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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR LARGE TRUCKS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby revising a chapter in the Central Point Municipal Code,
Chapter 10. 16, is revised to read as follows:
Chapter 10.16
TRUCKS
Sections:
10.16.010 Purpose and definitions.
10. 16.020 Truck traffic and prohibitions.
10.16.025 Truck parking prohibitions.
10.16.030 Special permits.
10. 16.040 Immobilizing or towing of vehicles.
10. 16.050 De -immobilizing prohibited.
10. 16.060 Immobilizer fees.
10.16.010 Purpose and definitions. The purpose of the within chapter shall be to
prevent damage to the city's roads, streets and alleys and to reduce traffic hazards. As used in
this chapter, "a vehicle having a gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds"
means a motor vehicle and/or truck trailer of that capacity, whether it in fact is loaded or
unloaded, or weighs in excess of twenty -thousand pounds at the time in question. The gross
vehicle weight designated on the exterior of any vehicle shall be prima facie evidence of its
gross vehicle weight.
10. 16.020 Truck traffic and varkangprohibitions. A. It is unlawful to drive or- par- lc any
vehicle having a gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds upon any public
street within the city, with the following exceptions:
1. Highway 99, and East Pine Street within the city, Hamrick Road within the
City, West Pine Street, Freeman Road, Hopkins Road between Freeman Rd. and
Bursell Rd, Peninger Road south of E. Pine Street, and Ice Cream Drive or any other
street within the city over which jurisdictional control is exercised by the Oregon State
Highway Transportation Commission or Jackson County;
2. Haskell Street within the city, between the hours of five a.m. and seven p.m.;
3. All service and delivery vehicles on bona fide delivery or service trips on the
most convenient and direct route within the city;
4. Trucks awaiting repair or being repaired, while parked in the immediate
vicinity of the repair business, and trucks temporarily parked while the drivers are
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obtaining documentation relating to loads or insurance, when said activities occur
within a commercial zoning district within the city;
5. Upon special permit issued by the chief of police pursuant to Section
10. 16.030 of this chapter.
B. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the general penalty;
however, in no event shall such violation be punished with less than a seventy -five -dollar fine,
no part of which may be suspended.
10.16.025 Truck narking prohibitions. A. It is unlawful to park any vehicle having a
gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds upon any public street within the
city, with the following exceptions:
1. Any other street within the city over which jurisdictional control is exercised
by the Oregon State Transportation Commission;
2. Haskell Street within the city, between the hours of five a.m. and seven
P.m.;
3. All service and delivery vehicles on bona fide delivery or service trips on the
most convenient and direct route within the city,
4. Trucks awaiting repair or being repaired, while parked in the immediate
vicinity of the repair business, and trucks temporarily parked while the drivers are
obtaining documentation relating to loads or insurance, when said activities occur
within a commercial zoning district within the city;
S. Upon special permit issued by the chief of police pursuant to Section
10.16.030 of this chapter.
B. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the general penalty;
however, in no event shall such violation be punished with less than a seventy -five -dollar
fine, no part of which may be suspended.
10.16.030 Special permits. The chief of police may issue special permits for vehicles
having a gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds upon application and upon
determination by the chief of police that said special trip shall not unduly hinder traffic or
endanger the safety of persons or property, including city improvements. Applications for such
special trip permits shall be on forms to be furnished by the city, specifying the reason for the
permit request, and said permit shall be issued for a prescribed number of trips for periods not
to exceed thirty days. The fee for the issuance of such a special trip permit shall be thirty
dollars.
10. 16.040 Immobilizing or towing of vehicles. A. Whenever a vehicle has been parked
or operated in violation of Section 10. 16.020 of this chapter, any police officer of the city may
either immobilize such vehicle or cause such vehicle to be towed and impounded.
B. If a vehicle is so immobilized, the police officer who immobilized the vehicle shall
conspicuously affix to the vehicle a written notice on a form provided by the municipal court,
advising the owner, driver, or person in charge of the vehicle that it has been immobilized by
the city pursuant to this section and that release of the vehicle may be obtained by posting bail
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on the violation. Unless release of the vehicle is arranged by five p.m. of the following day, the
vehicle may be removed at the direction of the police department and impounded.
10.16.050 De -immobilizing_ prohibited. A. No person other than a city police officer
may de -immobilize or attempt to de -immobilize the vehicle, or move or attempt to move the
vehicle, before it is released by a city police officer in accordance with this section. Violation
of this subsection constitutes a violation punishable by the general penalty.
B. A vehicle shall be released when the registered owner, operator, or person in charge
of the vehicle posts bail on the violation and pays the fifteen -dollar immobilizer fee described
below.
10. 16.060 Immobilizer fees. When a vehicle is immobilized in accordance with Section
10.16.040, a fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged by the police department or municipal court,
in addition to the bail on the violation. The fifteen -dollar fee and the bail shall be paid in cash
before the vehicle is released.
Passed by the City Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 1 i day of
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CA p , 2007
Mayor Hank Williams
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City Recorder
Approved by me this � day of L`j�-� , 2007
Mayor Hank Williams
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