A. Classification. The streets or portions thereof of the City are declared to be and are divided and classified into two groups and shall henceforth be known as and regulated as to heavy traffic by the names of such two groups, together with regulations pertaining thereto as set forth in this section. Such two groups are designated as: unrestricted streets and restricted streets.
B. Unrestricted Streets. The streets designated in this subsection shall henceforth be known and designated as unrestricted streets, and the City imposes no weight restrictions or regulations thereon except as are contained in the Vehicle Code of the State:
- Arrow Highway, from the westerly City Limits to Benson Avenue;
- Palo Verde Street from Monte Vista Avenue to Central Avenue;
- Holt Boulevard, from Mills Avenue to Central Avenue;
- Mission Boulevard, from the westerly City Limits to Central Avenue;
- Monte Vista Avenue, from Palo Verde Street to the northerly City Limits;
- Central Avenue, from the northerly City Limits to the southerly City Limits;
- Monte Vista Avenue from Mission Boulevard to Holt Boulevard; and
- Brooks Street from Ramona Avenue to a point 1,650 feet east of the centerline of Monte Vista Avenue.
C. Restricted Streets. It is unlawful for any person owning or operating any motor vehicle or truck-trailer combination exceeding a maximum gross weight of 10,000 pounds to drive or propel the same, or to cause or permit the same to be driven or propelled, at any time upon, over or across any and all streets or portions of streets not otherwise classified as unrestricted streets.
D. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any vehicle or truck-trailer combination exceeding the prescribed maximum gross weight limit, coming from an unrestricted or less restricted street, having ingress and egress by direct route to and from such restricted streets, when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets, and for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building, structure, or street upon such restricted street; but then only by such deviation from the nearest unrestricted or less restricted street as is reasonably necessary.
E. Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
- Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State;
- Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, servicing, or repair of any public utility;
- Emergency vehicles of the City;
- School buses under the jurisdiction of any school district;
- Any vehicle owned by the City while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, servicing, or repair of any City-owned facility;
- Any vehicle owned or operated by contractor or subcontractor under contract with the City while in use in the construction, installation, servicing, or repair of any City-owned facility; or
- Refuse collection vehicles.
F. Signs. The City Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 35701 of the Vehicle Code of the State, determines that notice of the provisions of this section will best be given by posting unrestricted streets affected by the provisions of this section, and the City Engineer is authorized to post appropriate signs on any such street, which signs shall state and declare the load limits established by the provisions of this section. The City Engineer may post appropriate signs on restricted streets as he/she deems necessary.
G. Proof of Compliance. Any police officer shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any vehicle proceeding over a street to proceed to any public or private scale within a radius of 10 miles for the purpose of weighing such vehicles and determining whether there has been compliance with the provisions of this section.
H. Weight Violations—Penalty. Any person in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 1.12 of the Montclair Municipal Code.
(Ord. 06-874 § 1 (part): Ord. 99-791 Exh. A (part); prior code § 4-4.1309)
(Ord. No. 14-947, § 1, 10-20-14; Ord. No. 16-959, § 1, 9-19-16)