Title 12 - Traffic

12.04.196.1 Vehicle Height, Weight, Length and Width.

1. a.
   No person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the height or length of which, including any load thereon, exceeds the limitations as to such prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1904 and any amendments thereto, which are incorporated by reference as if set out in full herein.
2. b.
   No person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the total outside width of which, or any load thereon, exceeds the limitations as to such prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902 and amendments thereto, which are incorporated by reference as if set out in full herein.
3. c.
   No person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the gross weight of which, as to wheel and axle load, exceeds the limitations as to such prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1908 and amendments thereto, which are incorporated by reference as if set out in full herein.
4. d.
   No person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles unless such motor vehicle is registered and licensed according to gross weight as prescribed in K.S.A.8-143 and amendments thereto, which are incorporated by reference as if set out in full herein.
5. e.
   No person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the gross weight of which exceeds the limitation as to such prescribed by K.S.A.8-1909 and amendments thereto, which are incorporated by reference as if set out in full herein.
6. f.
   It shall be unlawful to operate within this City a vehicle or combination of vehicles whose weight, with cargo, is in excess of the gross weight for which the vehicle, truck, or truck tractor propelling the same is licensed and registered except as provided by K.S.A.8-1911 and amendments thereto and K.S.A.8-143 and amendments thereto.
7. g.
   Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or tandem axles to such limits as permitted in this Section. All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner, lessee, or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner, lessee or operator.
8. h.
   Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be fined according to the following schedule:
   
   Weight --First 1000 lbs over limit - $50.00
                --Per lb. over 1000 lbs. - $ .10
   Height, Length, Width over limit:
                $30.00 plus $1.00 per inch.
   
   For a second violation of this Section within two years, such person shall, upon conviction, be fined 1 1/2 times the applicable amount based on the above fine schedule. For a third violation of this Section within two years, such person shall, upon conviction, be fined two times the applicable amount from the above fine schedule. For fourth and each succeeding violation of this subsection within two years, such person, upon conviction, shall be fined 2 1/2 times the applicable amount from the above fine schedule.

(History: Ord. TC-1260,TTT §7, 2012; TC-1260,C §1, 86; TC-1260 §211, 84)  (State Law: K.S.A. 8-1901 through K.S.A. 8-1911)

Effective on: 1/1/1901