Page 1 REVISED LARGE TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE 2103-2022 REVISED 5/25/23 The Ordinance Committee met on coe B25 129 Bi at 3:20 pm and approved the following changes for the large 103-2022. The revised ordinance is being sent to the Cour Attorney for approval before being submitted to the Prichard City Council for Review and adoption Page 2 Section Two Add: e. Parking on the Truck Route is prohibited unless actively conducting business. Page 2 Add: Section Four: Parking a. It shall be unlawful for any individual, business, or corporation to leave or park any large truck or any “drop trailer” or similar vehicle on the public streets, highway, or right-of-way, of the City of Prichard, Alabama or of the police jurisdiction thereof. . Any individual, business, or corporation found guilty of violation hereof shall be fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) on the first offense. Any individual, business, or corporation found guilty of a second violation will be fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and may be towed at the owner’s expense. Change existing Section Four to: Section Five: Enforcement Provisions a. The Prichard Police Department is empowered to issue municipal tickets, court summonses, arrests, or to issue written corrective notices to drivers, owners, or agents violating any provision of this article and may serve or execute all warrants and other processes issued by the City of Prichard in enforcing the provisions of this article. Page 2 b. Any person violating this Ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined $500.00. Change existing Section Five to: Section Six: Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict (No change in language) Change existing Section Six to: Section Seven: Effective. (No change in language) Page 3 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TRUCK ROUTES FOR THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA AND REPEALING ORDINANCES 1879, 1653 AND 1623 WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard recognizes safety, structural, and transportation risks and liabilities associated with truck traffic; and WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard has assessed the traffic patterns, entrances, and exits for large truck travel within the City of Prichard; and WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard upon due consideration believes it to be in the best interest of the City of Prichard to establish designated routes of travel for large trucks within the City of Prichard. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOW: Section One. Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Deviating truck means a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city. Truck means any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose frame, rack or body has a load capacity of 8,000 or more pounds. Truck route means a way over certain streets, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city shall operate. Section Two. Route Information 1. All trucks within the City shall be operated only over and along the truck routes established in this Ordinance and on the other designated streets over which truck travel is permitted. tl. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a truck of greater than 8,000 or more pounds on any street or highway of the City of Prichard, Alabama, except as follows: a. Bay Bridge Road to I-165, I-165 Bypass to I-65 South, I-65 South to US Highway 45, US Highway 45 accessing Bessemer Avenue, Bearfork Road, Wolfridge Road, and Lott Road Route is also in effect, and vice versus. Page 4 Section Three. Section Four. - Bessemer Avenue is accessed for businesses on Main Street between Bessemer Avenue and Wasson Avenue and businesses at Turner Road and Wasson Avenue. To exit area, travel route must proceed back to Bessemer Avenue to US Highway 45. b. Highway 43 (Telegraph Road) to Baybridge Road, Baybridge Road to Conception Street, Highway 43 accessing Paper Mill Road. c. Except for traveling home within the City limits, all other streets, roads, and highways that are not listed in the above routes are prohibited for travel and parking. Instructive Provisions. The following truck routes are hereby established within the City: Travel on inner streets is to be avoided unless necessary for deliveries. Deliveries to West Main Street must be made via the East Service to West Main Street, eft turn only. To exit area, must proceed back to Bessemer Avenue to US Highway 45. Trucks are prohibited from traveling East on West Main Street to Price Avenue. Deliveries in the City of Prichard to downtown Wilson Avenue must be made via the Wilson Avenue exit (1B) of the |-165 Bypass. Travel from US Highway 45 and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue traveling north at the “Y” Toulminville area) on US Highway 45, trucks must turn right onto Craft Highway to Conception Street. Enforcement The Prichard Police Department and the Mobile County Sheriff's Department are empowered to issue uniform traffic citations, municipal citations, court summonses, arrests, or to issue written corrective notices to drivers, owners, or agents violating any provision of this article and may serve or execute all warrants and other process issued by the City of Prichard in enforcing the provisions of this article. Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be fined $500.00, and / or imprisonment in the City of Prichard jail for a term not to exceed 90 days at the discretion of the trial judge. Page 5 Section Five. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section Six. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and publication as required by law. ADOPTED this the day of day of July, 2022. 7 Geon bE MeCuil Prec ident Cour er ( APPROVED this the day of day of , 2022. JIMMIE GARDNER, Mayor ATTEST: Page 6 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TRUCK ROUTES FOR THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA AND REPEALING ORDINANCES 1879, 1653 AND 1623 WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard recognizes safety, structural, and transportation risks and liabilities associated with truck traffic; and WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard has assessed the traffic patterns, entrances, and exits for large truck travel within the City of Prichard; and WHEREAS, the governing body for the City of Prichard upon due consideration believes it to be in the best interest of the City of Prichard to establish designated routes of travel for large trucks within the City of Prichard. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOW: Section One. Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Deviating truck means a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling inside the city. Truck means any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property, and whose frame, rack or body has a load capacity of 8,000 or more pounds. Truck route means a way over certain streets, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the city shall operate. Section Two. Route Information I, All trucks within the City shall be operated only over and along the truck routes established in this Ordinance and on the other designated streets over which truck travel is permitted. Il. it shall be untawful for any person to drive a truck of greater than 8,000 or more pounds on any street or highway of the City of Prichard, Alabama, except as follows: a. Bay Bridge Road io [-165, |-165 Bypass to 1-65 South, I-65 South to US Highway 45, US Highway 45 accessing Bessemer Avenue, Bearfork Road, Wolfridge Road, and Lott Road Route is also in effect, and vice versus. Page 7 Section Three. Section Four. - Bessemer Avenue is accessed for businesses on Main Street between Bessemer Avenue and Wasson Avenue and businesses at Turner Road and Wasson Avenue. To exit area, travel route must proceed back to Bessemer Avenue to US Highway 45. b. Highway 43 (Telegraph Road) to Baybridge Road, Baybridge Road to Conception Street, Highway 43 accessing Paper Mill Road. c. Except for traveling home within the City limits, all other streets, roads, and highways that are not listed in the above routes are prohibited for travel and parking. Instructive Provisions. The following truck routes are hereby established within the City: Travel on inner streets is to be avoided unless necessary for deliveries. Deliveries to West Main Street must be made via the East Service to West Main Street, left turn only. To exit area, must proceed back to Bessemer Avenue to US Highway 45. Trucks are prohibited from traveling East on West Main Street to Price Avenue. Deliveries in the City of Prichard to downtown Wilson Avenue must be made via the Wilson Avenue exit (1B) of the I-165 Bypass. Travel from US Highway 45 and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue traveling north at the “Y” (Toulminville area) on US Highway 45, trucks must turn right onto Craft Highway to Conception Street. Enforcement The Prichard Police Department and the Mobile County Sheriff's Department are empowered to issue uniform traffic citations, municipal citations, court summonses, arrests, or to issue written corrective notices to drivers, owners, or agents violating any provision of this article and may serve or execute all warrants and other process issued by the City of Prichard in enforcing the provisions of this article. Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be fined $500.00, and / or imprisonment in the City of Prichard jail for a term not to exceed 90 days at the discretion of the trial judge. Page 8 Section Five. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section Six. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and publication as required by law. ADOPTED this the day of day of July, 2022. OSSIA EDWARDS, Council President APPROVED this the day of day of , 2022. JIMMIE GARDNER, Mayor ATTEST: DELORAS LUCIOUS, City Clerk