Chapter 9.40
THROUGH-HAULING
Sections:
9.40.030 Through-hauling prohibited – Construction and commercial truck – Gross vehicle weight.
9.40.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter shall be to protect and preserve the City’s residential and collector street infrastructure by regulating construction and commercial truck through-hauling as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 18-1028 § 1 (part))
9.40.020 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
A. “Arterial collector street” shall mean any public street identified by the City as an arterial collector street in the City’s Transportation Master Plan.
B. “Construction and commercial truck” shall mean any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds.
C. “Gross vehicle weight rating” shall have the same meaning as set forth in RCW 46.04.1953, as though such section was fully set forth herein, as currently enacted or as hereafter amended or codified.
D. “Residential street” shall mean any public street identified by the City as a residential street in the City’s Transportation Master Plan.
E. “Public Works Director” shall mean the Director of Public Works or designee.
F. “Through-hauling” shall mean vehicle travel on a City arterial collector street or residential street without intending to make preplanned stops on said street for the purpose of delivery, receiving, or exchange of goods, materials or equipment. (Ord. 18-1028 § 1 (part))
9.40.030 Through-hauling prohibited – Construction and commercial truck – Gross vehicle weight.
A. It is a traffic infraction, with a monetary penalty of three hundred dollars ($300.00), including statutory assessments, for any person to drive a construction and commercial truck on a residential street, without intending to make preplanned stops on said residential street for the purpose of delivery, receiving, or exchange of goods, materials or equipment.
B. It is a traffic infraction, with a monetary penalty of three hundred dollars ($300.00) including statutory assessments, for any person to drive a construction and commercial truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of thirty thousand (30,000) pounds or more on an arterial collector street, without intending to make preplanned stops on said arterial collector street for the purpose of delivery, receiving, or exchange of goods, materials or equipment.
C. Violation of subsection (A) or (B) of this section is a traffic infraction, with a monetary penalty of three hundred dollars ($300.00), including statutory assessments; provided, that signage is erected in a conspicuous place at each end of any residential or collector street or the entry to any cul-de-sac, designating that through-hauling is prohibited, subject to the gross vehicle weight provisions established by subsection (A) or (B) of this section. (Ord. 18-1028 § 1 (part))
9.40.040 Exemptions.
A. This chapter shall not apply to persons driving the following:
l. Any vehicle owned, rented, leased, or operated by or on behalf of the United States Government, the State of Washington, or by any county, city, town, school district, port district, transit agency, or other political subdivision of the State of Washington and used exclusively by them.
2. Any bus or vehicle owned, rented, leased, or operated by a private school or schools meeting the requirements of RCW 28A.195.010 and used by that school or schools primarily to transport children to and from school or to transport children in connection with school activities.
3. Any vehicle owned, rented, leased, or operated for the purpose of providing public or private emergency medical services.
4. Any vehicle owned, rented, leased, or operated on behalf of or by any private or public utility.
5. Any vehicle utilized for waste collection, if such vehicle is owned or operated by a “collection contractor” as defined in SMC 7.40.020.
6. Any vehicle in which a permit from the City of SeaTac has been obtained providing an exemption to this chapter. (Ord. 18-1028 § 1 (part))