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ORDIATAI7CE NO. 1083
Ail ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIt^Y OF LYN{VOOD
ADDING SECTION 8-28 AND AMENDING SECTION 19-73 TO THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF LYN{i'OOD RELATING TO OVER{;'EIGHT
AND OVERSIZE VEHICLES
The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 8-28 of the Code of the City of Lynwood hereby
is added to read as follows:
Sec. 8-28. Building Official Defined
Any provisions of this code to the contrary not with-
standing the term "Building Official" as used in this
Article shall refer to the person or persons designated
by the City manager to perform the duties assigned
to the Building Official pursuant to this article.
Section 2. Section 19-73 of the Code of tt:e City of Lynwood hereby
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19-73. Restrictions on L'se of Streets by Over-
weight and Oversize Vehicles
(a) {Vhenever any provision of this Code or other
ordinance or resolution of the City designates and
describes any street or portion thereof as a street
the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding
a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons, the
city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate
such street by appropriate signs as "truck traffic
routes" for the movement of vehicles exceeding a
maximum gross weight limit of three (3) TOP7S.
(b) {9hen any truck traffic route is established
pursuant to subsection (a) and designated by appro-
priate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a
maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons shall
drive, stand or park on such routes and none other;
however, nothing in this section shall prohibit the
operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross
weight of three (3) tons coming from a "truck traffic
route" from having ingress and e;;rc_:; by direct route
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to and from restricted streets when necessary for the
purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods,
wares and merchandise from or to any building or
structure located on such restricted streets or for
the purpose of delivering materials to be used in
actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling
or construction of any building or structure upon such
restricted streets for which a building permit has
previously been obtained therefor. The pro visions
of this section shall not apply to passenger buses
under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission,
or to any vehicle owned by a utility service while
necessarily in use in the construction, installation
or repair of any utility,
(c) Certa=Vehicle Code Sections App]icable
applicable provisions of Division 15 The
Code of of the Vehicle
the State of California shall constitute the
regulations of the City relative to the size and weight
of vehicle loads, together wit'r; suci~ additional provisions
and requirements as are specifically contained in this
part.
(d) Special Pe_ m_ts
- The City hfanager or his designate
shall be responsible for the issuance of special
for loads permits ~
exceeding the maximum sizes and ~
specified in Division 1 /or weights
5 of the Vehicle ~
of California Code, State r
and for administering the rules and ttI
regulations pertaining thereto; except that the Super-
intendent of Building and Safety shall be responsible
for issuance of special permits as ~
conjunction with house movin may be necessary in ~
g permits issued b
Building and Safet Y the
Y Department under
Chapter 8, Article II provisions of ~
of this Code, r
(e) Applications for Permits ~
- All persons, firms or
agencies desirin !
g to move any load across or upon streets
and highways within the City, which load exceeds any ~
of the limitations imposed by Division 15 of the Vehicle f
Code, State of California
shall apply to and first {~
receive a special permit from the individual (s) desig- ~
Hated (M
by the City.Afanager to authorize said move,
Said special permit shall specify the streets
which the move is authorized a upon
nd the date and time of ~
the move, A charge for issuing said permit as estab-
lished by the City !.tanager shall
cant be Paid by the ~
prior to issuance of said apPli-
permit.
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(f) Liability for Damage to Public Streets - Any person,
firm or agency granted a special
in Section E hereof, shall be liablemfor allpdamages
to any street, highway, bridge, or appurtenances thereto,
including but not limited to, guard rails, signs, traffic
signals, street lights, street trees and similar faci-
lities, resulting from the operation, driving or moving
of any vehicle which exceeds any of the limitations
imposed by Division 15 of the Vehicle Code, State of
California. The permittee shall hold the City harm_
less from any liability occasioned by or resulting from
operations under such special permit.
(g) Cost of jNork to Insure Safe Passage - If in the
judgment of the City Manager or his designate, it is
determined necessary to strengthen any structure over
which an overload must pass, or to perform any other work
in order to insure the safe passage of the load upon
City streets, the permittee will be required to pay the
full cost of such work in advance. Permittee will
also be required to pay the City in advance for any
cost necessitated by the temporary relocation of traffic
signals, street lights or other appurtenances in order
to permit the safe passage of the loaded vehicle,
Section 3. Sever_ ability
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other
persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any per-
son or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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First read at a reaular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 6th
day of November 1g79 and finally adopted
and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the 20th day of November
1979,
AYES: COUNCILMEN: BYORK, GREEN, HIGGINS, ROWS, MORRIS.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE.
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ATTEST;
LAURENE COFFEY, City Clerk
City of Lynwood
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STA'PE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY )
OF LOS ANGELES ~ ss.
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
L,Vnwood, and ex-officio
clerk of the Council of said City,
do hereb,Y cer'tif'y ghat 'the
above is a true and ecrrect
copy of Ordinance Noo 1083
the City of L ~"'-'-- adopted b,Y the City Council of
ynwood, and that 'the same
date and b~ was passed on the
,~ the vote therein stated,
Dated -this 26thdaV of November
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Clty Clerk,'Ciby of
Lynv/ood
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