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PRESENTED September 26, 1989
ADOPTED September 26, 1989
ORDINANCE NO. 89-0-25
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 10-114 OF THE TOWN CODE TO PERM1T
TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THE ROUTE 7 BYPASS AND THE ROUTE 15
BYPASS
WHEREAS, Section 10-114 of the Town Code prohibits truck traffic on the town streets and
WHEREAS, several exceptions are listed in Section 10-114 so that truck traffic may be permitted
in certain ciro,m~tances or locations; and
WHEREAS, the Route 7 Bypass and Route 15 Bypass are capable of handling vehicles with gross
weight exceeding 10,000 pounds safely and conveniently; and
WHEREAS, the Route 7 Bypass and Route 15 Bypass are not listed as exceptions to the truck
traffic prohibition:
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Town Code shall be amended as follows:
Se~ 10-114. Certain through truck traffic prohibite&
(a) Except as provided below, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a truck or
other vehicle with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 10,000 pounds on any street or
highway within the town.
(b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to the following.
(1) The operation of trucks or vehicles upon any street or highway within the town
where necessary to the conduct of business at a point of destination or origin within
the town;
(2) The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street or highway within the town;
(3) The operation of trucks or vehicles owned or operated by the town, or agents of the
town, public utilities, or trucks owned or operated by the Virginia Department of
Highways and Transportation or its agents;
(4) The operation of trucks or vehicles upon any officially established detour within the
town;
(5) The operation of trucks or vehicles upon the Route 7 Bypass and Route 15 Bypass.
ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 10-114 OF THE TOWN CODE
PASSED this 26thday of September , 1989.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
(~lerk- of-~.oun'cil
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