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CA Veh Code § 35552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits|Section 35552.

35552.  (a) This section applies only to trucks and vehicle combinations while transporting loads composed solely of logs.(b) One set of tandem axles of such a truck or vehicle combination shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 35551 if the total gross weight of 34,000 pounds on such a set that is permitted by Section 35551 is not exceeded by more than 1,500 pounds. In addition, such a truck and vehicle combination that has two consecutive sets of tandem axles shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 35551 if such consecutive sets of tandem axles do not carry a combined total gross weight of more than 69,000 pounds, if the total gross weight on any one such set does not exceed 35,500 pounds, and if the overall distance between the first and last axle of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is 34 feet or more. All such truck and vehicle combinations shall be subject to all other provisions of Section 35551 or any other provision made applicable to the total gross weight of such a truck or vehicle combination in lieu of Section 35551.(c) The gross weight limits expressed in this section shall include all enforcement tolerances.(d) If any total gross weight permitted by this section is exceeded, the allowed weight in pounds set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 35551 shall be the maximum permitted weight for purposes of determining the amount of fine for such violation as specified in the table in Section 42030; except that, whenever the violation is for exceeding the total gross weight for two consecutive sets of tandem axles, and if the overall distance between the first and last axle of such sets is 34 feet or more, the allowed weight on the two consecutive sets shall be 68,000 pounds.(e) This section shall have no application to highways which are a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (as referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 108 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956).This section may be cited as the Christensen-Belotti Act.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 249.)
CA Veh Code § 35553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits|Section 35553.

35553.  The provisions of this article shall not apply to any vehicle in the immediate vicinity of an unloading or loading area while actually preparing for or in the process of unloading or loading, provided any overload is incidental to and necessitated by such action; and provided that such action does not occur on a bridge or highway structure.This section shall have no application to highways which are a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways (as referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 108 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956).(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 733.)
CA Veh Code § 35555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits|Section 35555.

35555.  (a) During the period commencing September 15 of each year and ending March 15 of the following year, the weight limitations of Section 35551 do not apply to any cotton module mover or any truck tractor pulling a semitrailer that is a cotton module mover, when operated as follows:(1) Laterally across a state highway at grade of the state highway.(2) Upon any county highway within the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba, except as prohibited or limited on county highways or portions thereof by resolution of the county board of supervisors having jurisdiction.(b) A cotton module mover may be operated upon a state highway within the counties and during the period set forth in subdivision (a) if all of the following are met:(1) The operator is in possession of a driver’s license of the class required for operation of the mover.(2) The mover is operated in compliance with Sections 24002 and 24012; Article 1 (commencing with Section 24250) of, Article 3 (commencing with Section 24600) of, Article 4 (commencing with Section 24800) of, Article 5 (commencing with Section 24950) of, Article 6 (commencing with 25100) of, Article 9 (commencing with 25350) of, Article 11 (commencing with 25450) of, Chapter 2 of Division 12; and Article 2 (commencing with 26450) and Article 3 (commencing with 26502) of Chapter 3 of Division 12.(3) The mover does not exceed the maximum allowable gross axle weight for tandem axles set forth in Section 35551 by more than 6,000 pounds.(4) The operator of a mover that exceeds the maximum allowable gross axle weight for tandem axle vehicles as set forth in Section 35551 shall possess a commercial driver’s license as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 15210.(c) This section does not apply to those highways designated by the United States Department of Transportation as national network routes.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 497, Sec. 1. Effective October 4, 2001.)
CA Veh Code § 35557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits|Section 35557.

35557.  (a) Only upon request to, and approval by, and in accordance with regulations adopted by, the Director of Food and Agriculture, all of the following are available for inspection by district attorneys and are subject to legal process for admission in any criminal or civil proceeding arising out of a violation of this chapter:(1) Vehicle weight certificates issued on or after January 1, 1984, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12700), Chapter 7.3 (commencing with Section 12740), and Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 12770) of Division 5 of the Business and Professions Code.(2) Other records of vehicle weight relating to those certificates.(3) Copies of those certificates and records.(b) All certificates, records, and copies thereof, issued before January 1, 1984, shall not be available for inspection and are not admissible in any criminal or civil proceedings arising out of a violation of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1319, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 35558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits|Section 35558.

35558.  Any person or business which has an axle weight scale at its loading facilities shall, upon the request of the driver, weigh any load being transported for that person or business before the vehicle leaves the loading facility. In a port facility, this requirement only applies if the scale is located in outbound lanes. The request to weigh shall be based upon a reasonable assumption that the load is overweight.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 217, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 35580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1.5 - Intermodal Weight Determination Program|Section 35580.

35580.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial number of container trailers using California highways exceed weight limitations authorized for California highways. Intermodal container trailers are containers which have been unloaded from ships or trains and placed on truck chassis, or are piggyback trailers unloaded from trains, for subsequent transport upon the highways. Container trailers are usually loaded by shippers in other states or foreign countries where gross and axle weight restrictions imposed by this code are of no concern to the loader. These loading practices often result in overweight vehicles traveling on California highways, which contributes to highway deterioration. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the continued growth of intermodal transportation within the United States and the Pacific Rim makes it important for California to initiate a program to allow intermodal freight to be weighed at major terminal locations prior to operation on the highways, to ensure that these vehicles are within the established weight limits. The Legislature finds that the imposition of heavy fines and assessments is one means of reducing the number of overweight vehicles on the highways. A more effective, and preferable, alternative is to assure that intermodal container trailers are properly loaded at the outset by the party responsible for loading goods into the container trailer, so that vehicles meet weight requirements prior to their operation on the highways.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 35581 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 1.5 - Intermodal Weight Determination Program|Section 35581.

35581.  (a) The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall develop a plan for implementing or identifying new or existing scale facilities at major intermodal terminals which may serve as intermodal weighing facilities for weighing commercial vehicles which transport intermodal freight, prior to their entry onto any highway which is not specifically exempted from weight limitations by a local authority. The plan shall include consideration of options for financing the construction of required intermodal weighing facilities. The plan shall be submitted to the Legislature not later than August 1, 1989.(b) The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with local authorities or private entities to provide for exemption from weight restrictions for short distance movement to an intermodal weighing facility.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 229. Effective October 12, 2001.)
CA Veh Code § 35600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 2 - Tire Limits|Section 35600.

35600.  The gross weight upon a solid tire upon a vehicle shall not exceed 600 pounds upon any inch of the channel base width of such tire.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 35601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 2 - Tire Limits|Section 35601.

35601.  The gross weight of any vehicle and load resting upon any metal tire in contact with the roadway shall not exceed 500 pounds upon any inch of the width of such tire but this limitation shall not apply to traction engines or tractors, the propulsive power of which is not exerted through wheels resting upon the roadway but by means of a flexible band or chain, known as a movable track, when the portions of the movable tracks in contact with the surface of the roadway present plane surfaces.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 35650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35650.

35650.  The Department of Transportation, whenever it determines after an engineering investigation that any highway under its jurisdiction will with safety to itself sustain vehicles and loads weighing more than the maximum weight limits set forth in this code, shall have authority to declare and to fix a weight limit for the highway greater than the maximum weight limit set forth in this code. Thereafter it shall be lawful to operate or move vehicles and loads of a gross weight upon the highways designated, equal to but not in excess of the maximum weight limit fixed by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 35651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35651.

35651.  Whenever in the judgment of the Department of Transportation any state highway will not with safety to itself sustain the maximum weights permitted under this code for the highway, the department shall determine, after a public hearing, the maximum weight which the highway will sustain.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 35652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35652.

35652.  The Department of Transportation shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by posting a notice in the county seat of each county in which any affected portion of the highway is located and shall also post copies of the notice at intervals of not more than one mile along said highway and a notice at each end of the affected portion thereof. Notice of the hearing shall be given for not less than 10 days and the hearing shall be had at the county seat of the county in which the affected highway is situated or at some other place convenient to the portion of the highway affected.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 35653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35653.

35653.  The hearing shall be conducted by one or more engineers appointed by the Director of Transportation. The engineers shall hear all evidence presented at the time and place mentioned in the notice and shall report findings made in writing to the Director of Transportation. Upon the basis of the findings, the Director of Transportation shall declare in writing the maximum weight which can be maintained with safety upon the state highway. In no event shall the weight be less than 16,000 pounds.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 35654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35654.

35654.  Following the declaration of maximum weight as provided in this article, the Department of Transportation shall erect suitable signs at each end of the affected portion of the highway and at such other points as the department deems necessary to give adequate notice of the weight limits.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 35655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35655.

35655.  (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any state highway when the weight of the vehicle and load is greater than the maximum weight which the highway will sustain. Violations of this subdivision shall be punished in accordance with the schedule of fines set forth in Section 42030.(b) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation with respect to signs erected under Section 35654, proof of the determination and the maximum weight by the Department of Transportation and the existence of the signs constitutes prima facie evidence of the maximum weight which the state highway will sustain.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 542, Sec. 5.)
CA Veh Code § 35655.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35655.5.

35655.5.  (a) Notwithstanding this article or any other provision of law, no vehicle, as described in Sections 410 and 655, with a gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more, shall be operated on the segment of Interstate Route 580 (I-580) that is located between Grand Avenue in the City of Oakland and the city limits of the City of San Leandro. This subdivision does not apply to passenger buses or paratransit vehicles.(b) The Department of Transportation shall erect suitable signs at each end of the portion of highway described in subdivision (a) and at any other points that the department deems necessary to give adequate notice of the weight limit imposed under this section.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Veh Code § 35655.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways|Section 35655.6.

35655.6.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person shall not drive a commercial vehicle with three or more axles, or a gross vehicle weight or a combined gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more, on the segment of State Route 2 (SR-2) that is located between Interstate Route 210 (I-210) in the City of La Canada Flintridge and County Route N4 (Big Pine Highway) in the County of Los Angeles.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any of the following vehicles:(1) An authorized emergency vehicle.(2) A vehicle operated by a publicly or privately owned public utility.(3) A vehicle operated by a government agency.(4) A transit bus servicing facilities accessible only from that portion of State Route 2 specified in subdivision (a).(5) A tow truck providing assistance to a vehicle that is accessible only from that portion of State Route 2 specified in subdivision (a).(6) A commercial vehicle making deliveries to or from, or servicing, property that is either of the following:(A) Located within the city limits of the City of La Canada Flintridge.(B) Is accessible only from the portion of State Route 2 specified in subdivision (a).(7) A commercial vehicle involved in a motion picture, commercial, or television production conducting motion picture, commercial, or television production activities in areas that are accessible only from that portion of State Route 2 specified in subdivision (a).(c) A person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42030 or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater.(d) The Department of Transportation shall erect suitable signs at each end of the portion of State Route 2 specified in subdivision (a) and any other points that the department deems necessary to give adequate notice of the prohibition pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 147, Sec. 1. Effective August 6, 2009.)
CA Veh Code § 35700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35700.

35700.  (a) The legislative body of any county or city may by ordinance permit the operation and moving of vehicles and loads upon highways under their respective jurisdictions of a maximum gross weight in excess of the maximum gross weight of vehicles and loads specified in this code.(b) This section does not apply to state highways.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 35701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35701.

35701.  (a) Any city, or county for a residence district, may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of a street by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit, except with respect to any vehicle which is subject to Sections 1031 to 1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code, and except with respect to vehicles used for the collection and transportation of garbage, rubbish, or refuse using traditionally used routes in San Diego County when the solid waste management plan prepared under Section 66780.1 of the Government Code is amended to designate each traditionally used route used for the purpose of transporting garbage, rubbish, or refuse which intersects with a local or regional arterial circulation route contained within a city or county’s traffic circulation element and which provides access to a solid waste disposal site.(b) The ordinance shall not be effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating either the streets affected by the ordinance or the streets not affected, as the local authority determines will best serve to give notice of the ordinance.(c) No ordinance adopted pursuant to this section after November 10, 1969, shall apply to any state highway which is included in the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, except an ordinance which has been approved by a two-thirds vote of the California Transportation Commission.(d) The solid waste management plan prepared under Section 66780.1 of the Government Code by San Diego County may designate the traditionally used routes.(e)  “Traditionally used route,” for purposes of this section, means any street used for a period of one year or more as access to or from a solid waste disposal site.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 616, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 35702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35702.

35702.  No ordinance proposed under Section 35701 is effective with respect to any highway which is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the local authority enacting the ordinance, or, in the case of any state highway, until the ordinance has been submitted by the governing body of the local authority to, and approved in writing by, the Department of Transportation. In submitting a proposed ordinance to the department for approval, the governing body of the local authority shall designate therein, an alternate route for the use of vehicles, which route shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to weight limits or types of vehicles so long as the ordinance proposed shall remain in effect. The approval of the proposed ordinance by the Department of Transportation shall constitute an approval by it of the alternate route so designated.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 71. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Veh Code § 35703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35703.

35703.  No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 shall prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct route to and from a restricted street when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the restricted street for which a building permit has previously been obtained.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 35704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35704.

35704.  No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 to decrease weight limits shall apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 371, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 35705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD|CHAPTER 5 - Weight|ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities|Section 35705.

35705.  Section 35701 shall not be applicable to any city street on which money from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund has been or is used for construction or maintenance except in such cases as the legislative body of the city, after notice and hearing, determines to reduce weight limits on such streets. Notice of the hearing shall be published as provided in Section 6064 of the Government Code. The notice shall advise all interested parties that they may submit written and oral objections to the proposed action and shall designate a time and place for presentation of such objections. The time for submission of objections shall not expire, and the hearing may not be held, less than 60 days after the first publication of notice. The hearing shall be held before the legislative body of the city. All objections shall be considered and interested parties shall be afforded an adequate opportunity to be heard in respect to their objections.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)