ORD NO 11-1985 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 11 1985
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.08 OF
THE VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, it is of vital concern to the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas, that trucks and other heavy vehicles maintain proper
courses along designated truck routes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
1. That Chapter 8.08 of the Van Buren Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
8.08.01 Truck Routes Designated. Truck routes for
all motor vehicles having a capacity of one ton and over, and
proceeding through the City are hereby established and designated
as follows: Interstate Highways 40 and 540, U.S. Highway 64
and Arkansas State Highways 59, 162 and 282. All such vehicles
are hereby prohibited from using any other street, alley or road
while proceeding through the City.
8.08.02 Penalty. Any person violating Section 8.08.01
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be fined in a sum not less than Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00) nor
more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
8.08.03 Prohibited Streets. That it is unlawful for
tractor trailers (for the purpose of this Ordinance tractor trailers
shall include all motor vehicles operating with ten wheels or more),
buses (to include school and church buses) tractors, any vehicle
towing a trailer and also any vehicle or vehicle and trailer weighing
12,500 pounds or more to use Highway 59 traveling North or South,
Q from the intersection of Mount Vista Boulevard and Highway 59 to
Main Street in Van Buren, Arkansas.
8.08.04 Penalty. Any person violating Section 8.08.03
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for a
first offense shall be fined a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); upon
conviction for a second offense such person shall be fined not
less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.000) and in addition to said fine, or both, may
also be incarcerated for up to thirty (30) days in jail; upon
conviction for a third offense or subsequent offenses, such person
0 shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and in addition to said
fine, or both, may also be incarcerated for up to one (1) year in
jail.
8.08.05 Emergency Vehicles Excluded. All operations of
firetrucks used in emergency situations operated by the City of
Van Buren or other bona fide fire departments, city, local or county,
are hereby excluded from the terms of 8.08.03 and 8.08.04.
EMERGENCY:
That the safety, welfare and well -being of the inhabitants
of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, are endangered by those
vehicles described as tractor trailers (all motor vehicles
operating with ten wheels or more), buses (to include school and
church buses), tractors, any vehicle towing a trailer, and also any
vehicle or vehicle and trailer weighing 12,500 pounds or more
traveling on Highway 59 North and South from the intersection of
Mount Vista Boulevard and Highway 59 to Main Street in Van Buren,
Arkansas, and that the immediate passage of this act is necessary in
order to better control and regulate such routes which these vehicles
shall use and to designate a truck route for all motor vehicles
having a capacity of one ton and over and proceeding through the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas, therefore an emergency is declared to
exist and this act being necessary for the prevention of public
peace, welfare and safety shall take effect and be in full force
from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 15th DAY OF July 19 85
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