Twentynine Palms Municipal Code Ch. 12.67 Truck Routes

The purpose of this Chapter is to protect the streets and roads of residential areas, restrict the operation of heavy commercial vehicles in residential areas, provide for pedestrian and traffic safety, and provide appropriate truck routes for heavy commercial vehicles.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)

The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter:

"Commercial vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required to be registered by the California Vehicle Code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. A van pool vehicle is not a commercial vehicle for purposes of this Chapter.

"Restricted streets and roads" mean all streets and roads in the City except truck routes as herein established.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)

It is unlawful to operate any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of ten thousand (10,000) pounds on any street or road within the City except for those truck routes established pursuant to this Chapter.

Whenever a street or road has been established as a truck route pursuant to this Chapter the City Engineer shall erect appropriate signs designating the affected street or road thereof. Such signs shall identify the street or road as a truck route and signage shall conform to the State of California Department of Transportation Standard Specification 56, and shall be erected at all truck route entrances to the City, at all intersections of truck routes within the City, and at such other places as the City Engineer may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of this Chapter.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)

In addition to Twentynine Palms Highway throughout the City, which is not regulated by the City for purposes of traffic restriction, the following streets and portions of streets are designated and established as truck routes:

(a) Adobe Road between Sullivan Road and the MCAGCC gate;

(b) Amboy Road throughout the City;

(c) Baseline Road from Wilshire Avenue to the easterly City limits;

(d) Bullion Mt. Road from Twentynine Palms Highway to Valle Vista Road;

(e) Indian Trail from the westerly City limits to Adobe Road;

(f) Lear Avenue from Twentynine Palms Highway north to the City limits;

(g) Mojave Road between Twentynine Palms Highway and Baseline;

(h) Wilshire Avenue from Twentynine Palms Highway south to Baseline Road;

(i) Utah Trail between Amboy Road and Valle Vista Road;

(j) Valle Vista Road between Adobe Road and the easterly City limits.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)

Any peace officer who has reason to suspect that a commercial vehicle not proceeding over a truck route is in violation of this Chapter shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any such vehicle to proceed to any public or private scale available for the purpose of weighing the vehicle and determining whether the commercial vehicle is in compliance with this Chapter.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)

The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to the following vehicles:

(a) Commercial vehicles making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise from or to any building or lot located along restricted streets or 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 been obtained.

(b) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission or school buses.

(c) Any vehicle used for the removal of refuse under contract with the City.

(d) Any authorized emergency vehicle.

(e) Any tow truck exempt per Chapter 12.66 of this Code.

(f) Any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while in use for the construction installation or repair of any public utility.

(Ord. 195 § 1 (part), 2005)