§ 26-101. Definitions.

As used in this division the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:

Deviating truck means any restricted vehicle which leaves and departs from a designated truck route while traveling inside the City.

Nontruck routes means streets upon which restricted vehicle traffic is generally prohibited, but upon which restricted vehicle operations are permitted when used as a street of destination.

Truck means any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property in the following classifications:

(1)

Unrestricted vehicles means pickup trucks, vans, and panel trucks with a maximum length of 21 feet and a maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 8,000 pounds, and any single-unit, single-rear-axle truck with a maximum length of 35 feet and a maximum GVW of 35,000 pounds.

(2)

Restricted vehicles means single-unit, multi-rear-axle trucks with a maximum length of 40 feet and a maximum GVW of 60,000 pounds (including dump trucks and concrete mixers), and all tractor-trailer and semitrailer combinations with a maximum length of 57 feet and a maximum GVW of 80,000 pounds excluding unrestricted vehicles. Length limitations apply solely to a semitrailer or trailer, and not to a truck tractor, hitching apparatus, or to the overall length of a combination of vehicles.

Truck route means certain streets as designated in this division, over and along which the restricted vehicles shall operate within the City during designated hours.

(Code 1973, § 27-139; Code 1992, § 26-101; Ord. No. 162-H, § 1, 5-7-2015)