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Home My WebLink About05/19/2020 04J Truck Routes - Amending YMC 8.40.010 & 8.40.080 't..an,gtntj ka d E$A aY BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 4.J. For Meeting of: May 19, 2020 ITEM TITLE: Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Sections 8.40.010 and 8.40.080 regarding Truck Routes SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Public Works Director Joe Rosenlund, Street& Traffic Operations Manager- (509) 576- 6430 SUMMARY EXPLANATION: The Street& Traffic Division requests that Yakima Municipal Code (YMC) Chapter 8.40 relating to Truck Routes be amended to allow for the increase in the weight of trucks designated for "Truck Routes" and to amend the violation-penalty. The proposed amendment to YMC Section 8.40.010 would increase the rated capacity from fifteen thousand (15,000)to twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds for trucks allowed only on designated truck routes. The current rate capacity of 15,000 pounds affects most of the delivery- type trucks that are vital to the businesses in the downtown area. Increasing the capacity rated weight to 26,000 pounds would apply only to the tractor-trailer trucks in which the ordinance was originally intended; limiting their travel routes to the designated truck routes that were designed and built to accommodate the additional weight. The proposed amendment to YMC Section 8.40.080 would eliminate the tracking of progressing violations and associated penalties; simplifying the process to a traffic infraction not to exceed $250.00 for each violation.Attached for City Council review is both a redlined and a clean version of the ordinance. ITEM BUDGETED: NA STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION: Adopt ordinance. 2 ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type D Redlined Reel Truck Route Ordnance 57/2020 Ordinance D Clean Remsed Truck trio,Ordinance 517!2020 Ordinance 3 ORDINANCE NO. 2020- AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of Truck Routes; amending Sections 8.40.010 and 8.40.080 of the Yakima Municipal Code regarding the established weight of qualifying trucks and the associated violation- penalty. WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted ordinances establishing criteria of rated capacity of trucks required to utilize truck routes within the City of Yakima and the associated violation-penalty for noncompliance; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such Sections 8.40.010 and 8.40.080 YMC should be amended to better define the rated capacity for trucks required to travel exclusively on established truck routes and the imposing violation-penalty for not adhering to such truck routes; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such amendment is in the best interest of the residents of the City of Yakima and will help to preserve the integrity of arterial roads not built to withstand the excessive weight of such trucks; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. YMC 8.40.010 Definitions, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.40.010 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. "Shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: A. "City is the city of Yakima. B. "Deviating truck" is a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city. C. "Person" is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind. D. "Truck" is any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight or whose rated capacity exceeds twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds. E. "Truck route" is a way over certain streets, as designated in this chapter, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city must operate. (Ord. 2018-024 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018). 4 Section 2. YMC 8.40.080 Violation-Penalty, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.40.080 Violation - Penalty. Violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a traffic infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.00. (Ord. 2018-024 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018). Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 19'h day of May, 2020. Patricia Byers, Mayor ATTEST: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk Publication Date: 5 ORDINANCE NO. 2020- AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of Truck Routes; amending Sections 8.40.010 and 8.40.080 of the Yakima Municipal Code regarding the established weight of qualifying trucks and the associated violation- penalty. WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted ordinances establishing criteria of rated capacity of trucks required to utilize truck routes within the City of Yakima and the associated violation-penalty for noncompliance; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such Sections 8.40.010 and 8.40.080 YMC should be amended to better define the rated capacity for trucks required to travel exclusively on established truck routes and the imposing violation-penalty for not adhering to such truck routes; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such amendment is in the best interest of the residents of the City of Yakima and will help to preserve the integrity of arterial roads not built to withstand the excessive weight of such trucks; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. YMC 8.40.010 Definitions, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.40.010 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. "Shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: A. "City is the city of Yakima. B. "Deviating truck" is a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city. C. "Person" is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind. D. "Truck" is any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight or whose rated capacity exceeds twenty- six thousand (26,000) pounds. E. "Truck route" is a way over certain streets, as designated in this chapter, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city must operate. (Ord. 2018-024 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018). 6 Section 2. YMC 8.40.080 Violation-Penalty, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.40.080 Violation - Penalty. Violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a traffic infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.00. (Ord. 2018-024 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018). Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 19'h day of May, 2020. Patricia Byers, Mayor ATTEST: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk Publication Date: