62-84 Amend 339.02 (a) Traffic - overweight vehicles

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ORDINANCE NO. 62-84 BY: Placed on First Reading June 4, 1984 Placed on Second Reading June 18, 1984 Brown' Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend paragraph (a) of Section 339.02 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to further restrict the use of residential streets by overweight vehicles. WHEREAS, an increasing number of complaints are being received from residents regarding the unnecessary use of residential streets by vehicles weigh- ing in excess of six tons which would by reason thereof be prohibited from using such streets, and WHEREAS, this Council recognizes that the limited use of such side streets by overweight trucks should be permitted for necessary delivery in a rea- so,able regulated manner, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public safety and welfare; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:- Section 1. That paragraph (a) of Section 339.02 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, now reading as follows: 339.02 CERTAIN STREETS RESTRICTED; SIGNS; PERMITS; BONDS. (a) Except for necessary delivery of materials or supplies to premises ~butting any such streets, in which case the vehicle will proceed by a route which will follow to or from the nearest intersection of the following specially named streets, no vehicle or.vehicles with trail- er or trailers, each or either unit of which weighs in excess of six tons, including the weight of the unit, shall be propelled or driven upon or over any street in the City, excepting Highland Avenue from Clifton Boulevard to Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Bridge Approach; Madison Avenue; Warren Road from Detroit Avenue to Franklin Boule- vard; and Berea Road from Highland Avenue to Fischer Road. The Mayor as Director of Public Safety is authorized to place signs stating that no such vehicle or unit in excess of six tons in weight as herein provided is allowed to be propelled or driven over the streets within the City, excepting the streets herein named. However, the provi- sions of this subsection shall not apply to vans of moving and storage companies engaged in the business or moving household furniture and appliances over the following streets: Bunts Road; Warren Road southerly from Franklin Boulevard to the City limits; Riverside Drive and Hilliard Road; Lakewood Heights Boulevard from Warren Road to Alger Road. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 339.02 CERTAIN STREETS RESTRICTED; SIGNS; PERMIT; BONDS. (a)(1) No vehicle or vehicle with trailer or trail- ers, each or either unit of which weighs in excess of six tons, including the weight of the unit, shall be propelled or driven upon or over any street in the City except West ll7th Street from Clifton Boulevard to Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Bridge Approach; Madison Avenue; Warren Road from Detroit Avenue to Franklin Boulevard; and Berea from West llTth Street to Fischer Road, except for the necessary delivery of-materials and/or supplies to premises abutting any such streets, in which case the vehicle will proceed by a routq which will follow to or from the nearest intersection of the aforementioned specially named streets and shall exit the street of delivery from the point of entry.