HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-OR-60 WHEREAS, the streets of the City of jeffersonville are suffering
damage from commercial vehicles, which vehicles' gross weight is
in excess of the weight which the streets were designed to bear;
and
WHEREAS, the sewers of the City of jeffersonville are suffering
damage as a result of the use of the roads and streets under
which they lie by trucks or other commercial vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the residences and businesses along said streets
are suffering damage as a result of the vibrations caused by the
aforementioned trucks or other commercial vehicles.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the
City of jeffersonville as follows:
t. No trucks or other commercial vehicles having a gross
weight in excess of eight (8) tons (16,000 lbs.) shall
be operated by any corporation, partnership, person or
group of persons at any time, except as herein provided,
on the streets, lanes, roads, pikes or portions thereof
as specified in Schedule A attached hereto. This
restriction does not apply to local public passenger
bus operations or school buses.
2. Exception: Vehicles traveling on such streets, lanes,
roads, pikes or portions thereof, for the purpose of
making a delivery or picking up a load in the immediate
vicinity, may travel along those streets, lanes, roads,
pikes or portions thereof, but only for the minimum
distance necessary for those purposes.
3. The City of jeffersonville hereby designates Tenth
Street/State Highway 62 as the proper and accepted route
for all trucks or other commercial vehicles traveling
through the City of jeffersonville.
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This
its approval, signature and
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The Mayor of Jeffersonville, by and through the Board
of Public Works and Safety, is hereby instructed to
designate by appropriate signs the limitation as to the
weight loads allowed on all public streets and to establish
such signs as are necessary to divert trucks or other
commercial vehicles having a gross weight in excess of
eight (8) tons to Tenth Street/State Highway 62. The
operator of any vehicle who is convicted of a violation
of the provisions of this Ordinance, upon conviction,
shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
nor more than Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) for
each violation thereof.
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect following
publication as required by law.
day of ~/~ , 1985.
MAYOR DALE L. OREM
ATTEST:
Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of said
City of Jeffersonville this ~ day of ~). ,
1985.
Approved and signed
D-? , 1985.
by me this ~ day of
MAYOR DALE L. oREM
ATTACHMENT A
Mulberry Street
Court Avenue
Market Street/Utica Pike
Main Street
Meigs Avenue
Pearl Street
Spring Street
Wall Street
Locust Street
Walnut Street
Watt Street
Meigs Avenue
Chestnut Street/Park Place
Penn Street
Clairview Drive
Graham Street
Division Street
Sharron Drive
Jefferson Street
Eighth Street
Plaza Drive
Maple Street