ORDINANCE NO. 844

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE

REDUCING THE PERMISSIBLE VEHICLE WEIGHT

ON MICHIGAN AVENUE BETWEEN CENTER STREET

AND SPRING STREET, HIGHGROVE AREA

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside do ordain as follows:

Section 1. Weight Prohibition

Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 35712, any commercial vehicle exceeding a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 14,000 pounds is prohibited from using Michigan Avenue and adjacent residential streets as shown in the attached diagram (Exhibit A) which includes the following streets:

· Michigan Avenue between Center and Spring Streets

· Connor’s Lane

· Trabert Circle

· Tanner Circle

Section 2. Exemption

Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 35714, this Ordinance does not prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from the designated streets herein when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building structure located in the above designated streets for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure upon the designated streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

Commercial vehicles owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility are exempt from the vehicle weight restriction.

Section 3. Notice

Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 35713, this Ordinance shall not be effective until signs are posted. The Director of Transportation is hereby authorized to post signs indicating that the weight restriction is in effect.

Section 4. Alternate Route

The designated streets are local streets and do not affect through truck traffic. The alternate routes for trucks are Center Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue.

Section 5. Penalty

Violation of this Ordinance shall be an infraction, punishable by a fine of $100 for the first infraction, a fine of $200 for the second infraction, and a fine of $250 for each additional violation of this Ordinance within a period of one year after the second infraction.

Adopted: 844 Item 3.66 of 07/26/2005 per section 3 Ordinance shall not be effective until signs are posted.