ORDINANCE NO. 9259
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER XVII, ARTICLE 9, SECTIONS 17-905, 17-906, AND 17-908 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2015 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO HEIGHT AND LENGTH OF VEHICLES AND LOADS, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTIONS 17-905, 17-906, AND 17-908.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:
SECTION 1: Chapter XVII, Article 9, Section 17-905 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:
17-905 HEIGHT AND LENGTH OF VEHICLES AND LOADS; EXCEPTIONS TO MAXIMUMS.
(A) No
vehicle including any load thereon shall exceed a height of 14 feet, except
that a vehicle transporting cylindrically shaped bales of hay as authorized by subsection
(e) of Section 17-903 of this article K.S.A. 8-1902(e), and
amendments thereto, may be loaded with such bales secured to a height not
exceeding 14 1/2 feet. Should a vehicle so loaded with bales strike any
overpass or other obstacle, the operator of the vehicle shall be liable for all
resulting damages. (Ord. 7990)
(B) No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length of 45 feet extreme overall dimension, excluding the front and rear bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d). (Ord. 7990)
(C) Except
as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and amendments thereto, and
subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), and (i), no combination
of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65 feet. (Ord.
7990)
(D) The length limitations in subsection (b) shall not apply to a truck tractor. No semitrailer that is being operated in combination with a truck tractor shall exceed 59 1/2 feet in length. No semitrailer or trailer that is being operated in a combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer shall exceed 28 1/2 feet in length. (Ord. 7990)
(E) The limitations in this section governing maximum length of a semitrailer or trailer shall not apply to vehicles operating in the daytime when transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered, except that it shall be unlawful to operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds a total length of 85 feet unless a special permit for such operation has been issued by the Kansas Secretary of Transportation or by an agent or designee of the Secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto. The limitations in this section shall not apply to vehicles transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties or when operated under special permit as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, but in respect to such night transportation every such vehicle and the load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of such load. (Ord. 7990)
(F) The limitations of this section governing the maximum length of combinations of vehicles shall not apply to a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor towing a house trailer, if such combination of vehicles does not exceed an overall length of 97 feet. (Ord. 7990)
(G) The
length limitations of this section shall not apply to stinger-steered
automobile or boat transporters or one truck and one trailer vehicle
combination, loaded or unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged
in farm custom harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A.
8-143j, and amendments thereto. A stinger-steered automobile or boat
transporter or one truck and one trailer vehicle combination, loaded or
unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged in farm custom
harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-143j, and
amendments thereto, shall not exceed an overall length limit of 75 feet,
exclusive of front and rear overhang. A stinger-steered automobile
transporter shall not exceed an overall length of 80 feet, exclusive of front
and rear overhang. (Ord. 7990)
(H) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to drive-away saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations. A drive-away saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combination shall not exceed an extreme overall dimension of 97 feet. (Ord. 7990)
(I) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to a one truck-tractor, two trailer combination or one truck-tractor semitrailer trailer combination used in transporting equipment utilized by custom harvesters under contract to agricultural producers to harvest wheat, soybeans, or milo during the months of April through November, but the length of the property-carrying units, excluding load, shall not exceed 81 1/2 feet.
SECTION 2: Chapter XVII, Article 9, Section 17-906 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:
17-906 PROJECTING LOADS TO THE FRONT AND REAR.
(A) The
load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a
combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three (3) feet
beyond the front wheels of such vehicle or the front bumper of such vehicle if
it is equipped with a bumper. (Ord. 7990)
(B) Any
vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting passenger vehicles or other
motor vehicles may carry a load which extends no more than three (3) four
feet beyond the front and four (4) six feet beyond the rear of
the transporting vehicle or combination of vehicles. (Ord. 7990)
SECTION 3: Chapter XVII, Article 9, Section 17-908 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:
17-908 GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS FOR VEHICLES; EXCEPTIONS; SAFETY OF CERTAIN VEHICLES FOR OPERATION.
(A) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the limitations prescribed in the following table: (Ord. 7990)
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Maximum load in pounds carried on any group of 2 or more consecutive axles |
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Distance in feet between the extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive axles |
2 Axles |
3 Axles |
4 Axles |
5 Axles |
6 Axles |
7 axles |
8 axles |
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4 |
34,000 |
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5 |
34,000 |
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6 |
34,000 |
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7 |
34,000 |
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8 and less |
34,000 |
34,000 |
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More than 8 |
38,000 |
42,000 |
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9 |
39,000 |
42,500 |
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10 |
40,000 |
43,500 |
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11 |
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44,000 |
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12 |
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45,000 |
50,000 |
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13 |
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45,500 |
50,500 |
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14 |
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46,500 |
51,500 |
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15 |
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47,000 |
52,000 |
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16 |
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48,000 |
52,500 |
58,000 |
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17 |
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48,500 |
53,500 |
58,500 |
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18 |
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49,500 |
54,000 |
59,000 |
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19 |
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50,000 |
54,500 |
60,000 |
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20 |
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51,000 |
55,500 |
60,500 |
66,000 |
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21 |
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51,500 |
56,000 |
61,000 |
66,500 |
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22 |
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52,500 |
56,500 |
61,500 |
67,000 |
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23 |
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53,000 |
57,500 |
62,500 |
68,000 |
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24 |
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54,000 |
58,000 |
63,000 |
68,500 |
74,000 |
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25 |
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54,500 |
58,500 |
63,500 |
69,000 |
74,500 |
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26 |
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55,500 |
59,500 |
64,000 |
69,500 |
75,000 |
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27 |
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56,000 |
60,000 |
65,000 |
70,000 |
75,500 |
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28 |
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57,000 |
60,500 |
65,500 |
71,000 |
76,500 |
82,000 |
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29 |
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57,500 |
61,500 |
66,000 |
71,500 |
77,000 |
82,500 |
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30 |
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58,500 |
62,000 |
66,500 |
72,000 |
77,500 |
83,000 |
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31 |
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59,000 |
62,500 |
67,500 |
72,500 |
78,000 |
83,500 |
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32 |
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60,000 |
63,500 |
68,000 |
73,000 |
78,500 |
84,500 |
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33 |
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64,000 |
68,500 |
74,000 |
79,000 |
85,000 |
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34 |
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64,500 |
69,000 |
74,500 |
80,000 |
85,500 |
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35 |
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65,500 |
70,000 |
75,000 |
80,500 |
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36 |
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66,000 |
70,500 |
75,500 |
81,000 |
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37 |
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66,500 |
71,000 |
76,000 |
81,500 |
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38 |
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67,500 |
72,000 |
77,000 |
82,000 |
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39 |
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68,000 |
72,500 |
77,500 |
82,500 |
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40 |
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68,500 |
73,000 |
78,000 |
83,500 |
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41 |
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69,500 |
73,500 |
78,500 |
84,000 |
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42 |
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70,000 |
74,000 |
79,000 |
84,500 |
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43 |
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70,500 |
75,000 |
80,000 |
85,000 |
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44 |
……………… |
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71,500 |
75,500 |
80,500 |
85,500 |
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45 |
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72,000 |
76,000 |
81,000 |
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46 |
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72,500 |
76,500 |
81,500 |
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47 |
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73,500 |
77,500 |
82,000 |
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48 |
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74,000 |
78,000 |
83,000 |
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49 |
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74,500 |
78,500 |
83,500 |
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50 |
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75,500 |
79,000 |
84,000 |
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51 |
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76,000 |
80,000 |
84,500 |
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52 |
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76,500 |
80,500 |
85,000 |
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53 |
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77,500 |
81,000 |
85,500 |
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54 |
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78,000 |
81,500 |
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55 |
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78,500 |
82,500 |
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56 |
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79,500 |
83,000 |
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57 |
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80,000 |
83,500 |
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58 |
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84,000 |
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59 |
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85,000 |
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60 |
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85,500 |
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except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last axles is 36 feet or more.
(1) The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed the limits prescribed in Section 17-907, and amendments thereto, of this article. (Ord. 7990)
(2)
Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (D), for For vehicles and combinations
of vehicles on the interstate system the table in this section shall not
authorize a maximum gross weight of more than 80,000 pounds. (Ord. 7990)
(3)
The
table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump semitrailer or
truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit exclusively
for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance operations,
gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal, blacktop, dirt or
fill material, when such vehicles are used for transportation to a construction
site, highway maintenance or construction project or other storage facility,
except that such vehicles or combination of vehicles shall not be exempted from
any application of the table as may be required to determine applicable axle
weights for triple and quad axles as defined in Section 17-907, and amendments
thereto. As used in this subpart paragraph (3), the term
"dump semitrailer" means any semitrailer designed in such a way as to
divest itself of the load carried thereon. (Ord. 7990)
(B)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or combination of
vehicles with a gross weight in excess of the limitations set forth in this
article, except as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911 of this article, and
amendments thereto. (Ord. 7990)
(C) As used in this section, "interstate system" means the national system of interstate and defense highways. (Ord. 7990)
(D) A vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas, may exceed any vehicle weight limit under this section, upon to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds, by an amount that is equal to the difference between:
(1) The weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and
(2) the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.
SECTION 4. Existing Sections 17-905, 17-906, and 17-908 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, are hereby repealed, it being the intent of the Governing Body that the provisions of this ordinance supersede them.
SECTION 5. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining part of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of June 2016.
APPROVED:
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Mike Amyx
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sherri Riedemann
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Toni R. Wheeler
City Attorney
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