Chapter 10.36
TEMPORARY HIGHWAY CLOSURES OR RESTRICTIONS
Sections:
10.36.010 Board of Commissioners may prohibit, limit use of highways.
10.36.020 Time limit of restrictions.
10.36.030 Notice of restrictions.
10.36.040 Diversion of traffic.
10.36.060 Violation -- penalty.
10.36.010 Board of Commissioners may prohibit, limit use of highways.
Whenever the board of commissioners determine that any highway in the county highway system will be seriously damaged or destroyed by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic condition unless the use of vehicles thereon is either prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced, the board of commissioners may declare any such county highway temporarily closed to all traffic, or they may prohibit the operation of trucks or commercial vehicles on any such county highway, or may impose limitations as to the weight, size, or use thereof on designated highways which they may determine in their sole discretion.
(Prior code § 73.01)
10.36.020 Time limit of restrictions.
Any such county highway closure or imposition of limitations as to weight, size, use, or type of vehicles shall not exceed a total period of ninety (90) days in any one calendar year.
(Prior code § 73.02)
10.36.030 Notice of restrictions.
Whenever the board of commissioners shall determine that the need exists to close any county highway or to impose weight, size, or use restrictions upon any county highway, notice of each such closure or restriction shall be given to the news media and appropriate signs shall be erected and maintained designating the applicable restriction and penalty pursuant to provisions of this chapter at each end of the portion of each affected highway and at intersecting highways. This chapter shall become effective upon erection of said signs.
(Prior code § 73.03)
10.36.040 Diversion of traffic.
The board of commissioners shall designate routes for traffic to be diverted and all such routes shall be appropriately marked.
(Prior code § 73.04)
10.36.050 Exceptions.
Public safety and emergency vehicles shall be expected from the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 73.05)
10.36.060 Violation -- penalty.
Violation of the closure of any county highway or of the weight, size, or use restriction imposed upon any county highway hereunder may be punished by a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
(Prior code § 73.99)