Yuba County Municipal Code Art. 2 Improved and Unimproved Highways

No person shall, on unimproved County roads and highways, drive or move or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved any vehicle of a weight, including its load, in excess of 22 tons, such weight to be distributed as follows: Not more than 20,000 pounds gross weight resting upon the highway by the wheels of any one axle or the gross weight upon any one wheel, or wheels, supporting one end of an axle, and resting upon the roadway, shall not exceed 10,500 pounds.

(Prior Code, § 9.25.020; Ord. No. 761)

State Law reference— Authority to impose weight restrictions on unimproved highways, Vehicle Code § 35706.

The Road Commissioner shall erect and maintain upon unimproved County highways appropriate signs giving notice of the maximum permissible weight fixed by Section 9.25.025 upon such unimproved County highways.

(Prior Code, § 9.25.040; Ord. No. 761; Ord. No. 1405)

State Law reference— Signs on unimproved highways, Vehicle Code § 35710.

The weight limitation imposed under Section 9.25.025 shall not apply:

(1) In those cases where proper application has been made and a permit has been issued by the Road Commissioner authorizing the movement of equipment or vehicles exceeding the weight limitations contained in this Article.

(2) The weight limit fixed by Section 9.25.025 shall not be effective unless signs giving notice of the maximum permissible weight are erected.

(3) To vehicles exempt under Vehicle Code § 35711.

(Prior Code, § 9.25.050; Ord. No. 761; Ord. No. 1235)

There is hereby delegated to the Road Commissioner authority to remove or cover the aforesaid signs during a period in which, in the opinion of the Road Commissioner, maintenance of the weight limitation imposed by Section 9.25.025 is not necessary for the protection of the public or for the protection of the affected roads from damage during storms.

(Prior Code, § 9.25.060; Ord. No. 761; Ord. No. 1406)

The Road Commissioner is hereby granted authority to issue upon proper application, permits under such restrictions as he shall deem appropriate, authorizing the movement of equipment or vehicles exceeding the load limits specified in Section 9.25.025 over the said roads when, in his or her judgment, such movement will be in the public interest or when the issuance of such permit will not seriously damage or impair such roads or be detrimental to the public safety or dangerous to life, limb, or property.

(Prior Code, § 9.25.070; Ord. No. 761)

State Law reference— Permits, Vehicle Code § 35780 et seq.