Chapter 10.60 - Vehicles#

10.60.010 - Advertising vehicles with sound equipment.#

No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used principally for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon any street or alley at any time without written permission from the city.

(Ord. 344B § 13.1, 1978)

10.60.020 - Truck routes, weight and length.#

(a) Weight. It is unlawful for the operator of any moving van, dump truck, tank truck used or designed for the purpose of transporting petroleum products, or any vehicle or combination of vehicles designed or used for the transportation of commodities or materials, which vehicle exceeds a maximum gross weight rating of ten thousand pounds, to operate the vehicle upon any street other than upon and over a truck route for any purpose other than to make a pickup or delivery, or to service or secure repairs to the vehicle. In traveling to or from the point of delivery, pickup, service to or repair of the vehicle, the operator of the vehicle shall drive as far as possible upon and over a truck route.

(b) Length. It is unlawful for the operator of any combination of vehicles coupled together, to operate the combination of vehicles upon any city street other than upon and over a terminal access route, when the combination of vehicles including attachments, exceeds a total length of sixty-five feet, or a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments, which consists of a truck trailer, semitrailer, and a semitrailer or trailer, exceeds a total length of seventy-five feet, if the length of neither the semitrailers nor the trailer in the combination of vehicles exceeds twenty-eight feet six inches.

The load upon any combination of vehicles shall be measured from the front of the vehicle or load to the rear extremity of the last vehicle or load.

(c) Exemptions. Nothing herein shall be construed to conflict with the exceptions listed in the California Vehicle Code Sections 35400—35414 nor prevent the driving and operating of fire apparatus upon any streets of the city nor shall this chapter, by its terms, prevent equipment owned by the city from being operated upon any of the streets of the city. Neither shall this chapter by its terms be construed to apply to the moving of houses, buildings or structures upon and over the streets of the city. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) Passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission; or

(2) Any vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of any public utility.

(d) Designation by Council. The council is authorized to determine and designate truck routes by resolution, which designation shall become effective when appropriate signs are in place giving notice of the designations to the public.

(Ord. No. 896B, §§ 2, 3(10.60.025), 3-24-2015)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 896B, § 2, adopted March 24, 2015, repealed § 10.60.020 in its entirety. Section 3 of same ordinance enacted a new § 10.60.025, which was redesignated as § 10.60.020 at the discretion of the editor, to read as set out herein. Former § 10.60.020 pertained to truck routes and derived from Ord. 513B § 10(part), adopted in 1987 and Ord. 344B § 13.2, adopted in 1978. Section of Ord. No. 896B.

10.60.030 - Extralegal load permits and fees.#

(a) Any vehicle with an "extralegal load," as the term is defined by California Vehicle Code Section 320.5, which cannot be reasonably reduced in size or weight so that it can be legally transported without a permit as provided by California Vehicle Code Section 35780, must obtain a transportation permit from the city of Lincoln. The permit may be issued to each vehicle either on an annual or single-trip basis. Permit holders shall obey any and all reporting requirements and restrictions adopted by the city. Annual transportation permits are limited to qualified companies whose business is to move commercial loads that would routinely exceed the maximum weight, height, width, or length restrictions in the California Vehicle Code.

(b) Fees for the transportation permit shall be set by resolution by the city council. Additional fees, for special city services necessitated by the permitted transport, shall be paid by the permit holder. Examples of special services include, but are not limited to, police inspection, police transport, tree trimming, overhead wire and fixture removal, and engineering services. Department heads shall determine the actual cost for each service provided. The fees shall be collected from the permit holder at the time the permit is issued.

(Ord. No. 896B, §§ 2, 3, 3-24-2015)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 896B, §§ 2, 3, adopted March 24, 2015, repealed § 10.60.030 in its entirety and enacted a new § 10.60.030 to read as set out herein. Former § 10.60.030 pertained to prohibited on certain streets and derived from Ord. 513B § 10(part), adopted in 1987; and Ord. 344B § 13.3, adopted in 1978.

10.60.040 - Parking restriction.#

(a) All commercial vehicles or combination of commercial vehicles, as defined in Section 260 of the California Vehicle Code, with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more, are prohibited from parking or standing on designated truck routes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(b) All commercial vehicles, or combination of commercial vehicles, as defined in Section 260 of the California Vehicle Code, with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more, are hereby prohibited from parking or standing on any street in a residential zone, and are further prohibited from parking off-street in a residential zone. This section also applies to detached trailers. The parking restrictions in this section shall not apply to any commercial vehicle making pick ups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets or highways or while delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted streets or highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained.

(Ord. No. 896B, §§ 2, 3, 3-24-2015)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 896B, §§ 2, 3, adopted March 24, 2015, repealed § 10.60.040 in its entirety and enacted a new § 10.60.040 to read as set out herein. Former § 10.60.040 pertained to truck parking and derived from Ord. 344B § 13.4, adopted in 1978.

10.60.050 - Regulatory signs.#

The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instruction of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic laws of the city unless otherwise directed by a person authorized to direct traffic, subject to the exceptions granted by the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.

(Ord. No. 896B, § 3, 3-24-2015)

10.60.090 - Violation—Penalties.#

It is unlawful to violate any section of this chapter. Unless state law specifies a different and greater penalty, violations of this chapter shall be punishable as infractions and subject to the following fine schedule. All fines will be paid to the city of Lincoln, through the police department or other office as designated by the city council.

(Ord. No. 1088B, § 5, 6-10-2025; Ord. No. 896B, § 3, 3-24-2015)