Article 3. Trucks and Other Commercial Vehicles
12.3.1. Definitions.
A. Gross Weight shall mean the total weight of any truck or trailer or any other combination of vehicles being towed or pushed by a similar propelling vehicle.
B. Residential District means the territory contiguous to and including a street not comprising a business district when the property on such street for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main improved with residence or residences and buildings used for business.
C. Trucks or Other Commercial Vehicles means any truck, pickup truck, tractor or any vehicle whether self-propelled by an engine or motor or whether the same is towed behind or pushed ahead of a motor vehicle when such vehicle or combination of vehicles has a gross weight of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds or more, including, but not limited to, any construction equipment such as motor patrols or graders, bull-dozers or caterpillar-type tractors.
(Ord. 141; Ord. 142)
12.3.2. Truck routes established.
That the Governing Body shall be authorized to designate and establish truck routes through the City for the use of trucks or other commercial vehicles. All such routes shall be marked by suitable signs to advise the traveling public of existence of such truck route or routes.
(Ord. 141)
12.3.3. Truck route requirements.
From after the designation of truck routes as provided in this Article, every truck or other commercial vehicle as defined herein, shall use and follow such prescribed route or routes while in the City and shall not use any residential street or other street except those designated and marked as truck routes. Provided, that when it may be necessary for any such vehicle to deliver or unload cargo or to load or receive cargo at any destination within the City and the same is not prohibited by this Code, such vehicle may leave the truck route at the street intersection nearest to the place of the truck route by the most direct street to said truck route. Provided further, that police officers of the City may direct the routing of such vehicles.
(Ord. 141)
12.3.4. Truck routes designated.
For the purpose of this Article, the following streets, roads and avenues within the City of Bel Aire, Kansas are hereby designated as truck routes:
A. 37th Street North;
B. 45th Street North;
C. Oliver Street;
D. Woodlawn Street;
E. Rock Road;
F. Webb Road; and
G. Greenwich Road.
(Ord. 190)
12.3.5. Truck route permit.
Any owner or operator of a truck or commercial vehicle subject to this Article, which is principally garaged, parked or kept upon the premises or place of business of the owner or operator of such truck or commercial vehicle within the City of Bel Aire, Kansas may be granted a permit, to be issued by the Clerk of the City of Bel Aire, which will permit the owner or operator of such truck or commercial vehicle to operate such vehicle, for which the permit is issued, from a designated truck route to the place such vehicle is to be garaged, parked or kept upon the premises or place of business of the owner or operator of such vehicle, leaving the truck route at the street intersection nearest to the place along said truck route which is closest and most direct route to the street or streets over which permit holder may proceed to the place the truck or commercial vehicle is to be garaged, parked or kept. Said permit shall be issued for a period of one year for a non-refundable fee of five dollars ($5.00). Such permit shall be renewed each year. The granting of such permit does not permit the parking of the truck or commercial vehicle, for which the permit is issued, upon the streets of the City. The granting of the permit does not relieve the owner or operator of a vehicle from any other ordinance of the City which might be applicable.
(Ord. 141)
12.3.6. Unlawful truck parking.
It is unlawful, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in obedience to traffic regulations or the direction of traffic control devices or a police officer, for any person or operator to park a truck with a manufactures' rated capacity of over 18,000 lbs., or a bus, truck tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer or semi-trailer on any street in a residential district, as herein defined, for longer than four (4)hours; except that parking longer than four (4) hours is permitted when necessary for the loading and unloading of merchandise and a permit issued by the City Clerk is in the possession of the operator or in the vehicle at the time the vehicle is parked over four (4) hours. These permits shall be issued for each instance overtime parking is necessary. The City Clerk shall collect a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each permit issued.
(Ord. 142)