A. The city requires any person, company, corporation, enterprise or entity operating a vehicle over the state’s legal load or size limit on the public rights-of-way to obtain a permit for overweight or oversize hauling. The permit shall mitigate impacts to said rights-of-way by addressing public safety, environmental, traffic, noise, unusual wear and tear, or other impacts to the rights-of-way.

B. The city, with respect to rights-of-way within the city’s jurisdiction, may restrict or prohibit the operation thereon of trucks or any other vehicles, except school buses, public transit and emergency vehicles, or may impose weight limits, determine haul routes for local trips, or place any other restrictions as may be deemed necessary, including when the city determines that any right-of-way would be seriously damaged or destroyed by climatic conditions, deficient structural integrity, or any other conditions if unrestricted use is continued.

In the event the city determines the project, program, or activity for which the person, company, corporation, enterprise or entity is using said rights-of-way will create unusual wear and tear on the right-of-way, or significant impacts to public safety, the environment, traffic, and noise, and for all projects that require mitigation of hauling and related impacts within the city, the person, company, corporation, enterprise or entity using the right-of-way may request a right-of-way use permit, which identifies the specific restrictions, prohibitions, and conditions of use. In addition to the potential conditions listed in ACC 12.60.020(F), said permit may include conditions for mitigation necessitated by the impacts of the project, program, or activity, which shall include, but not be limited to, any mitigation set out in the contract or bid documents, or other review documents, or as may be otherwise required for said project, program, or activity.

C. The city shall not, however, prohibit the use of any city street designated a part of the route of any primary state highway through any such incorporated city or town by vehicles or any class of vehicles or impose any restrictions or reductions in permissible weights unless such restriction, limitation, or prohibition, or reduction in permissible weights be first approved in writing by the Department of Transportation (RCW 46.44.080). (Ord. 6795 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 6125 § 1, 2007.)