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231563 Orl¢�nal to City Cleriq' , � : • ��4 =��`� " � ., ORDINANCE � �3��, � r-.� � � r�' ' . L r COUNCIL FILE NO ' r �. ^ PRESENTED BY � �.��Q ORDINANCE NO I � � al► � An ordinance amending Chapter 125 0� the Legislative Code pe'rtain- � ing to truck routes. - �he Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain: 4 Section 1 . That Chapter 125 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be � . �` a'nd the same hereby is repealed, and the following new language be in- serted in li,eu and in. place thereof: � "125.01 . Definitions. The following words and ph'6ses, when used � � in this chapter shall , for the purpose of this chapter, have the � � meaning respectively ascribed to them herein: � h; � (1) Commercial vehicle. Every self-propelled motor vehicle E `� other than a passenger vehicle or a vehicle used for the � purpose of transporting passengers for hire, and shall in- � clude any truck, truck tractor or road tractor or combination C . of truck or road tractor and trailer or semi-trailer designed � primarily for carrying commodities other than people, whether - - • laden or unladen. � (2) Passenger automobile. Passenger automobile means any ! motor vehicle designed and used for the carrying of not more i than eight persons, including vehicles known as station �vagons, � but excluding motorcycles. '� " � � (3) Gross weight and gross vehicle weight shall mean the actual C - unloaded weight of the vehicle, either a single unit truck or � tractor-trailer combination, plus the weight of the maximum � load for which such vehicle is actually or fully loaded. Any commercial vehicle operated or driven in the City of Saint Paul on streets other than state trunk highways or commercial vehi- t _ cle routes shall bave stenciled in a conspicuous place on each side of the cab of the vehicle the gross weight of the vehicle � or combined vehicles as herein defined.°C < . l . "125.02. Routes Established. For the purpose of defining, regu- i lat,.in�, and restraining the movement of commercial vehicles through- t �-� � out the City of Saint Paul , and the regulating and restricting of � ' � the use of the streets, public thoroughfares, highways, and places ( ' ' by such vehicles, the Council shall lay out and define certain dis- ; � tricts and routes in which and over wh�Fch all commercial vehicles may use said streets and routes and prohibiting or restricting the use of other streets by commercial �vehicles. The truck�routes established by the City Council as of , `I � January �3� 1967 are continued in effect and the Council may add ; _ to or modify the said routes by appropriate ordinan�from time to ; time, which ordinances shall not be deemed part of the City Legis- ' ' f l�tive Code. There shall be maintained in the Traffic Engineer's ' • Office, the City Clerk's Office, the Traffic Violation Bureau and � the Traffic Division of the Police Department, at all times, a com- ' plete. listing of all such truck routes, which said listing is hereb � - incorporated in this code the same as if fully set forth herein. u � Yeas Councilmen Nays Paased by the Council � `� Carlson Dalgliah Tn Favor ` Holland f � Meredith Against � �� Peterson Tedesco • , Mr. President (Byrne) ' Approved: ! Attest: , � I City Clerk ?aY � � � � �� Form approved Corporation Counsel B i � . � , � ' Orl¢inal to Cit�Cle� „ � � � r\ � h �f� �" .� ORDINANCE �a��M�� COUNCIL FILE NO ��' 4 � PRESENTED BY ORDINANCE NO � J� ' -�=� MI� page 2 � Said truck routes shall be identified by appropriate signs erected � . and maintained by the Traf�ic Engineer's Office upon all main traf- � fic routes entering the City, notifying users of highways that � commercial vehicles are only permitted on marked truck routes and ' upon all such other streets or highways that the City Council shall from time to time determine. ' i "125.03. Prohibition. Heceafter no person shall operate a com- ; mercial vehicle of over 15,000 pounds gross weight on or over any i , streets, public thoroughfares, highways, and places i� th� City of Saint Paul excepting in the districts or over the eer�e�erte�-be}�-�- . ��e-routes as provided by ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 125.02 of the Legislative Code. � ,' "125.04. Exception for Detiveries. 4Jhen necessary in entering or ,leaving a truck terminal. or for the purpose of making a delivery or pickup, a commercial vehicle of over 15,000 pounds gross w�ight t` may travel upon any street where such delivery or pickup is to be ; made, or where such truck terminal is located, but shall reach or leave such location on said street by traveli o�er the shortest ; route from the nearest designated ee�+�e�efe�-��i�e�e route or dis- � . trict; however, dir�ect travel shall be allowed between points of pickup ��r,u��livery, without the necessity of returning to eommer- � s+a�-�e +e e routes or districts, where the distance between said : points of pickup or delivery does not exceed one (1 ) mile.°' - - ; - '��5•�5. Passing fro�a Route to Route. A cormnercial vehicle of over � Z5,�00 pounds gross weight upon arriving at the end of any truck route designated herein may be driven over the most direct course to �A.� i �� the r�earest truck route which ex.tends in the sa.me general direction.' . p � d i rect ion.°L �' , 1 , e�125,06. Powers of Commissioner. The Commissioner of Public 1 . ✓ Safety sha 11 have author i ty, for cause o� upon request, to des i g- � -� nate temporary routes in addition to the routes specifically pro- r vided; to issue temporary permits for commercial vehicles of over ` 15,000 pounds gross weight to operate over routes not established; ; or to otherwise deviate from the provisions of this chapter. Such ; � � action of the Commissioner of Public Safety shall be subject to � review and modification or cancellation by the Council ." � °t125.07. Governmental Vehicles. The provisions of this chapter ! , shall not apply to emergency vehicles of the Police Department, i ,. Fire Department, or Health Department, nor to any public utility vehicl,e where actually engaged in the performance of emergency , duties necessary to be performed by said public departments or public utilities nor to any vehicle owned by or performing work � for the United States of America, the State of Minnesota, or the City of Saint Paul ." ; � . � -� , � Yeas Councilmen Nays Passed by the Council ' - Carlson � ' � Dalgliah Tn Favor Holland Meredith A gainst Peterson •�'� Tedesco , � k� Mr. President (Byrne) � » Approved: ' � Attest: �I� �t I { City Clerk Mayor � _ � �� " ; � Form approved Corporation Counael By • � : r Orialnal to City Cler,)c � � � '' ♦ r' ' ,� �� ✓�, - ORDINANCE ��'�� ` COUNCIL FILE NO. � ' � PRESENTED BY ORDINANCE NO I'' � Mlj t Pa9e 3 ' ; "125.08. Conflict with other �rovisions. No designation of a � f '�truck route00 which consists in whole or in part of any state � • trunk highway, federal highway, or parkway shall be construed as t permitting use of said route in violation of any order or rule � of the Commissioner of Highways or any ordinance.' Further, no , designation of any t4truck route" shall be construed to permit ! violation of any State law or provision of this Code regulating � the size, weight, capacity, height, length or speed of trucks or other vehicles." � , � Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)i � days after its passage, approval and publication. t - Section 3. This ordinance shall be deemed to be a past of the ; St. Paul Inegislative Code a.nd shall be incorporated therein at its , next compilatioa. f � � � . ; t i ` � c ——, - . . . . j ,. � t F ' E , � � � ' � ' � . � 1 f f 1 � , f 1 I � � � � � I 1196T � � , JAN 3 � ; . Yeas Councilmen Nays Passed by the Council Carlson Hollalnd — Tn Favor � �1 Meredith � O Against r� D--s-�- � Tedesco ' ..... .... . .., .. .I f��l 31 1��, p, ��9:��3H��;:•,�,�'„�„l�:�e� �� ..................�. ......... �" APProved: A�� Nice �'res�t—FPe .n' � �—�� .e��.—�I� ., . ! � � Ci Clerk ��g Mayor � � �O � . ; - Form approved Corporation Counsel By �UBLISHCD ' FEB 4196� ,' . . � �.� . E .. ' ` „ . . . � - Commissioner — + � ` moves that C.F'. 231563 be amended as follows: Section 125.05 be amended to read as folla��rs s � �'A commercial vehicle of aver 15,000 pounds gross weight upon arriving at the � . end of any truck route designated herein may be driven over the most direct � course to the nearest truck route which extenc�fin the same general direction.° � _` . � Section 125.03 and 125.04 be amended to strike the term " Commercial - Ve hicle Route" where' it appears and substitute therefore the term " Truek Route". � _ l� . � , � � R � � � 1 . • ` Q � � � ' f� � 4' � a� �„ . , : � � �, � , � � . ,� , � � , ; �, 1 $` -- ; �_1 , I st ` �� . � � 2nd �� Laid over to 3rd and app ` � —Adopted � � Yeas • Nays Yeas Nays `Carison Carlson ' ` � Dalglish Dalglish � \�Hellarrd� ��a-�� , Holland Meredith , Meredith � 6 `�eterson , Peterson �J Tedesco � Tedesco r. President Byrne Mr. President Byrne �O