in Section 19.21-1 hereof shall file an application in writing therefor with the director of public works of the city, giving the name and address of the applicant, a description of the vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or contrivance to be operated, moved or hauled, together with the name and address of the person under whose immediate charge such operating, moving or hauling will be conducted. The director of public works shall thereupon, provided all requirements of the California Vehicle Act are complied with, issue to such applicant a permit, which permit shall state specifically the place from which and the place to which such vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or contrivance is to be moved together with the streets upon which the same is to take place between such points, and no such vehicle shall be operated, moved or hauled upon any street or alley except those named in such permit. At the time of making the application for such permit, the applicant shall pay to the city a fee as established by resolution. Such permits shall not be transferable and each permit shall cover one operation, haul or movement only. Such permit shall at all times during such operation, moving, or hauling, be displayed in a prominent position upon the vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment, or contrivance to be moved. Such permit may designate the day and the time of day when such operating, moving or hauling, shall take place and shall fix a limit of time, which shall be reasonable under all of the circumstances, within which such operating, moving, or hauling shall be completed. (Ord. No. 1263, § 2; Ord. No. 1983, § 41.)

Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the owner, applicant, or operator, or driver, or mover of any such vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment, or contrivance over the streets of the city shall not be relieved of any damage or liability for damage caused to the city or to any person by reason of the operating, moving, or hauling thereof. (Ord. No. 1263, § 3.)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move or haul upon any of the following public streets, in the Southwest Monterey Hills area, any vehicle, motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or contrivance having a greater weight or width or length or characteristics permitted in subsection (b) of this section:

Hanscom Drive;

Peterson Avenue;

Illinois Drive;

Hill Drive;

Harriman Avenue;

Randolph Avenue;

Hurlbert Avenue;

Elkins Street;

Moffatt Street.

(b) Construction vehicles or machinery allowed on the public street listed in subsection (a) herein, shall be limited to those meeting the following characteristics: maximum width not to exceed eight feet three inches; maximum wheelbase not to exceed two hundred twenty-four inches; maximum loaded weight not to exceed sixteen thousand pounds per axle, a maximum of three axles, with the exception of a concrete truck which can have a fourth “drop-down” axle when carrying a load; and rubberized wheels or tracks (no metal tracks). (Ord. No. 2155 § 1, 2007; Ord. No. 2179, § 1, 2008; Ord. No. 2271, § 2, 2014.)