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Home My WebLink About2004-7-6838192 ORDINANCE NO. 2004-7-6838 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CH. 110, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Sec. 110-281, "Definitions" of Chapter 110, Traffic and Vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 110-281. Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Motor truck. Any motor -propelled vehicle designed for carrying freight or merchandise or designed and used primarily for pulling semi -trailers or trailers, such as truck -tractor. It shall not include self-propelled vehicles designed primarily for passenger transportation, but equipped with frames, racks or bodies having a load capacity of not exceeding 1,000 pounds. Semi -trailer. 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 or merchandise and having a load capacity over 1,000 pounds. Trailer. 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 C, merchandise and having a load capacity of over 1,000 pounds." SECTION 2. That Sec. 110-283, "Operation on Public Ways --Generally" of Chapter 110, Traffic and Vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 110-283. Operation on Public Ways. 410 342 (Sehedule fl) ef 1-HsTF—affie Code, no per -son shall park or- operate en any street ese of or- publie J of the J ytneter ,n iuiaea v the r r maldng deliveries or-ekup of geed . (a) Except as earessly permitted in this section and section 110-342 (Schedule II) of this Traffic Code no person shall park or operate a motor truck in conjunction with a semi -trailer or trailer on any street or public way in the City other than a designated truck route except for the following authorized purposes: (1) The provision of a necessarygovernmental or public utility service. (2) Pickups deliveries service calls which purposes shall be subject to the following conditions. a. The operator of the vehicle shall only utilize streets outside the designated truck route which are necessary for the pickup, delivery, or service call. 1�- ,.��c �y,, e" y,rnw �il,i,�vu,w..n�v,de:3v V„I ik.s_c�a-:dam. I luwa��Wli ��w:u�r:�edv..vsdea�miu,u��e�.ei��YV:.,.w.wivv:.�:�� ,I:��,,1,1_Jw4�::�.:�,»vvvm�m, .��::.rr �n:«a��v.,�ewe��.:�1.me�,...a,L��,..,. ..,,....w:.�.. .M"•�. ] 01197 b. The operator of the vehicle shall effectuate the pickup delivery, or service call in an expeditious manner and shall return to the designated truck route immediately upon completion of same. (b) Except as expressly permitted in this section no person shall park a motor truck, semi -trailer, or trailer on a designated truck route or, on public or private property located off a designated truck route which is within a distance of 50' of an occupied residential dwelling." SECTION 3. That Sec. 110-291, "Authority of Police to Stop Vehicle to Determine Compliance” of Chapter 110, Traffic and Vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 110-291. Authority of Police to Stop Vehicle to Determine Compliance. Police officers shall have the authority to perform the following acts: (a,) Any police officer of the city shall have the right to stop the operator of any motor truck, semi -trailer or trailer in order to make measurements as to the length, width, height or weight of the equipment and load and may require the driver thereof to proceed to a scale to ascertain whether or not the equipment exceeds the maximum limitations prescribed in this article. The fee for the use of the scale shall be paid by the operator of the equipment. b) Any police officer of the city shall also have the right to stop the operator of any motor truck in order to make a determination as to the operator's compliance with the provisions under section 110-283. U In the event a police officer determines that the operator of any motor truck is in violation of any of the provisions of this Article such officer shall have the right to issue a citation to the operator for each violation In the event the police officer has identified a motor truck as being in violation of an of the provision of this Article but cannot ascertain the owner of the vehicle the police officer shall have the authority to issue a citation to the registered owner of the vehicle for each violation." SECTION 4. That Sec. 110-341, "Schedule I: Motor Trucks, Semi -trailers and Trailers Restricted on Certain Streets," of Chapter 110, Traffic and Vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 110-341. Schedule I: Motor Trucks, Semi -trailers and Trailers Restricted on Certain Streets. U It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation, at any time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., seven days per week, to operate any motor truck of more than a four -ton capacity ^Y *Mek t:Fae " with either a semi -trailer or trailer attached thereto, as defined in section 110-281, without being escorted by a police cruiser, upon the following streets in the city: 194 Street Location Broadway Between Second Street and Seventh Street Fifth Street Between Kentucky Avenue and Jefferson Street Jefferson Street Between Third Street and Sixth Street Second Street Between Kentucky Avenue and Jefferson Street Seventh Street Between Kentucky Avenue and Broadway SECTION 5. That Sec. 110-342, "Schedule H: Truck routes of Chapter 110, Traffic and Vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 110-342. Schedule II: Truck routes. Motor trucks, semi trailers or trailers may be operated only on the following described streets and public ways of the city. Street Location Ord. No. Date Alben Barkley Drive From Lone Oak Road to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Bridge Street From Broad Street to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Broad Street From South Sixth Street to Bridge Street 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Cairo Road From 13th Street to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Cobb Drive From 21st Street to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Eighth Street From Clay Street to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Fourth Street From South Third Street to Irvin Cobb Drive 88-8-4104 8-23-88 H.C. Mathis Drive From 28th Street (Joe Clifton Drive) to North Eighth Street 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Hinkleville Road From Park Avenue to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 I-24 From city limits to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Jackson Street From Ohio Street to Lone Oak Road 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Kentucky Avenue From Third Street to 28th Street 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Lone Oak Road From Broadway to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Ohio Street From Cobb Drive to Jackson Street 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Old Mayfield Road From 21st and Cobb Drive to city limits 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Park Avenue From Fifth Street to Hinkleville Road 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Sixth Street From Kentucky Avenue to Broad Street 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Third Street From Park Avenue to Whayne Sullivan Drive 88-8-4104 8-23-88 30th Street Kentucky Avenue to Cairo Road 88-8-4104 8-23-88 28th Street From Jackson Street to Park Avenue 88-8-4104 8-23-88 21st Street From Kentucky Avenue to Old Mayfield Road 88-8-4104 8-23-88 Whayne Sullivan Drive From South Third Street to city limits From MLK Jr. Drive to Park Avenue 88-8-4104 8-23-88 5th Street From Park Avenue to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Campbell Street Between North 6th Street & Park Avenue SECTION 5. That if any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shad be found to be inoperative, ineffective or invalid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph or provision hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to make L:�.... �•�-��:..ueL•ii�uo-nq:,e_:ex6.�w�I.la si r,.,.:�nuW�,wrL,i ,aLlls:..n.•m:nr�i, i:LL�wmc�:�faW.iv,::u,d-L:ua':xe�n�ndwbYLt,�smunnni•�dem�rYiknucd�c�mem�r.��d-�y:LCL:Wd:.�.�„ti�:.�a:,<:udi:mumne�mci,uac��..� ,+mac._ :•,��cn,ed i� mu..m 195 each and every section, paragraph, an provision hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become effective upon summary publication pursuant to er 424. Mayor ATTEST: Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk Introduced by the Board of Commissioners June 22, 2004 Adopted by the Board of Commissioners July 13, 2004 Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, July 13, 2004 Published by The Paducah Sun, July 20, 2004 \ord\plan\zone\110-281,283, 291, & 341