LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Traffic & Parking Committee
ORDINANCE NO. BL2010-748
An ordinance amending Title 12 of the Metropolitan Code regarding the operation and parking of large vehicles on local streets.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Chapter 12.36 of the Metropolitan Code is amended by deleting Section 12.36.110 Load restriction--Schedule X in its entirety and substituting therein the following:
12.36.110 Load restrictions
A. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the amounts specified at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX* attached to and made a part of this regulation, except that such vehicles may be operated thereon to actively deliver or pick up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such street at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest intersection thereafter.
B. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stand or park a vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the amounts specified at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX* attached to and made a part of this regulation, except that such vehicles may stand or be parked thereon to actively deliver or pick up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such street at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest intersection thereafter.
C. No person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of five thousand pounds at any time on the 1900 block of Hutton Drive or on Woodycrest Avenue between its intersection with Hutton Drive and Interstate Drive, except that such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering and picking up materials and merchandise to residences on said streets.
D. Section 12.84.020 sets out the penalty for violation of this section.
* Editor's note--Schedule IX is on file for public inspection at the offices of the metropolitan traffic and parking commission.
Section 2. That Chapter 12.84 of the Metropolitan Code is amended by deleting the current Section 12.84.020 A. 44. which reads “12.36.110, Load restrictions--Schedule X;” and substituting the following, “12.36.110, Load restrictions;”
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Sponsored by: Darren Jernigan
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| Introduced: | August 17, 2010 |
| Passed First Reading: | August 17, 2010 |
| Referred to: | Traffic & Parking Commission - Approved 7-0 Traffic & Parking Committee |
| Passed Second Reading: | September 21, 2010 |
| Passed Third Reading: | October 5, 2010 |
| Approved: | October 8, 2010 |
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