Ordinance 1148 - Prohibiting Trucks from Operating on Certain StreetsP ^
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ORDINANCE NO. 1148�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCES NO. 741 AND 907, (SECTION 17-48.2
KALISPELL CITY CODE) BY PROHIBITING TRUCKS WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
OF OVER 12,000# FROM OPERATING UPON CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY
OF KALISPELL, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That Section 17-48.2 of the Kalispell City Code
Or inances No. 741 and 907) is amended so as to read as
follows:
Trucks prohibited on certain streets.
A) For the purpose of this section a truck is any vehicle
designed or operated for the transportation of property,
and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight
exceed twelve thousand pounds.
B) It shall be unlawful for trucks to be operated over and
along Third Avenue East, and Fourth Avenue East, between
the intersections of such streets with Second Street East,
and Fourtheenth Street East, over and along all of Woodland
Avenue and South Woodland Drive within the city and on East
Oregon Street between Main Street and Seventh Avenue East
North, unless otherwise provided herein.
C) This section shall not prohibit:
(1) The operation of trucks upon such streets where necessary
to conduct business at a destination point thereon within
the city limits; provided, that streets upon which such
traffic is permitted are used until reaching the intersection
nearest the destination point.
(2) The operation of emergency vehicles upon such streets.
(3) The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city,
public utilities, any contractor or material man while engaged
in the repair, maintenance, or construction of streets,
street improvements or utilities within the city.
(4) The operation of unloaded trucks upon such streets
where such trucks are being driven to the owner's or operator's
premises for storage; provided, that streets upon which
such traffic is permitted are used until reaching the inter-
section nearest the destination point.
D) Such streets above described shall be appropriately
designated and marked as prohibiting truck traffic.
SECTION II. Any person who shall knowingly or purposely
violate the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in Section 1-9 of
the Kalispell City Code.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
lays from and after its final passage by the City Council
and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AND APPROVED BY
THE MAYOR THIS 21st DAY OF MAY 1990.
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