When is a transportation permit required?

12.010

No person shall move any load over, along or across any street within the City when the weight and/or size of the load, plus the weight and/or size of the vehicle or equipment, exceeds the limitations of the Vehicle Code of the State, except that, where it is impractical to change the physical characteristics of the load, the Engineering Division may issue a permit to move such load and/or vehicle where it is determined that it will not result in damages to public or private property, and will not cause a traffic hazard, and the applicant will comply with all the requirements and conditions of the Engineering Division.

(Ord. 99-791 Exh. A (part); prior code § 8-2.01)

 

12.020

Any person desiring to move any building or vehicle load through, over or along any street within the City shall first make an application for a permit to so do. The application shall be made in writing upon forms furnished by the Engineering Division. Each application shall set forth a description of the building or vehicle load proposed to be moved, together with a detailed description of the load, including the materials of which the same is constructed; the dimensions, and if it is a building, the condition of the interior and the condition of the exterior of the building; the description of the lot from which the building is to be moved, giving the street and number thereof if located within the City; the description of the lot to which it is proposed such building is to be moved, giving the street and number of such lot if located within the City; the portion of the lot to be occupied by the building when moved; and a statement that the owner will comply with all the laws governing the removal of the building and the maintenance of the building when moved. The application shall also state the streets and portions of streets over which the building or vehicle load is proposed to be moved.

(Ord. 99-791 Exh. A (part); prior code § 8-2.02)

The Public Works Director/City Engineer reserves the right to deny issuance or cancel a transportation permit if it is not in the best interests of the general public.

(Prior code § 8-2.09)(Ord. 99-791 Exh. A (part): prior code § 8-2.20)

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