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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD SECTION 66-267 ADOPTING WEIGHT AND SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGE TRUCKS AND DETERMINING TRUCK ROUTES IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO AND REPEALING SECTION 66-301
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, desires to ensure that the roadways in the City of Jonesboro are safe and in good repair;
WHEREAS, overloaded trucks have caused damages to the City’s streets which are extremely expensive to repair;
WHEREAS, Section 66-301 Truck Routes; designated needs to be repealed and language added elsewhere within the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances to better describe appropriate truck routes within the city limits; and
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro is presently without an effective means to regulate overloaded trucks or to charge owners and operators of said overweight trucks for damage to roads or structures within the road rights-of-way caused by overweight trucks.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: The following language is added to the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances as Section 66-267 TRUCKS AND TRUCK ROUTES:
(a) There are hereby established in the city the following “truck routes” to be used by trucks travelling in or through the city. All trucks shall use these routes to and from the closest point of their destination. Proper signage shall be erected for the truck routes in the city, which are:
(1) All United States Government and Arkansas State Highway Department numbered highways;
(b) The Traffic Control Review Committee is authorized to determine and recommend to the City Council other streets, parts of streets, or specific lanes as truck routes.
(c) “Truck” means any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, the body weight or combined body and load weight of which exceeds 6,000 pounds, except government-owned v...
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