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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 2, 2015 <br />Ordinance <br />File Number: 15-050 Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Sandra Spagnoli <br />Chief of Police <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />TITLE: ORDINANCE Adding Title 6, Chapter 6-9 to the San Leandro Municipal Code <br />to Regulate Overweight Vehicles Traveling in and Through the City <br />The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: <br />SECTION 1. PURPOSE. To allow the City of San Leandro, in an effort to regulate and <br />control commercial vehicles to protect the safety of the community and City infrastructure with <br />respect to designated highways under the City's control, to issue overweight vehicle permits to <br />qualified applicants to operate or move vehicles or a combination of vehicles exceeding the <br />maximum weight specified in the California Vehicle Code. <br />SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 6 Chapter 6-9 of the San Leandro <br />Municipal Code is hereby added as follows: <br />6-9-100 DELEGATION TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. <br />(a) All the powers granted to the City by Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Division 15 of the <br />State of California Vehicle Code, pertaining to issuance of -permits for loads exceeding the <br />maximum sizes and/or weights, and for administering the rules and regulations pertaining <br />thereto, are hereby delegated to the Chief of Police or his/her designee. <br />6-9-105 DEFINITIONS. <br />(a) "Designated Streets" means those city streets or portions thereof that have been <br />designated by the Engineering and Transportation Director or his/her designee as being open <br />to travel by Overweight Vehicles pursuant to an Overweight Vehicle Permit issued under the <br />provisions of this Chapter. <br />(b) "Overweight Vehicle" means a vehicle or combination of vehicles used to haul <br />Intermodal Shipping Containers exceeding the maximum weight specified in the California <br />Vehicle Code. Intermodal Shipping Containers under the seal of United States Customs shall <br />not be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. <br />(c) "Overweight Vehicle Permit" means a permit issued by the Chief of Police or his/her <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 2124/2015 <br />