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2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35706.

35706. Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by ordinance reduce the permissible weight of vehicles and loads upon unimproved county highways or upon county bridges.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35707.

35707. Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by ordinance reduce the permissible weights upon improved highways only which by reason of deterioration will be destroyed unless the weight limits are reduced, but no such reduction shall extend for a period of more than 90 days unless actual repair of the highway is begun within that time and thereafter continuously carried on to completion.
For the purposes of this section, an improved county highway means a highway paved with cement concrete or asphaltic concrete, or a highway with a roadway of hard surface not less than four inches thick made up of a mixture of rock, sand, or gravel bound together by an artificial binder other than natural soil.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35708.

35708. In the event any person protests in writing to the clerk of the board of supervisors within 15 days after the adoption of an ordinance reducing the permissible gross weight upon an improved highway, the reduction in weight shall not become final until the Department of Transportation after a hearing approves the action of the board of supervisors in making such reduction.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35709.

35709. The hearing shall be held in the county in which the highway is located within 25 days after a request therefor, and shall be conducted by one or more engineers of the Department of Transportation to be designated by the Director of Transportation. The engineers shall hear all evidence presented and report their findings in writing to the director. Such director shall, upon the basis of the findings, declare in writing the approval or disapproval of the reduction.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35710.

35710. Whenever any weight limit different from those specified in this code is fixed in accordance with Section 35706 or 35707, the board of supervisors shall cause signs indicating the weight so fixed to be erected at all entrances to the highway upon which the permissible gross weight is altered.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35711.

35711. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35706 or 35707 or 35712 shall prohibit any commercial vehicle from using any county highway by direct route to or from a state highway for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares, or merchandise.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1598.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35712.

35712. (a) Any county may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of any highway located in an unincorporated residential or subdivision area by any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of 14,000 pounds.
(b) Any county of the third class, as defined by Section 28024 of the Government Code, or of the ninth class, as defined by Section 28030 of the Government Code, may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of any highway located in an unincorporated residential or subdivision area by any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of 5,000 pounds.
(c) This section does not apply to a vehicle operated by, or on behalf of, a public utility in connection with the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of its facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35713.

35713. No ordinance closing a highway under Section 35712 or 35715 is effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating either the highways affected by the ordinance or the highways not affected as the county may determine will best serve to give notice of the ordinance, nor shall any ordinance be effective with respect to any county highway unless the board of supervisors designates in the ordinance an alternate route for the use of the vehicles which shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to commercial vehicles so long as the ordinance proposed shall remain in effect.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 660.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35714.

35714. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35712 shall be effective with respect to:
(a) Any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1031) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) Any highway, any portion of which is also under the jurisdiction of a city, unless the consent of the governing body of the city is first obtained.
(c) Any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted highway having ingress and egress by direct route to and from the restricted highway 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 highway 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 highway for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(d) The operation of ambulances or hearses.
(e) Any vehicle owned, operated, controlled, or used by a public utility in connection with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of any public utility facilities.
(f) Any state highway, until the proposed ordinance has been submitted by the board of supervisors of the county to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. In submitting a proposed ordinance to the department for approval, the board of supervisors shall designate therein, an alternate route for the use of the vehicles which shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to commercial 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 the department of the alternate route so designated.
(g) Vehicles operated as an incident to any industrial, commercial or agricultural enterprise conducted within the boundaries of the unincorporated residential subdivision area.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 73. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35715.

35715. (a) The County of Nevada may by ordinance prohibit the use of Northwoods Boulevard in such county by any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight specified in the ordinance.
(b) No ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be effective with respect to:
(1) Any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted highway having ingress and egress by direct route to and from the restricted highway 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 highway 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 highway for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(2) The operation of ambulances or hearses.
(3) Any vehicle owned, operated, controlled, or used by a public utility in connection with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of any public utility facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 660.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35715.1.

35715.1. (a) The County of Tuolumne may by ordinance prohibit the use of Old Priest Grade in that county by a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds a weight limit of 7,500 pounds or more. The weight limit shall be determined by the County Board of Supervisors and specified in the ordinance.
(b) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section is not effective with respect to the following:
(1) A vehicle or combination of vehicles coming from an unrestricted highway having ingress and egress by direct route to and from the restricted highway 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 highway or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of a building or structure upon the restricted highway for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
(2) The operation of ambulances, hearses, or vehicles providing emergency roadside services or roadside assistance.
(3) A vehicle or combination of vehicles owned, operated, controlled, or used by a public utility in connection with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of a public utility facility.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 15, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35716.

35716. No ordinance adopted by a city to decrease weight limits shall apply to any vehicle owned, leased, operated or controlled by any licensed contractor while necessarily in use in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public works project, or by any highway carrier regulated by the Public Utilities Commission while transporting any materials to or from a public works project, when the bids were opened prior to the adoption of the ordinance unless an alternate direct route is provided substantially within and by the city enacting the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 393.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35717.

35717. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any county may by ordinance prohibit the use of any street, road or highway by any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 14,000 pounds if, by accepted engineering standards, the street, road or highway cannot support such vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1732.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35718.

35718. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating either the streets, roads or highways affected by the ordinance or the streets, roads or highways not affected, as the board of supervisors may determine will best serve to give notice of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1732.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35719.

35719. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective with respect to any street, road or highway which connects with, or is a continuation of, any street, road or highway of an adjoining county unless the board of supervisors of each county in which the street, road or highway is a through highway, by concurrent action and like limitation, prohibit the use of such street, road or highway pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1732.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35720.

35720. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective with respect to:
(a) Any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1031) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code or any farm labor vehicle.
(b) Any street, road or highway which is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the board of supervisors enacting such ordinance, except as otherwise provided in Section 35719, or, in the case of any state highway, until such proposed ordinance has been submitted by the board of supervisors to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. In submitting such a proposed ordinance to the department for approval, the board of supervisors shall designate therein, an alternate route or routes for the use of such vehicles which 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 such proposed ordinances by the Department of Transportation shall constitute an approval by the department of such alternate route or routes so designated.
(c) Any commercial vehicle coming from an unrestricted street, road or highway having ingress and egress by direct route to and from such restricted streets, roads, and highways when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets, roads or highways 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 such restricted street, road or highway for which a building permit, if required, has previously been obtained therefor, or vehicles, machinery, or construction equipment used in connection with, the construction, repair or maintenance of such restricted street or public work projects located thereon.
(d) Any vehicle operated as an incident to any industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprise conducted upon any such street, road, or highway.
(e) Any vehicle owned, operated, controlled, or used by a public utility or licensed contractor in connection with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of any public utility facilities or public works projects.
(f) The operation of ambulances or hearses.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676, Sec. 317.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35721.

35721. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to Section 35717 except upon notice and hearing in the manner prescribed in this section.
Notice of hearing shall be published as prescribed in Section 6064 of the Government Code. The notice shall advise all interested parties that they may submit written or 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 board of supervisors and interested parties shall be afforded an adequate opportunity to be heard with respect to their objections.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1732.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities › Section 35722.

35722. Prior to the execution of freeway agreements for State Highway Route 85 in Santa Clara County, with the concurrence of each city within the highway corridor, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara may, after a public hearing, adopt a proposed ordinance imposing a maximum gross truck weight limit of 9,000 pounds on Route 85 from State Highway Route 280 in Cupertino south and east to State Highway Route 101 in San Jose, and submit the proposed ordinance to the Department of Transportation for approval.
Upon approval of the proposed ordinance by the department, this weight limit shall be stipulated in the applicable freeway agreements with the local entities in the Route 85 corridor.
If the proposed ordinance is approved by the department, the weight limit shall become effective upon opening of any portion of the new Route 85 freeway corridor as defined in this section, and the department shall post appropriate signs, similar to the signs on State Highway Route 580 in Oakland. Except as otherwise provided in this section, this article shall be applicable to an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1250, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35750.

35750. (a) The Department of Transportation may, in the manner provided in Section 35751, determine the maximum weight of vehicle and load, lower than the maximum weight otherwise permitted under this code which a bridge or other structure with safety to itself will sustain.
(b) The city council or the board of supervisors of a city or county with a population of 1,100,000 or more, as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, may, in the manner provided in Section 35751, determine the maximum weight of vehicle and load, lower than the maximum weight otherwise permitted under this code which a bridge or other structure under its jurisdiction with safety to itself will sustain.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35751.

35751. (a) The Department of Transportation or the city council or board of supervisors of a city or county with a population of 1,100,000 or more, as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, as the case may be, shall make an engineering investigation and hold a public hearing whenever such a determination appears necessary.
(b) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be posted upon the bridge or other structure at least five days before the date fixed for the hearing. Upon the basis of the investigation and all evidence presented at the hearing, the department or the city council or board of supervisors, as the case may be, shall determine by order in writing the maximum weight of vehicle and load which the bridge or other structure with safety to itself will sustain.
(c) With respect to any bridge or other structure not under its jurisdiction, the department shall not proceed under subdivisions (a) and (b) unless it first receives a request to do so from the city council or the board of supervisors having jurisdiction over the bridge or other structure.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35752.

35752. Thereupon, the authority having jurisdiction over the bridge or other structure shall erect and maintain suitable signs specifying the maximum weight so determined, at a distance of not more than 500 feet from each end of the bridge or other structure or any approach thereto.
The standards and specifications for such signs shall be established in accordance with Section 21400 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1033.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35753.

35753. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge, causeway, viaduct, trestle, or dam constituting a part of a highway when the weight of the vehicle and load thereon is greater than the maximum weight which the bridge or other structure with safety to itself 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 a weight restriction sign erected pursuant to Section 35752, proof of the determination of the maximum weight by the Department of Transportation and the existence of the weight restriction signs constitute prima facie evidence of the maximum weight which the bridge or other structure with safety to itself will sustain.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 542, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35754.

35754. Whenever, in the opinion of a local authority, a bridge under its jurisdiction is in a dangerous or weak condition, it may temporarily erect suitable signs at all entrances to such bridge specifying the maximum weight which it believes the bridge with safety to itself will sustain. The maximum weight limit so fixed and posted shall remain in effect for not more than 90 days.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 597.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures › Section 35755.

35755. Whenever a state highway bridge is in a dangerous or weak condition, the Department of Transportation may temporarily erect suitable signs at all entrances to such bridge specifying the maximum weight which the bridge may safely sustain. Under no circumstances shall the maximum weight limit so fixed and posted pursuant to this section remain in effect for more than 90 days.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35780.

35780. (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may, at their discretion upon application and if good cause appears, issue a special permit authorizing the applicant:
(1) To operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles or special mobile equipment of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in this code.
(2) To use corrugations on the periphery of the movable tracks on a traction engine or tractor, the propulsive power of which is not exerted through wheels resting upon the roadway but by means of a flexible band or chain.
(3) Under emergency conditions, to operate or move a type of vehicle otherwise prohibited hereunder, upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the party granting the permit and for the maintenance of which the party is responsible.
(4) To operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting loads composed of logs only for the purpose of crossing a highway from one private property to another without complying with any or all of the equipment requirements of Division 12 (commencing with Section 24000) and Division 13 (commencing with Section 29000). These crossings shall be as near to a right angle to the roadway as is practical and shall not include any travel parallel to the roadway. The Department of Transportation shall determine standards and conditions upon which permits shall be issued and any permit not in compliance with those standards and conditions shall be invalid, except that a permit may contain more restrictive conditions if the issuing authority deems it appropriate.
(b) Under conditions prescribed by the Department of Transportation or the local authority, the Department of Transportation or local authority may accept applications made by, and issue permits directly to, an applicant or permit service by any of the following processes:
(1) In writing.
(2) By an authorized facsimile process.
(3) Through an authorized computer and modem connection.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 391, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35780.3.

35780.3. A permit issued under Section 35780 for the movement of a park trailer, as described in Section 18009.3 of the Health and Safety Code, shall not be issued except to transporters, or licensed manufacturers and dealers.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 566, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35780.5.

35780.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 320.5, the Department of Transportation or a local authority, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may, upon application, issue a special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle carrying a load, lying in the horizontal position, of stacked trusses or wall panels that are used as single width components in the manufacture of a finished product, that exceeds the maximum width specified by this code, if the load does not exceed 12 feet in width and the permittee complies with the regulations of the Department of Transportation or a local authority, as the case may be, governing the transportation of these loads.
(b) Under conditions prescribed by the Department of Transportation or the local authority, the Department of Transportation or local authority may accept applications and issue permits directly to an applicant or permit service, by any of the following processes:
(1) In writing.
(2) By an authorized facsimile process.
(3) Through an authorized computer and modem connection.
(c) The special permit allowed pursuant to this section shall, under conditions prescribed by the Department of Transportation or a local authority, be granted on either a per trip or annual basis.
(d)  As used in this section, “truss” means a designed and manufactured assemblage of structural elements typically arranged in a triangle or combination of triangles to form a rigid framework and used as a structural support in buildings.
(e)  As used in this section, “wall panel” means a designed and manufactured assemblage of structural elements constructed in the same manner as site-built walls to form a rigid framework and used as a structural support in buildings, which may have attached various types of sheathing products including wood structural panels, foam panels, and gypsum board that do not exceed more than one foot beyond the main structural elements.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 514, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35781.

35781. The Department of Transportation shall develop a standard application form and a standard permit form for the application for, and the issuance of, a permit. The standard permit form may be used as the standard application form. The application for a permit shall specifically describe the vehicle and load to be operated or moved and the particular highways over which permit to operate is requested, and whether the permit is requested for a single trip or for continuous operation. Local authorities shall use the standard application form and the standard permit form developed by the Department of Transportation. The standard application form and the standard permit form shall be developed in cooperation with representatives of local government and the commercial trucking industry.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 464, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35782.

35782. (a) The Department of Transportation or a local authority may issue or withhold the permit at its discretion, or, if the permit is issued, do any of the following when necessary to protect against injury to the road, foundations, surfaces, or structures:
(1) Limit the number of trips.
(2) Establish seasonal or other time limitations within which the vehicle or vehicles described may be operated on the highways indicated.
(3) Otherwise limit or prescribe conditions of operation of the vehicle.
(b) The Department of Transportation or a local authority may not require the posting of a bond as a condition of the issuance of a permit, except that a requirement of extra insurance or other financial security may be imposed as a condition for a permit for unusually large or heavy loads that pose a substantial risk to public facilities.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Transportation or a local authority may not require proof of financial responsibility in an amount greater than that required for compliance with Section 16500.5 as a condition of the permit, and shall accept evidence of financial responsibility that complies with Section 16020.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 137. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35783.

35783. Every permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection of any peace officer, traffic officer, authorized agent of the Department of Transportation, or any other officer or employee charged with the care or protection of such highways.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements › Section 35783.5.

35783.5. Warning signs required by the terms of a permit shall either be removed from the vehicle or covered from the view of other motorists whenever the vehicle is operating without the load that required the permit.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 287.)