Chapter 8.40
STREET USE RESTRICTION1
Sections:
8.40.010 Authority to impose – Limitations.
8.40.030 Designated vehicle routes.
8.40.050 Application to weight rate.
8.40.060 Penalty for violation.
8.40.010 Authority to impose – Limitations.
(1) Authority. The public works director has the following authority, with respect to public highways, streets and thoroughfares, under the city’s jurisdiction, subject to the limitation described in subsection (2) of this section to:
(a) Prohibit the operation thereon of trucks or other vehicles;
(b) Impose limits as to weights;
(c) Determine haul routes for local trips;
(d) Impose any other restrictions as may be deemed necessary, in the judgment of the public works director, which restriction may be imposed on school buses, public transit and emergency vehicles, except under emergency response conditions, in addition to trucks and other vehicles.
(2) Limitations. The public works director shall not, however, prohibit the use of any city street designated by the state transportation commission as forming the part of the route of any primary state highway through the city, by vehicles or any class of vehicles, or impose any restrictions or reductions in permissible weights unless the restriction, limitation or prohibition, or reduction in permissible weight, is first approved in writing by the State Transportation Commission.
(Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.010), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-181.)
8.40.020 Signing.
Whenever the public works director determines weight limits are necessary, pursuant to FWRC 8.40.010, he or she shall erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, signs designating the provisions of the weight limit at each end of the portion of any public highway, street or thoroughfare affected by such limitations. No such limitations shall be effective unless the signs are in place. In no other case shall enforcement and effectiveness of this chapter be conditioned on signage.
(Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.020), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-182.)
8.40.030 Designated vehicle routes.
(1) The public works director shall erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, signs designating the following public highway, streets and thoroughfares within the city as vehicle routes for all vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight (gw) as defined by RCW 46.16.111, which is adopted by this reference:
(a) State Route 5, Interstate Highway 5;
(b) State Route 18, State Route 99 to State Route 5;
(c) State Route 99, Pacific Highway South;
(d) State Route 161, Enchanted Parkway;
(e) State Route 509, Dash Point Road;
(f) South 320th Street, State Route 99 to State Route 5;
(g) 16th Avenue South, State Route 99 to State Route 18;
(h) Milton Road South, State Route 161 to South 369th Street;
(i) South 356th Street, State Route 99 to State Route 161.
(2) All other streets within the limits of the city shall be restricted to allow only vehicles rated under 30,000 pounds gross weight, except as provided for in FWRC 8.40.040, or as authorized by special permit under Chapter 8.43 FWRC.
(Ord. No. 23-946, § 1, 1-17-23; Res. No. 09-539, § 1, 1-6-09; Ord. No. 00-365, § 1, 3-7-00; Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.030A), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-183.)
8.40.040 Local deliveries.
(1) Vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight, as defined in RCW 46.16.111, are restricted to the designated truck routes noted in FWRC 8.40.030, except a person or entity operating or employing (whether directly or by contract) such vehicles is not subject to the restriction when making deliveries with destinations or origins within the city or when such vehicles are operated by entities that have their corporate headquarters within the city.
(2) A person or entity operating or employing (either directly or by contract) vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight, as defined by RCW 46.16.111, to make more than 72 deliveries per day or more than 3,000 trips within a three-month period to the same destination shall obtain a right-of-way use permit (limited or extended, as applicable) pursuant to FWRC Title 4, Division II, and be subject to those route restrictions and designations, and other conditions or restrictions promulgated by the public works director as conditions of that permit or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(Ord. No. 11-699, § 1, 9-6-11; Ord. No. 00-365, § 2, 3-7-00; Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.030B), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-184.)
8.40.050 Application to weight rate.
All route limitations imposed by this chapter shall apply to vehicles based upon the vehicle’s weight rate designation, regardless of the actual vehicle weight or load in any given trip, or at any given time.
(Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.040), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-185.)
8.40.060 Penalty for violation.
(1) A violation of this chapter shall be a traffic infraction with a maximum penalty of a fine in the amount of $250.00. Any person charged with this infraction may post bail in this amount, which may be forfeited.
(2) If any person shall fail to respond to a notice of infraction issued pursuant to this chapter, the local court shall impose an additional monetary penalty of $25.00, pursuant to RCW 46.63.110(3).
(Ord. No. 91-103, § 2(10.28.050), 6-18-91. Code 2001 § 15-186.)
Cross reference: Streets generally, FWRC Title 4, Division II.