HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 1038, Ordinance Number 69-6-220ORDINANCE NO. 69-6-220
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF TRAILERS AND SEMI -TRAILERS
ON JEFFERSON STREET IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, FROM THE WEST LINE
OF 13TH STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF 31ST STREET, AND PROVIDING PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ON AUGUST 25, 1953
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Sections 1 and 2 of an ordinance containing
the title quoted above, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners
on August 25, 1953, be amended and reordained so that said sections as
amended and reordained shall read as follows:
"SECTION 1. Definitions As used in this ordinance.
(a) "Semi -trailer" means a vehicle designed to be attached to,
and having its front end supported by, a motor truck or truck tractor,
intended for the carrying of freight and merchandise and having a
load capacity of over one thousand pounds.
(b) "Trailer" means any vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor
truck or truck tractor but supported wholly upon its own wheels,
intended for the carrying of freight or merchandise and having a load
capacity of over one thousand pounds.
(c) "Motor truck" means any motor propelled vehicle designed
for carrying freight or merchandise. It shall not include self-propelled
vehicles designed primarily for passenger transportation, but equipped
with frames, racks, or bidies having a load capacity of not exceeding
one thousand pounds.
"SECTION 2. No person, firm or corporation shall operate any
motor truck, trailer or semi -trailer, as defined in Section 1 hereof,
upon Jefferson Street in the City of Paducah between the west line of
13th Street and the east line of 31st Street, except when required to
enter for a specific required purpose, and then to proceed only within
the block required.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners June 24, 1969
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, June 24, 1969