HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5791 06/19/1995
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ORDINANCE NO.
5791
(GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PARKING AND STANDING TRUCKS ON
PERMITTED ROUTES AND OVERNIGHT, AMENDING SECTION 6-6-10 OF THE
SPRINGFIELD CODE, 1965.
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 6-6-10 of the Springfield Code, 1965, is amended to read as
follows:
"6-6-10 Parking and Standing - Trucks On Permitted Routes and
overnight Restrictions.
(1) No person shall park any restricted truck as defined
in section 6-9-1(2) upon the streets of the City except:
(a) Upon streets designated as permitted truck routes in
section 6-9-1 of this Code; or,
(b) Except for the purpose of and while actually engaging
in loading or unloading; or,
(c) Upon determination by the Public Works Department and
the posting of signs stating that truck parking is permitted. In
making a determination the Public Works Department shall consider
the following factors: the need for on-street truck parking, the
potential impacts of such parking on access to abutting properties,
nearby business operations, and overall traffic safety, and may
specify appropriate terms and conditions with regard to such
parking.
(2) No person shall park any truck, bus, camper, trailer
or boat, as_ defined in this section, upon the streets of the city
'continuously for more than two (2) hours from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00
a.m. of the same day, except such trucks, buses, campers, trailers
or boats may be left parked or standing during said hours within 75
feet of the terminus of any dead-end street not intersected by any
other street, where neither traffic nor ingress or egress to
abutting properties are impeded or impaired by reason of such
parking.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Truck" shall mean any vehicle licensed as a motor
truck, or any vehicle 72 inches or more in width,' or any vehicle
including but not limited to a motor truck trailer, which is
designated or primarily operated for the transportation of
property, and the body weight or combined body and load weight of
which exceeds 6,000 pounds. "Truck" shall not be applied to
automobile passenger vehicles or to that form of truck commonly
referred to as "pickup."
(b) "Bus" shall mean any vehicle originally designed to
convey 10 or more passengers. "Bus" shall further mean any vehicle
described herein, including one which has been converted for
camping, sleeping and/or living facilities or equipment.
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(c) "Camper" shall mean any device placed upon a truck
or pickup bed which extends above the top of the cab of said truck
or pickup bed which extends above the top of the cab of said truck
or pickup whether or not the same is outfitted with camping or
sleeping facilities or equipment. "Camper" is not intended to
cover simple canopies.
(d) "Trailer" shall mean a vehicle or wheeled structure
designed for being moved over public thoroughfares equipped for
sleeping, cooking and with plumbing facilities intended for human
occupancy, sometimes referred to as a mobile home; it shall also
mean a vehicle or other structure that is portable or originally
designed to be portable and that has been constructed so as to
permit human occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
(e) "Boat" shall mean any vehicle, structure or device,
whether or not mounted upon a wheeled device for trailing behind a
car, truck or other vehicle, intended to be used as a conveyance
upon water.
Adopted by the Common Council of the
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