§ 22-4. Use of park roads by heavy vehicles.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of this section is the protection of park roads, designed primarily for private passenger automobile traffic carrying passengers into and out of the public parks of the city for recreational purposes from the damaging and deteriorating effects of heavy, through vehicular traffic.

(b)

Maximum weight. All use of park roads by trucks having a combined body and weight load in excess of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) pounds is prohibited.

(c)

Exceptions. This section shall not prohibit upon the park roads:

(1)

The operation of emergency vehicles;

(2)

The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city; by public utilities, by any contractor or materialman, while engaged in repair, maintenance or construction of park roads, or utilities within the park;

(3)

The operation of any truck serving a park function or performing a service for a concessionaire within a park.

(Ord. No. 25828, 12-5-57; Code 1959, § 27-11)