9.10.140 Restriction of heavy vehicle travel upon city streets.
(A) No person shall drive or otherwise operate any vehicle, combination of vehicles or a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or greater on any street prohibited by this section.
(B) The chief of police shall cause all streets that exit the truck route where heavy traffic is prohibited to be clearly posted with appropriate signs.
(C) The following routes shall be established as truck routes within the city limits of the city:
State Route 260 (SR 260)
State Route 77 (SR 77)
United States Route 60 (US 60).
(D) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following vehicles:
(1) All vehicles belonging by ownership or lease to any governmental, municipal, school district body, agency, public service or utility company, or activity when involved in the execution of official duties.
(2) All vehicles classed by the A.R.S. as noncommercial, recreational, antique, implements of husbandry including road machinery, or any other vehicle than is specified herein for compliance with this chapter temporarily moved upon a restricted street.
(3) All vehicles used for the delivery or pickup of merchandise, materials, equipment or other property going to or from a specific location along a restricted street. In such cases, said vehicle shall use the restricted streets for as short a distance as possible using the shortest distance to a truck route.
(4) All vehicles having a base of operations and holding a current city business license for that base of operations along a restricted street may enter or leave its base of operations at any time by the shortest distance to a truck route.
(E) Any person violating subsection (A) of this section is guilty of a petty offense and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). (Ord. No. 312, 7-3-90; Ord. No. 412, § 1, 4-15-97; Ord. No. 2020-06, § 1, 12-1-20. 1976 Code § 13-2-14)