Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-26 - SAFETY REGULATIONS AND PERMIT FEES FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OVERDIMENSIONAL VEHICLES › Section 14-26.0041 - Definitions and Terms

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All terms in this rule chapter shall have the same meaning as
				  defined in section 316.003, F.S., except that
				  "Department" shall refer to the Department of Transportation. Additionally, the
				  following terms are defined:
(1)
				"Applicant" means a person or entity requesting a permit.
(2) "Axle Spacing" means the measurement
				between the centers of the axles as measured from center-to-center of wheel
				hubs.
(3) "Divisible Load" means a
				load which exceeds the legal weight, length, width or height limits established
				in sections 316.515 and
				316.535, F.S., which can be
				dismantled using appropriate equipment without destroying the value or
				compromising the intended use of the load.
(4) "Escort" means a person authorized in the
				manner prescribed in paragraphs
				14-26.012(2)(b)
				-(c), F.A.C., to perform accompanying duties for overweight or overdimensional
				vehicles.
(5) "Escort Vehicles"
				means a vehicle independent of the permitted vehicle, equipped with a working,
				amber warning light located on top of the escort vehicle, and operated by a
				qualified escort, law enforcement escort, or any combination shown in Rule
				14-26.012, F.A.C.
(6) "Excluding Holidays" means movement is
				prohibited all day on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
				Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If any of these
				holidays fall on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall also be observed as a
				holiday. If any of these holidays fall on a Sunday, the following Monday shall
				also be observed as a holiday.
(7)
				"External Bridge" or "outer bridge" means the distance from the center of the
				front steering axle of the vehicle (or combination of vehicles) to the center
				of the last axle of the vehicle (or combination of vehicles).
(8) "Fifth Wheel" means a device mounted on a
				truck tractor or similar towing vehicle (e.g., converter dolly) which
				interfaces with and couples to the upper coupler assembly of a
				semitrailer.
(9) "Flag" means a red
				or florescent orange device used to warn approaching traffic of a safety
				hazard.
(10) "Governmental Entity"
				means as defined in section
				215.985(2)(c),
				F.S.
(11) "Inner-Bridge" means the
				distance between the centers of any two or more consecutive axles on a vehicle
				(or combination of vehicles) traveling on the interstate system only, exclusive
				of the external bridge.
(12)
				"Kingpin Setting" means the distance between the kingpin or other peg which
				locks into the fifth wheel and the center of the rear axle or the center of the
				rear axle grouping (whichever applies).
(13) "Law Enforcement Escort" means any
				police officer as defined in section
				316.003(32),
				F.S., operating any vehicle owned by a law enforcement agency using blue or red
				and blue warning lights to accompany an oversize/overweight vehicle.
(14) "Local Moves" means hauling not more
				than a 50 mile radius from the point of origin.
(15) "Manufactured Building" or "modular
				building" means a closed structure, building assembly, or system of
				subassemblies, which may include structural, electrical, plumbing, heating,
				ventilating, or other service systems made for installation or erection as a
				finished building or part of a finished building, which shall include, but not
				be limited to residential, commercial, institutional, storage, and industrial
				structures. The term includes buildings not intended for human habitation such
				as lawn storage buildings and storage sheds made and assembled offsite by a
				manufacturer certified in conformance with section
				553.381, F.S.
(16) "Manufactured Home" means as defined in
				section 320.01(2)(b),
				F.S.
(17) "Mobile Home" means as
				defined in section 320.01(2)(a),
				F.S.
(18) "Multiple Loading" means
				the placing of more than one item on a vehicle so as to cause the overall
				measurements to exceed the maximum length, width, height, and weight
				limitations established in sections
				316.515 and
				316.535, F.S.
(19) "Multi-Trip Permit" or "blanket" or
				"annual permit" or "Route Specific Blanket Permit" means authorization issued
				to allow multiple trips for a period not to exceed 12 months.
(20) "Non-Routine Permit" means authorization
				issued with a structural evaluation or override authorization.
(21) "Overdimensional" or "oversize" means
				any vehicle configuration, including the load, which exceeds the limitations
				provided in Section 316.515, F.S.
(22) "Overhang" means that portion of a load
				or vehicle attachment that projects beyond the front or rear wheels of a
				vehicle or the front or rear bumper of a vehicle if it is equipped with a front
				or rear bumper.
(23) "Overweight"
				means any vehicle configuration, including the load, which exceeds the
				limitations provided in Section
				316.535, F.S.
(24) "Permit Office" means the Permit Section
				of the Office of Maintenance, Florida Department of Transportation, with
				offices located in Tallahassee, Florida. Website:
www.fdotmaint.com/permit/
.
(25) "Permittee" means the applicant to whom
				an oversize/overweight permit is issued.
(26) "Routine Permit" means authorization
				issued by the Department for an overweight or overdimensional load that did not
				require a structural evaluation, local movement restrictions, or override
				authorization.
(27) "Self-Propelled
				Equipment" means a single rigid frame unit propelled with its own power source
				which does not transport a divisible load, and includes equipment such as earth
				handling equipment, cranes (which may include a dolly attachment), derricks and
				fire trucks.
(28) "Trip Permit"
				means authorization issued to allow a single hauling of a load from point of
				origin to destination.
(29) "Truck
				Crane" means any vehicle (which may include a dolly attachment) designed and
				constructed to be used primarily for lifting, lowering, or traversing while
				operating from either a secure stationary position, or in a rolling position,
				if specifically designed for rolling operation.
(30) "Valid Permit" means authorization
				pursuant to section 316.550, F.S., by the Department
				that has not been altered, changed, or otherwise modified, unless in writing by
				the Department, accompanied by the original permit.
(31) "Warning Light" means a class 2
				electrical lighting device located on a permitted vehicle and/or escort
				vehicles, used to warn all approaching traffic of a possible safety hazard. The
				device shall be any one or combination of the following:
(a) Rotating;
(b) Strobe;
(c) Flashing.