Clearly this ordinance needs to be enforced. When you see a Hummer driving down a non truck route, call 911 and report a crime in progress.
Terrell Brown Loring Park --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 5, 2004, at 8:13 AM, Charles Gimon wrote > > > My question is: does this mean that SUVs have been illegal > > to drive on Minneapolis residential streets all along? > > Is this ordinance in effect, or does Slate have it wrong? > > If the ordinance is valid, how has enforcement of this > > been approached, if at all? > > Here's the ordinance. Looks bad for SUV-ers, but you tell me. (Note: > one pertinent section is between asterisks. Let's hope it's the > longest > run-on sentence in city code, but probably not.) > > 474.790. Definition. As used in this article, the word "truck" shall > include > trucks, trailers and semitrailers. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 441.010) > > ...474.810. Marking of routes. Truck routes shall be identified by > appropriate > signs erected and maintained by the city engineer. Further, the city > engineer shall post at the city limits, upon all main traffic routes > entering the city, signs notifying users of highways that trucks are > only > permitted to be driven on marked truck routes. (Code 1960, As Amend., > � > 441.030) > > 474.820. Duty to use routes. ***When any such truck route has been > established > and identified, any person driving a truck having a gross weight of > three > (3) tons or more shall drive such truck on such route or routes and > none > other, except when it is impracticable to do so or where necessary to > traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose > of > loading or unloading commodities or for the purpose of towing a > disabled or > damaged motor vehicle to or from public or private property, and then > > only > by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably > necessary.*** A > truck arriving at the end of any designated truck route may be driven > > over > the most direct course to the nearest truck route which extends in > the > same > general direction. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 414.020) > > 474.830. Permits for use of other routes. The city engineer shall > have > the > authority, for cause or upon request, to issue temporary permits for > trucks > to operate over routes not established as truck routes by the city > council, > or to otherwise deviate from the provisions of the traffic code. Such > > action > by the city engineer shall be subject to review and modification, or > cancellation, by the city council. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 414.030) > > 474.840. Vehicles excepted. The provisions of this article shall not > apply > to emergency vehicles of the police department, fire department or > health > department, nor to any public utility vehicles where actually engaged > > in the > performance of emergency duties necessary to be performed by said > public > departments or public utilities, nor to any vehicle owned by or > performing > work for the United States of America, the State of Minnesota, the > University of Minnesota, or the City of Minneapolis. (Code 1960, As > Amend., > � 441.080) > > 474.850. Conflict with other provisions. No designation of a "truck > route" > which consists in whole or in part of any state trunk highway, > federal > highway or parkway shall be construed as permitting use of said route > in > violation of any order or rule of the commissioner of highways or any > ordinance or rule of the park board. Further, no designation of any > "truck > route" shall be construed to permit violation of any state law or > provision > of this Code regulating the size, weight, capacity, height, length or > > speed > of trucks or other vehicles. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 441.040) > > 474.860. Trucks following each other. The driver of any truck or > truck-tractor when traveling upon a highway outside of the congested > zone > shall not follow another truck or truck-tractor within one hundred > (100) > feet, but this shall not be construed to prevent one truck or tractor > overtaking and passing another. 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