AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider approval of Ordinance 2017-29, on the first of two readings, amending Section 82.128 of the San Marcos City Code to clarify the exceptions allowing large commercial trucks weighing more than one ton to deviate from established truck routes; and providing an effective date.
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Meeting date: May 16, 2017 - First Reading
June 6, 2017 - Second Reading
Department: Public Services - Tom Taggart (Sabas Avila)
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CITY COUNCIL GOAL:
Goal #5: Maintain and improve the City's infrastructure
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT(s):
Transportation Goal 1: A safe, well-coordinated transportation system implemented in an environmentally sensitive manner
BACKGROUND:
The current Truck Route ordinance allows trucks to depart from designated routes:
(1) When departure is necessary to reach a terminal or to load or unload materials at a location situated off the applicable route;
(2) When departure follows the shortest practical route consistent with the reasonable operation of the vehicle; and
(3) The operator of the vehicle keeps in the operator's possession a log book, delivery slips or other evidence of the operator's destination and point of origin
Truck drivers have asserted that the second part of the exception allows them to take short cuts through the city even if deviation from an established truck route was not necessary in order to reach a terminal or to load or unload materials.
Approval of this amendment will clarify the original intent and purpose of the ordinance - that departure from designated truck routes is allowed only when necessary to reach a terminal or to load or unload materials at a location situated off the applicable route.
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