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Staff Report for an Ordinance Adding Title 6, Chapter 6-9 to the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to Overweight Vehicle Permits
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This Ordinance adds a new chapter to the existing Municipal Code regulating overweight vehicles within City limits. This Ordinance establishes a comprehensive permitting scheme to issue overweight vehicle permits to qualified applicants.
The Ordinance would require overweight vehicle permit holders to operate or move vehicles or combinations of vehicles exceeding the maximum specified in the California Vehicle Code.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance adding Chapter 6-9 to Title 6 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to regulate overweight vehicles traveling in and through the City. During the second reading and adoption of the attached Ordinance, staff also recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing to adopt a resolution amending the fee schedule for the issuance of overweight vehicle permits. Additionally, staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution repealing Chapter 4 of Title 8 of the San Leandro Administrative Code.
BACKGROUND
In the past twelve (12) months, several local businesses expressed interest in operating overweight vehicles within the City. Specifically, vehicles hauling intermodal shipping containers. These businesses would like to operate vehicles with a gross weight of 95,000 lbs. The maximum allowable gross weight in California is 80,000 lbs. The California Vehicle Code allows cities to permit the moving of vehicles and loads upon highways under their respective jurisdictions of a maximum gross weight in excess of 80,000 lbs.
Operating overweight vehicles allows local businesses to be more efficient and reduce the impact on the environment by taking fewer trips. Additionally, permitting overweight vehicles could reduce the number of trucks on the roadways, leading to less congesti...
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