§ 21-191.1. Truck routes.  


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  • (a)

    Compliance. No person shall knowingly operate a commercial motor vehicle upon any public street within the corporate or territorial limits of the City of Irving other than on a designated truck route, including those designated as "No Trucks," when such operation of the vehicle is not for the purpose of direct delivery or pick-up from a documentable, designated address or location. Deviation from the most direct route to and from a designated address or location that is not on a truck route without evidence of sufficient cause is a violation. Sufficient cause includes a closed street due to an accident, roadwork, or a city or state authorized detour; or vehicle repair or maintenance.

    (b)

    Designated truck routes. The following public streets are designated as truck routes within the corporate or territorial limits of the City of Irving:

    (1)

    State Highway Loop 12 (Walton Walker Boulevard)

    (2)

    State Highway 183

    (3)

    State Highway 635

    (4)

    State Highway 114

    (5)

    State Highway 161

    (6)

    State Highway 356

    (7)

    State Highway 348

    (8)

    Spur 482

    (9)

    Belt Line Road

    (10)

    Second Street

    (c)

    Notice. The city manager or such other person designated by the city manager may erect signs and markings to designate the truck route or "No Trucks" provided in this section. Such signs and markings shall be in accordance with applicable federal law and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

    (d)

    Alternate truck route. When a street designated as a truck route is under repair or otherwise temporarily out of use, the city manager or such other person designated by the city manager is authorized to designate an alternate truck route.

(Ord. No. 2016-9794 , § 1, 4-14-16)