HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 40-87 Comm Vehicle Resid ORDINANCE NO. 40 -87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
PROHIBITING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
FROM RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
Section 1. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PROHIBITED IN RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
No person shall operate any commercial vehicle, as said term is defined in the
California Vehicle Code, having a gross weight, including load, in excess of three
tons on any street within any repidence district, as said term is defined in the
California Vehicle Code, in the City, provided signs are in place at City entrances
giving notice of this prohibition.
Section 2. EXCEPTION - PICKUPS AND DELIVERIES.
Section 1 shall, not prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted
street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when
necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and
merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or
for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide
repair, alteration, rmodeltng, or construction of any building or structure upon the
restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained. "Direct
route," as used in this section, means the most feasible route from the c].osest
unrestricted street consistent with the intent to limit the use of streets in the
residence districts of the Cit~ by commercial vehicles.
Section 3. EXCEPTIONS - MISCELLANEOUS.
The prohibition contained in Section 1 shall not apply to the following types of
vehicles:
(a) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities
Commission;
(b) Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the
construction, installation, or repair of any public utility;
(c) School buses while carrying students to and from school;
(d) Motor vehicles designed by the manufacturer for the transportation and
collection of garbage, rubbish, or refuse, and which are used regularly
for such collection and transportation by any person any governmental
entity engaged in the business of or in providing the service of
collecting, transporting, and disposing of garbage, rubbish, or refuse.
Section 4. POSTING OF ORDINANCE.
The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in
at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section
36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 24th day
of August, 1987.
AYES:
NOES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Moffatt, Snyder, Vonheeder
and Mayor Jeffery
None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk