HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2097_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2097
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
ADDING CHAPTER 10 .54 TO THE REDLANDS
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TRUCK ROUTES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1 . Chapter 10 .54 is hereby added to the
Redlands Municipal Code to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 10 . 54
TRUCK ROUTES
SECTION 10 .54 .010 Establishment.
Whenever the City Council , by resolution,
designates and describes any street or a 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 Engineer is hereby
authorized to designate such streets by appropriate
signs as truck routes for the movement of vehicles
exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of five
tons.
SECTION 10 .54 .020 Use of Truck Routes.
Whenever truck routes are established and
designated by appropriate signs, the operator of
any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit
of five tons shall drive on such routes and none
other; provided, however, the provision of this
Chapter shall not prohibit the operator of any
vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five
tons from having ingress and egress by direct route
to and from restricted streets when necessary for
the purpose of making pick-ups 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 or bona fide repair ,
alteration, remodeling or construction of any
building or structure upon such restricted streets
for which work a building permit has previously
been obtained, subject to the restrictions of
Section 54 .040 .
SECTION 10 .54 .030 Exemptions.
The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply
to the following vehicles:
A. Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of
the Public Utilities Commission of the State;
B. Vehicles owned by a Public Utility while
necessarily in use in the construction,
installation or repair of any public utility; and
C. Any vehicle defined in the Vehicle Code as
a house car or a vehicle used for recreational
purposes only.
SECTION 10 .54 .040 Deliveries to Construction
Sites.
The route to be used by vehicles exceeding a
gross weight of five tons, which are delivering
materials and equipment to a construction site not
on a truck route shall be subject to the review and
approval of the City Engineer .
SECTION 10 .54 .050 Review of Proposed Route.
At the time of application for a building,
grading, off-site improvement, street cut, sewer or
water permit, the applicant shall submit to the
City Engineer a proposed route to be used be
vehicles traveling to--and-from the construction
site. The City Engineer shall review and approve
the route or provide an alternate route to be used
by the applicant.
If the proposed route submitted by the
applicant is not approve by the City Engineer, the
City Engineer shall make known to the applicant, if
requested, the reasons upon which is disapproval
was based. A diagram of the approved route, signed
by the City Engineer, shall be given to the
applicant and shall be retained by the applicant at
the project site during the course of
construction."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
SECTION 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause it to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in this City.
CMayoof the ity o R s
ATTEST:
City Cl rk
I , Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day
of December, 1989, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Beswick, Cunningham, Larson, Milson;
Mayor DeMirjyn
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
Ordinance No. 2097
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