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ORDINANCE Adding Title 6, Chapter 6-9 to the San Leandro Municipal Code to Regulate Overweight Vehicles Traveling in and Through the City
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The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. To allow the City of San Leandro, in an effort to regulate and control commercial vehicles to protect the safety of the community and City infrastructure with respect to designated highways under the City's control, to issue overweight vehicle permits to qualified applicants to operate or move vehicles or a combination of vehicles exceeding the maximum weight specified in the California Vehicle Code.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 6 Chapter 6-9 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby added as follows:
6-9-100 DELEGATION TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
(a) All the powers granted to the City by Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Division 15 of the State of California Vehicle Code, pertaining to issuance of permits for loads exceeding the maximum sizes and/or weights, and for administering the rules and regulations pertaining thereto, are hereby delegated to the Chief of Police or his/her designee.
6-9-105 DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Designated Streets" means those city streets or portions thereof that have been designated by the Engineering and Transportation Director or his/her designee as being open to travel by Overweight Vehicles pursuant to an Overweight Vehicle Permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) "Overweight Vehicle" means a vehicle or combination of vehicles used to haul Intermodal Shipping Containers exceeding the maximum weight specified in the California Vehicle Code. Intermodal Shipping Containers under the seal of United States Customs shall not be subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
(c) "Overweight Vehicle Permit" means a permit issued by the Chief of Police or his/her designee to permit Overweight Vehicles to travel on Designated St...
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