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ORDINANCE NO.420
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING REGULATION OF TRUCK TRAFFIC;
ESTABLISHING TRUCK LOAD LIMITS; ESTABLISHING TRUCK PERMITS
FOR EXCEEDING LOAD LIMITS
The City Council of the City of Medina ordains as follows:
Section I. Section 415 of the code of ordinances of the city of Medina is amended by
adding the underlined and deleting the stricken language as follows:
415. SEASONAL WEIGHT LIMITS; REGULATION OF TRUCK TRAFFIC
1. Section 415.01. Seasonal Weight Limits; Posting. The Director of Public
Works Superintendent may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any street under the
jurisdiction of the city or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated
upon any city street when, by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or climatic conditions,
such city street may be damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is
prohibited or the permissible weight thereof reduced. Section "' ting of Weight
Limits. The Director of Public Works Superintendent shall cause to be posted on any
such city street appropriate signs designating such restriction.
2.
vehicle restriction shall be liable to the City for the full amount of the damages caused by
such violation. eeetion 4, S 7. Section 415.03. Administrative Regulation of Trucks.
The Director of Public Works Superintendent shall monitor the condition of all
readsstreets under the jurisdiction of the city and the use thereof by vehicles over
90009,000 pounds gross weight, which vehicles are defined as trucks for purposes of this
ordinancesection. Whenever the Director Superintendent determines that the excessive
use of any city feadstreet by trucks has or is likely to endanger public health or safety or
that such use has or may damage or destroy the roadstreet due to any condition, including
but not limited to roadstreet deterioration, rain, snow, climatic conditions, soil or
subsurface conditions, or sight lines, the Director Superintendent may regulate, restrict,
or prohibit truck traffic on the roadstreet. The Direeter Superintendent may set
conditions or limitations on the use of the feadstreet to protect public health and safety or
to prevent damage to the roadstreet, including requiring that a letter of credit or other
financial guarantee be posted to compensate the city for damage to the feadstreet,
establishing haul routes and restricting hours of operation. Any person aggrieved by a
decision of the Director of Public Works Superintendent regarding regulation of truck
traffic under this section may appeal that decision to the city council. The city council
may continue, modify or terminate the regulations as it deems appropriate in order to
protect public health and safety and to prevent or minimize damage to city readsstreets.
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3. Section 415.05. Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 168, 169 and 171 Adopted by
Reference. Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, the regulatory and procedural
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 168, Chapter 169 (commonly referred to as the
Traffic Regulation Act) and Chapter 171, as amended through Laws of 2006, are hereby
incorporated herein and adopted by reference, including the penalty provisions thereof.
4. Section 415.07. Truck Traffic. The city council finds that certain streets within
the city receive excessive wear and damage as a result of heavy truck traffic. The council
also finds there is an increased danger to children and other citizens as a result of heavy
truck traffic over certain city streets and that truck traffic can reasonably be prohibited on
certain streets to eliminate a majority of the safety and property damage concerns.
5. Section 415.09. Reeulation-of-Trueks-hv-Git-he-eit-y-c-elineil-may
prohibit or restrict the use of any road under thc jurisdiction of thc city by trucks. The
city council may prohibit or restrict trucks on its own initiative, upon recommendation by
the Director of Public Works, or upon receipt of
35 percent in frontage of the real property abutting the road.Desi2nation of Truck
Routes. a) The city council is hereby authorized to prohibit truck traffic on certain
routes within the city. Such designation shall be by city council resolution. The city
council shall take action to prohibit or restrict trucks only after a hearing following notice
to the e fall port., likely to be aff cted by s ,ch , R,.l.,t;on I., ,atop. ini g
whether to prohibit or restrict the use of any road by trucksalso cause the truck route
designation resolution to be published and shall clearly mark the prohibited streets with
appropriate signs.
b) In designating which streets may not be used by trucks prior to adoption of the
designation resolution or when amending the same from time to time, the city council
shall consider the following factors:
(al) the design capacity of the roadstreet;
(b2) the designation of the roadstreet in the transportation plan element
of the city's comprehensive plan;
(e3) the land uses of the properties abutting the readstreet, including the
number of residential uses;
014) the number of persons likely to be affected;
(e5) the effect on traffic on other readsstreets within the community;
(f6) the nature and degree of the threat to public health and safety;
(g7) the availability of alternative methods of addressing the problem;
and
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(h8) any other factors which the city council deems important.
If the city council determines to prohibit or restrict trucks, it may do so for a specific
period of time or until specified conditions occur or are abated. The Director of Public
Works Superintendent shall cause signs to be placed on any roadstreet so restricted so
that the regulation may reasonably be determined by reading such sign.
6. Section 415.011. Trucks Subject to Designated Route. All trucks that are
licensed for a gross vehicle weight in excess of thirty-five thousand pounds (35,000 lbs.)
shall be subject to this ordinance.
7. Section 415.11415.013. Exceptions. Section /115.09415.11 shall not apply to the
following:
(a) school buses;
(b) emergency vehicles;
(c) vehicles serving residential properties or such streetgarbage or recycling
vehicles while on their collection routes;
(d) municipal or utility maintenance vehicles while engaged in constructing,
maintaining or repairing streets or utilities; and
(e) agricultural equipment servicing property on that street.
8. Section 415.15 Permit to Exceed Weight Limit.
Subd. 1. Application. The city administrator may, upon application, issue a
permit for use of the streets within the city by vehicles having a licensed gross weight in
excess of 35,000 pounds if travel on a non -truck route is reasonably required in order to
accomplish a local pick up or delivery to a property located on a street from which trucks
are otherwise prohibited. The permit shall be issued only after approval by the city
administrator of the route to be traveled. The permit shall be issued upon the conditions
that the applicant assumes all responsibility for damages caused to any street by such
excess load and agrees to reimburse the city for all reasonable and necessary expenditures
to repair and replace the street to its former condition. The permit shall be valid only
over such non -truck street or segment thereof as is reasonably necessary to travel to and
from a designated truck route and the point of pick up or delivery.
Subd. 2. Fee. The fee for the issuance of the permit shall be as specified in the
city's fee ordinance.
10. Section 44415.19 Violations and Liability for Damages. a) Any person
violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each such violation. In
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addition to the driver or operator, the owner of any truck being operated with his
permission and consent shall be liable for any violation of this ordinance.
b) Any person who violates a posted load or vehicle restriction shall be liable to
the city for the full amount of the damages caused by such violation.
Section II. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption by the city council and
publication in the city's official newspaper.
Adopted by the Medina city council on the 20`h d of February, 2007.
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Carolyn A($mith, Acting Mayor
ATTEST:
Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk
Published in the Crow River News this 26th day of February, 2007.
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