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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - November 18, 1987 (63)Continued November 18, 1987 CITr COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 18, 1987 ORDINANCE REGULATING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE (RAVEL AND PARKING INTRODUCED ORDINANCE NO. 1410 Council was reminded that, at its October 2I, 1987 meeting, the City Council introduced the new Traffic Ordinance CC -45'(a) excluding the section on regulation of commercial CC -48(a) vehicles. Staff was directed to return with an ordinance covering commercial vehicles but not to include establishment of truck. routes. The proposed ordinance includes the following sections: 10.52.010 - Allows establishment of prohibitions of commercial vehicles and/or vehicle weight limits. This is essentially the same as the old City Cede except the actual streets would be named in the Traffic Resolution after a public hearing. 10.52.020 - Allows posting of signs on streets accessible to STAA (extra -length) trucks. The actual streets would be named in the Traffic Resolution. 10.52.030 - Requires vehicles to comply with signed restrictions. '^ 52 040 - Allows Public Works Director to issue special permits. These include STAR trucks on streets not signed, house moving, other large loads, etc. 10.52.050 - Prohibits commercial vehicles over five tons from parking in front of residential uses. 10.52.060 - Prohibits parking of detached trailers except for loading/unloading and certain circumstances; does not apply to small (utility) trailers or travel trailers. 10.52.070 - Exempts certain vehicles per the Vehicle Code. The portion of the Traffic Resolution covering commercial vehicles was presented for Council review. This would be adopted at a later meeting when the Ordinance becomes effec'ive. Section 8A lists the existing weight limits as signed in the City. Because of the questions regarding environmental impacts and the Council's decision to pursue an environmental impact report on trucV routes, it is recommended no additional weight limits L)e considered at this time. a.U����iiucu �xU YCtttUC(- i0, a�0! w! i h2 have been checked and approved for STAA truck turns. Other intersections that were checked and not approved are: Turner Road @ Lower Sacramento Road (North) Stockton Street Highway 99 Ramps (per Caltrans) Cluff Avenue Lockeford Street @ Stockton Street Cherokee Lane Beckman Road Cluff Avenue Victor Road @ Cluff Avenue Pine Street @ Cherokee Lane Beckman Road Cluff Avenue Lodi Avenue @ Beckman Road Harney Lane @ Highway 99 Ramps (per. Caltrans) Signing of the routes will be with the blue on white truck (symbol only) sign with directional arrows as appropriate. There are no words indicating "Truck Route". Placements near Highways 99 and 12 will be coordinated with Caltrans. Access off the signed streets would be by permit. Since the General Mills `driveway on Turner Road at Lower Sacramento Road is accessible, we would issue a blanket permit. The permit will state that STAA trucks are allowed on the section of Turner Road west of their driveway. Other requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Following discussion with questions being directed to Staff, Council, on motion of Council Member Pinkerton, Snider second, introduced Ordinance No. 1410, entitled, "An Ordinance of the Lodi City Council Adding Chapter 10.52, Sections 10.52.010 Through 10.52.070, to the Lodi Municipal Code, Regulating Vehicles and Traffic Upon the Streets Within the City of Lodi. The motion carried by unanimous vote of the Council. During the discussion, Mr. Lawrence Fowler, 927 Parkv-?ew, Lodi posed questions regarding the zoning around !_odi Lake Park and the parking of trucks in the subje,.:t area. Council asked that the matter be researched and a report be given to the Council regarding the matter. ;� • �` i 7' V n r i �.' v�` PUBLIC WOF DEPARTMENT TO: City Council FROM: City Manager MEETING DATE: November 18, 1987 AGENDA TITLE: Introduction of Ordinance Regulating Commercial Vehicle Travel and Parking RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the attached Chapter 10.52 regulating commercial vehicle travel and parking be added to the Lodi Municipal Code. BACKGROUND INFORKATION: At its October 21, 1987 meeting, the City Council introduce the new raffic Ordinance excluding the action on regulation of commercial vehicles. Staff was directed to return with an ordinance covering commercial vehicles but not to include establishment of truck routes. The attached ordinance includes the followins sections: 10.52.010 - Allows establishment of prohibitions of commercial vehicles and/or vehicle weight limits. This is essentially the same as the old City Code except the actual streets would be named in the Traffic Resolution after a public hearing. 10.52.020 - Allows posting of signs on streets accessible to STAA (extra - length) trucks. The actual streets would be named in the Traffic Resolution. 10.52.030 - Requires vehicles to comply with signed restrictions. 10.52.040 - Allows Public Works Director to issue special permits. These include STAA tr6cks on streets not signed, house moving, other large loads, etc. 10.52.050 - Prohibits commercial vehicles over five tons from parking in front of residential uses. 10.52.060 - Prohibits park-ag of detached trailers except for loading/unloading and certain circumstances; does not apply to small (utility) trailers or travel trailers. 10.52.070 - Exempts certain vehicles per the Vehicle Code. APPROVED: IH MPS r.. iFTt—RS N , City Manaqer FILE NO. CTRAFFI7/TXTW.02M November 9, 1987 City Council November 18, 1987 Page 2 The portion.of the Traffic Resolution, covering commercial vehicles is also attached. This would be adopted at a later meeting when the Ordinance becomes effective. Section 8A lists the existing weight limits as signed in the City. Because of the questions regarding environmental impacts and the Council's decision to pursue an environmental impact report on truck routes, it is recommended no additional weight limits be considered at this time. Section 8B lists the streets at which the intersections have been checked and approved for STAA truck turns. Other intersections that were checked and not approved are: Turner Road @ tower Sacramento Road (North) Stockton Street Highway 99 Ramps (per Caltrans) Cluff Avenue Lockeford Street @ Stockton Street Cherokee Lane Beckman Road Cluff Avenue al Victor Road @ Cluff Avenue Pine Street @ Cherokee Lane Beckman Road Cluff Avenue Lodi Avenue @ Beckman Road Harney Lane @ Highway 99 Ramps (per Caltrans) Signing of the routes will be with the blue on white truck (symbol only) sign with directional arrows as appropriate. There are no words indicating "Truck Rot;te". Placements near Highways 99 and 12 will be coordinated with Caltrans. Ac-pcs teff the signed streets would be by permit. Since the General Mills driveway on Turner Road at Lower Sacramento Road is accessible, we would issue a blanket permit. The permit will state that STAA trucks are allowed on the section of Turner Road west of their driveway. Other requests will be handled fatty a case-by-case basis. L. Ronsko is Works Director P/ma Attachments CTRAFFI7/TXTW.02M November 9, 1987 iJ ORDINANCE NO. 1410 A" ORDINANCE OF TF ! UCI CITY COUP.CiL 'DD NG CHP,?TE? IC.F2, SECTIOidS I` 010 THhOUI' _-.___.:'u O THE LOD: M11NICIPA ;0E kEGi1LATIiiC1 L' -,IC EE ANC —�� *r n ; J' 7 CTDCr'-7- "-T{ I Y !ElE C TZ hn P ' i Y t J BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI AS FOLLOWS: SECTI01l 1 There is hereby added to the Lodi Municipal Code, Title 10, a new Chapter 10.52 regulating commercial vehicle travel and parking upon the streets, sidewalks, and other public and private places within the City of Lodi, as follows: Chapter 10.52 REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRAVEL AND PARKING Section 10.52.010 - Vehicle Weight Limits in City Streets Whenever the Traffic Resolution of this City designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street, the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle and/or by any vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight as is therein specified, the Public Works Director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected. No vehicle weight limit or restriction shall be established under this section without a public hearing. (VC 21101; Section 10.52.020 - Vehicle STP Limits in City Streets Whenever the Traffic Resolution of this City uesignates and describes any street or portion therccf as a street, the use of which is permitted by vehicles within the length ;imitations described in Section 35401.5 of the Vehicl` "ode, the Public Works Director is hereby- authorized. designate such street by appropriate signs as a route for the movement of such vehicles. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, streets or portions of streets are hereby declared to be routes for the movement of vehicles within the maximum lengths allowed by Section 35401.5 of the Vehicle Code. (VC 3540:.5) Section 10.52.030 - Route Res`rict;ors A. When any commercial vehicle and/or maximum gross weight limit restrictions are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle not in compliance with the specified restrictions shall not drive on such street except as otherwise provided by City ordinance or in the Vehicle Code. (VC 21101) B. Nothing in this ordinance shall prohibit any vehicle exceeding the limits established under Section 13.0 of this ordinance coming from art unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pick-ups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpcse of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona -fide repair, W a 1 terat i such res r tricc,:. :r,. , ,;r cr. , - te� stree• . obtained t*:c;r:-cr• r W LCon . - ._ .. ...•ter C. lOen any truck jpn,r`i; Ord i rance a;ic de vehicle not in compliance aritl r,.. routes and none other except in the Vehicle Code. (VC 35401 Section 10.52.040 - Permits The Public Works Director may ;ssue permits it applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code for the c^era r ;��,cteS exceeding the weight/length limitations imposed by this crcirar arc the Vehicle Code. (VC 35401.5, 35780 et seq.) ~ Section 10.52.050 - Parking Restrictions It is unlawful to park a commercial vehicle exceeding a maxiTum cross weight of five tons on any street in a residential district. For the purposes of this section, "residential district" is defined as residentially zoned areas designated by the City Zoning Code (any "R-" district) and includes schools, parks, playgrounds, community centers, churches, museums, golf courses (excluding miniature golf courses) and similar recreational uses of a noncommercial nature, and public utility service buildings where they are located in a residential district. This section shall not prohibit parking of commercial vehicles in the process of being loaded or unloaded. Section 10.52.060 - Parking of Trailers Prohibited No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any trailer or semitrailer shall park such trailer or semitrailer upon any street, alley, public way or public place, unless such trailer or semitrailer, at all such times it is to parked, is attached to a motor vehicle capable of providing the motive power for moving the trailer or semitrailer upon the street, alley, public way or public place. This section shall not prohibit the parking of a trailer or semitrailer in the process of being loaded or unloaded, nor of a trailer or semitrailer which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it requires some vehicle or facility other than its normal means of motivation to move the same along said street, alley, public way or public place; provided, however, such trailer or semitrailer so disabled may remain so parked while unattached to the motor vehicle described in this section only for the time necessary for the vehicle or facility to be provided for its removal, and in no event longer than two hours. This section shall not apply to utility trailers or trailer coaches (travel trailers) as defined in the Vehicle Code. Section 10.52.070 - Bus and utility Vehicles The provisions of this article shall nct apply to school buses and buses under the jurisdiction of the Public utilities Commission, or to any vehicle owned by a public utility or licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or rr air of any public utility. (VC 22512, 35704). SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 3. This ord4nance shall be published one time in the "Lodi News Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and n after its passage and approval. Approved this 2nd day of December. 1987 Evelyn M. (�fson Mayor Attest: � Am6cAliceMRhe City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss. I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1410 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held November 18, 1987 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held December 2, 1987 by the following vote: Ayes: Council Members - Hinchman, Pinkerton, Reid, Snider and Olson (Mayor) Noes: Council. Members - None Absent: Council Members - None Abstain: Council Members - None I further certify that Ordinance No. 1410 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. �0� Alice M. keimche City Clerk Approved as to ✓" Ronald M. Stein City Attorney rVrrn1.T rnnu LAL Lr%r f f nWi TRAFFiv RESOLUTION Section 8 - Weight Limit/Commercial Vehicle Restrictions A. The streets or portions of streets listed below are hereby defined and established as streets of which the use by commercial vehicles and/or vehicles exceeding the maximum gross weight specified is prohibited and shall be governed by the provision,; of the Traffic Ordinance. 1. Commercial vehicles over three tons prohibited: Holly drive 2. Vehicles over five tons prohibited: Murray Street Tokay Street from Stockton Street ;o Cherokee Lane B. The streets or portions of streets listed below are hereby defined and established as routes for vehicles within the length limitations described in Section 35401.5 of the Vehicle Code and shall be governed by the provisions of the Traffic Ordinance. Beckman Road south of Victor Road Cherokee Lane north of Highway 99 ramps at Century Boulevard Hutchins Street south of Kettleman Lane Kettleman Lane Lower Sacramento Road south of Turner Road Stockton Street Turner Road west of Lower Sacramento Road (S) Victor Road