Tehama Municipal Code Ch. 10.12 Truck Routes

A. Sections 21101, 35700, and 35780 of the State Vehicle Code authorize cities to establish truck routes and to regulate or prohibit truck traffic on city streets.

B. Through truck traffic on many city streets is excessive and constitutes a hazard to the public health, safety and welfare.

C. Through truck traffic shall be restricted to those city streets which are most suitable for such traffic and which minimize the hazards to the public health, safety and welfare, and which minimizes cost of maintenance.

D. Overweight trucks heavily damage and cause inordinate maintenance and repair expense to the city on that portion of Fifth Street from C Street north.

E. Any truck in excess of five tons is found to be an overweight truck whether loaded or unloaded. ;hn0; (Ord. 169 § 1, 2007; Ord. 136 § 1, 1989)

A. Whenever any ordinance of this 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 five tons, the city council 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 five tons.

B. When any such truck traffic route is established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five tons shall drive on such route and none other; except, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator or any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five tons coming from a "truck traffic route" having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets by the shortest route available 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 therefore.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

1. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission or local school districts;

2. Any vehicle owned by a public agency or public utility while necessarily in use in construction, installation or repair;

3. Motor homes over five tons, with the condition that they shall not be parked on city streets or city rights-of-way; ;hn0; (Ord. 169 § 2, 2007; Ord. 136 § 2, 1989)

(Ord. No. 177, § 1, 12-8-09)

In accordance with Section 10.12.010 and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, the following streets or portions of streets are hereby declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross limit of five tons:

A. "C" Street: from easterly city limits westerly to Fifth Street;

B. Fifth Street: from C St. southerly to Gyle Road;

C. Gyle Road: within city limits. ;hn0; (Ord. 136 § 3, 1989)

A. No overweight truck shall be driven on, upon, or along that portion of Fifth Street from the northerly boundary of C Street (as extended across its intersection with Fifth Street) to the city limits of the city of Tehama to the north.

B. Any commercial vehicle with three or more axles, or any commercial vehicle over five tons, shall not be driven on any city street, other than the designated truck routes set forth in Section 10.12.030.

C. Semi trucks and semi trucks and trailers, shall not be allowed to park on any city street or private property, other than the designated truck route. This parking restriction does not apply to private property in the open space or agriculture zone.

Semi trucks and semi trucks and trailers, shall be allowed to park along the designated truck route for a period of time, not to exceed two hours.

D. Any violation of the above regulations resulting in damage to city streets, and repairs deemed necessary by the city of Tehama, the repairs will be become the financial responsibility of the owner or driver of the truck and/or trailer causing such damage.

(Ord. No. 177, § 2, 12-8-09; Ord. No. 181, § 1, 3-23-10)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 177, § 2, adopted December 8, 2009, repealed the former § 10.12.040 and enacted a new § 10.12.040 as set out herein. The former § 10.12.040 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 136, 1989.

Each violation of this chapter is deemed an infraction punishable by fine as authorized by the California Vehicle Code. ;hn0; (Ord. 136 § 5, 1989)