CHAPTER 75:
Equipment; Loads
Section
Equipment
75.01 Scope and effect of equipment requirements
Loads
75.10 Scope and effect of size, weight, and load regulations
75.11 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles
75.12 Protruding members of vehicles
75.13 Spilling loads prohibited
75.14 Pushing of disabled vehicles
75.15 Vehicle weight restrictions
EQUIPMENT
75.01 SCOPE AND EFFECT OF EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
(A) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with the lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in Illinois state law, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of Illinois state law or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under Illinois state law.
(B) The provisions of Illinois state law, with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors, or to farm-wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 36,000 pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer, or to farm-wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 2,000 gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as field-storage “nurse tanks,” supplying the fertilizer to a field applicator and highways only for bringing the fertilizer to a field applicator from a local source of supply to the farm or field or from one farm or field to another.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-101) Penalty, see § 70.99
LOADS
75.10 SCOPE AND EFFECT OF SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD REGULATIONS.
(A) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move on, upon, or across, or for the owner to cause to knowingly permit to be driven or moved on, upon, or across any highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size and weight exceeding the limitations stated in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 15-100 et seq., or otherwise in violation of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 15-100 et seq.
(B) The provisions of Illinois state law governing size, weight, and load do not apply to fire apparatus or equipment for snow and ice removal operations owned or operated by the city, or to implements of husbandry temporarily operated or towed in a combination upon a highway provided such combination does not consist of more than three vehicles or, in the case of hauling fresh, perishable fruits or vegetables from farm to the point of first processing, not more than three wagons being towed by an implement of husbandry, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit.
(C) (1) The provisions of ILCS Ch. 625 governing size, weight, and load do not apply to any snow and ice removal equipment that is no more than 12 feet in width, if the equipment displays flags at least 18 inches square mounted on the driver’s side of the snow plow.
(2) These vehicles must be equipped with an illuminated rotating, oscillating, or flashing amber light or lights, or a flashing amber strobe light or lights, mounted on the top of the cab and of sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. If the load on the transport vehicle blocks the visibility of the amber lighting from the rear of the vehicle, the vehicle must also be equipped with an illuminated rotating, oscillating, or flashing amber light or lights, or a flashing amber strobe light or lights, mounted on the rear of the load and of sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-101)
(D) No person shall use the highways under the jurisdiction of the city in violation of weight and location restrictions and commercial vehicle restrictions set forth in any applicable ordinance.
Penalty, see § 70.99
Cross-reference:
Vehicle weight restrictions, see § 75.15
Statutory reference:
Power of city to regulate loads, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-40-1
75.11 PROJECTING LOADS ON PASSENGER VEHICLES.
No passenger-type vehicle shall be operated on any street with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle, nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-105) Penalty, see § 70.99
75.12 PROTRUDING MEMBERS OF VEHICLES.
No vehicle with boom, arm, drill rig, or other protruding component shall be operated upon the highway unless the protruding component is fastened so as to prevent shifting, bouncing, or moving in any manner.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-106) Penalty, see § 70.99
75.13 SPILLING LOADS PROHIBITED.
(A) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
(B) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless the load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
(C) The state Department of Transportation shall adopt those rules and regulations it deems appropriate which require the securing of steel rolls and other objects on flatbed trucks so as to prevent injury to users of highways and damage to property. Any person who operates a flatbed truck on any highway in violation of the rules and regulations promulgated by the state Department of Transportation under this division shall be punished as provided in § 70.99.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-109) Penalty, see § 70.99
75.14 PUSHING OF DISABLED VEHICLES.
It is unlawful under any circumstances for any vehicle to push any other vehicle on or along any highway outside an urban area in this city, except in an extreme emergency, and then the vehicle shall not be pushed farther than is reasonably necessary to remove it from the roadway or from the immediate hazard that exists.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 15-114) Penalty, see § 70.99
75.15 VEHICLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
(A) No person shall drive upon any alley within the city any vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more.
(B) Any person violating this section shall be subject to a minimum fine of $100, plus attorney’s fees, up to a maximum of $750.
(Ord. 2001-1, passed 3-13-01)